Joe Drivas Photographer
~ January 28, 2015: Joe Drivas writes: “Thanks to Lynn Marrapodi for giving me the opportunity (a lifetime ago) to photograph one of my most favorite people, models, human beings, that I have ever photographed.”
“After a lingerie shoot, in a shy manner, I asked Gia if I could do a small test shoot with her. She smiled at me, with the most natural smile I had ever seen, and asked me what I wanted her to do.”
“I replied, “Just be yourself and I will do the rest”. She then proceeded to pose, all the time smiling and laughing as we shot. Towards the end of the five-minute shoot, I asked her to just look at me and place her arm above her head. That was when, in a brief moment, I saw this image and captured it. It has been in my portfolio, both then and now, as most favorite image of all time. This is the first time that I have posted this image publicly.” https://www.facebook.com/groups/HeartandSoulGiaCarangi/
Photo shoot for A&S (Abraham and Straus) Christmas lingerie catalogue in Brooklyn, NY.
Lynn Marrapodi Studio Director tells about this candid photo: “End of shoot party. I directed the studio and we always got carried away with everything …. Gia fit right in!
Pictured: Joe Drivas photographer, Lynn Marrapodi (next to Gia), Kelli Michaels center top, stylist Caren Lattari, Hanny bottom far left, Denise Gauthier on Joe’s lap”
“Joe Drivas took some exquisite photos of Gia.”
Lynn Marrapodi
“I’m 62 years old and still to this day, I have never met anyone like Gia. As photographers, we all capture our once-in-a-lifetime-image that stays with us forever, and this is one of them. I believe that it was taken some time between 1978-1980. Back at that time, we didn’t have the luxury of looking at the back of the screen to confirm the shot … which would have caused me to miss that moment in time.”
Joe Drivas