Latex & Leather train girl

Leila Herring appeared in head-to-toe black latex with a cropped leather jacket, platform boots, and a steel O-ring collar, and I built the whole series around the contrast between gloss and decay. The weathered rail yard gave me exactly the kind of rough industrial texture I wanted, so I leaned into ladders, wagon edges, and wide stances that cut the frame with clean, athletic lines. What interested me most was how her polished silhouette held its own against all that worn steel and rust without ever getting lost in it.

This shoot was also part of a three-day latex run across multiple sessions, which made it a real endurance test. Working with latex for that long is not an easy comfort zone for anyone, but Leila stayed focused, disciplined, and professional throughout the entire process. That consistency matters to me because it is what keeps a demanding concept together when the styling is physically intense and the schedule keeps pushing forward.

I shot most of the series in soft overcast light so I could keep detail in the blacks while letting the highlights skim across the latex. Low angles lengthened her silhouette, while tighter frames pulled attention toward the textures that made the set feel alive: the grain of the jacket, the edge of the collar, and the scarred metal around her. For me, that balance of control, endurance, and texture is what gave the series its strength.