Melyssa Ford's alter ego photo shoot with Derek Blanks

Melyssa Ford's alter ego photo shoot with Derek Blanks . She came up with the concept “Thick Skin vs. Thin Skin” while hiking one day and enlisted make up artist Saisha Beecham and Derek Blanks to work their magic and bring it to life.



"All of us know what it feels like to have to “turn the other cheek” or “be the bigger person” or “turn a blind eye and ear to their critics and the nay-sayers”… I OVER-stand this concept, hence my visual interpretation of the reality: that we all hurt and are not immune to the pain caused by harsh judgment."