As We Are | Haley Ramm

When I first moved to LA at 11-years-old, I was so bright-eyed. I saw a lot of opportunities and was really excited about everything. I wish I could go back and capture that little girl and get that feeling back sometimes. I wasn’t worried, I wasn’t scared, I was just so excited. As you get older, you worry more… You get scared. You get scared of yourself. You don’t really have that confidence all the time compared to a kid. That’s something I’d like to get that back every once and a while. 

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ISAAC STERLING   

CREATIVE DIRECTION BY LUCIA TRAN   

*"As We Are" is our new no-makeup portrait series. Learn more here. 

As We Are: Cory Hardrict

I look back at my mother and her death, and see that all she wanted was to help her family. It's tough. It's hard to know that she lost her life; that she sacrificed her life for her family. That bothers me to this day. But, that's the bottom line. That's why I'm driven by any means to make sure that this comes to past. For example, I want to be there for my own family. My son needs me. My wife needs me. It's not about money. It's about time; about spending as much time as I can with my son. I want to let him to grow up to be a respectable young man, have goals, and do great things in this world. It will work out.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ISAAC STERLING   

CREATIVE DIRECTION BY LUCIA TRAN   

*"As We Are" is our new no-makeup portrait series. Learn more here. 

As We Are: Constance Wu

"Six years before my parents’ divorce, they weren’t even in the same bedroom. It was an uncomfortable feeling in the house... Thus my parents were not worried about my accomplishments or my sisters’. I think it can be freeing in a way. The hard thing for me is when other people have expectations like ‘Were your parents so excited to watch you on so and so?’ It doesn’t feel bad to me until someone points out the strangeness of my circumstance."

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ISAAC STERLING   

CREATIVE DIRECTION BY LUCIA TRAN   

*"As We Are" is our new no-makeup portrait series. Learn more here.