q&a
Name: Mateja Buila
Agency: Jaz Daly Model Management
Hometown: Vukovar
Nickname: Tej
Instagram: @fuckingnowheretown
What makes you happy? Winning plush toys from arcades
As a kid what did you want to be when you grew up? A dentist because my cousin told me they made $1000 every hour
Describe a favorite childhood memory: Being excited to move to Australia because I thought kangaroos were everywhere
If you could hang out with any three people who would you choose? Chloe Sevigny, Harmony Korine and my boyfriend
What’s your worst fear? Insects touching me
the photographer says
I have wanted to shoot Mateja for a while – we have some mutual friends, so at some stage it was destined to happen – but for whatever reason I never had a chance to work with her until now. I always thought Mateja had an effortless cool vibe about her, so to see that genuinely come out in both our photo shoot and through our conversations made it a real pleasure.
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Photography by Jason Henley (@jasonhenleyco)
Special thanks to Isabella Schimid.
