ph: Mei Tao
Cameron Russell is a model, writer, and organizer.
She spent the last twenty years working as a model for clients like Prada, Calvin Klein, Victoria’s Secret, H&M, Vogue and Elle. With over 40 million views and counting, she gave one of the most popular TED talks of all time on the power of image. She is the co-founder of Model Mafia, a collective of hundreds of fashion models striving for a more equitable, just, and sustainable industry, and was the force behind campaigns including #MyJobShouldNotIncludeAbuse, which brought the #MeToo movement to fashion. Her book, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone, on fashion, intuition, and power, is available here. Her work leverages creative collaboration and collective storytelling to interrupt extractive supply chains and build a just and sustainable present.
Awards and accolades: 2024 Elle Women of Impact Honoree. 2020 inaugural CultureShifter by the Huffington Post. Recipient of the 2018 Harpers Bazaar Women of the Year Award, the GCFA’s Changemaker Award, and she was nominated for a Shorty Award for her work organizing models to expose systemic sexual harassment and abuse in fashion. She has twice been named model of the year (humanitarian and social media star) by models.com, provider of the industry’s most influential model rankings. Her work has been recognized by the New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue, Glamour, Refinery 29, i-D, NYMag, Business Insider, The Telegraph, CNN, NPR, and ABC.
upcoming events
June 1rst at SUAY Shop in Los Angeles
May 26, 3pm at Twenty Summers in Provincetown, MA in conversation with Mara Hoffman rsvp here
April 16th, 7pm at Books & Books in Miami in conversation with Becca McCharen & Alejandra Smits rsvp here
April 10th, 4pm
FIT NYC Re-imagining our Future Keynote
April 5th, 7pm
PULP Librarie, Montreal
March 20th, 7pm
Strand Books, NYC RSVP
contact
Inquiries: Christiana Tien Tran (christiana@lumiencreative.com)
Book specific: Caroline Eisenmann (ce@goldinlit.com), Frances Goldin Literary Agency
Book Publicity: Michelle Jasmine (mjasmine@penguinrandomhouse.com)