“Dramatic as fuck” is how Bilal M. Ibrahim (Billy) describes his style. Billy, 26, is a major in Engineering who works at Daman Model Management in Istanbul; Turkey.

“I know a few things to be true. I do not know where I am going, where I have come from is disappearing, I am unwelcome and my beauty is not beauty here..." famous lines by my favorite author Warsan Shire ; I'll go ahead and dissect those lines for you - although, Warsan here talks about these tragic countries and people that were exiled from home, this isn't the case for the Iraqi born male model - He definitely knows where he is going and his beauty is without a doubt worldwide accepted and truly welcomed .

With luscious curls that hover around his face like a halo his hair makes him so distinctive, that you can see him from miles away . It truly matches his fiery personality. Energetic ; unapologetically blunt and incredibly considerate for others, those, are just the few words I can use to describe this unique character.


We shot in the beaches of north Istanbul - Billy brought so much energy and fun to this shoot that we truly lost track of time - before we knew it the sun was going down and we had to start heading back. But look at these series of images below and you can get a sense of how contagious his soul is.