Rachel's response to her start of photography

"I never meant to do this as my job. I'm 30 now, and I've only been doing this for a year, so in the scheme of my life, it's a pretty small portion. I moved here to New York to study photography and art history. I was living here, going to college, going out a lot, and Olivier Zahm was starting Purple Diary, which at that time was like a nightlife blog à la Tumblr. Olivier needed someone to take pictures here because he didn't live here full time, so he asked if I could do it. He didn't pay me, but he bought me a camera, and he would kind of upgrade the camera every year. At first I started just taking pictures of friends, and over time he let me start shooting for the book."

Olivier Zahm bought her a camera to take photos for Purple Diary and he upgraded the camera for her every year.

all eyez on Olivier Zahm.

https://www.ssense.com/en-gb/editorial/fashion/navigating-real-ness-with-rachel-chandler