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Currently Playing: Making Of "The Metamorphosis" with Omahyra Mota

Elias Wessel shoots Omahyra Mota for the cover of Norwegian fashion magazine "Vixen". The story has been shot at TriBeCa Skyline Studios New York and is based on Franz Kafka's novel "The Metamorphosis". Mota has modeled for designers such as Alexander McQueen, Fendi, Heatherette and Jean Paul Gaultier. Also, she was flown in especially by Gwen Stefani for L.A.M.B.'s show during New York's 2005 Fashion Week and had acting roles in X-Men and the Jay-Z video "Change Clothes" together with Naomi Campbell. She is known for modeling both men's and women's clothing. Mota was voted one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people in 2001. She walked the Victoria's Secret runway in the same year and worked with photographers such as Ellen Von Unwerth and Terry Richardson. The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century. Elias Canetti described it as "one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written during this century". The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a vermin. Elias Wessel is a New York based photographer working with fashion icons, magazines and celebrities such as Betsey Johnson, Stefan Sagmeister, Camila Alves, Omahyra Mota, Naeem Khan... CREDITS Photographer: Elias Wessel Talent: Omahyra Mota @ Muse Models Editor: Marianne Jemtegård, Anette L'orange @ Vixen Magazine Stylist: Storm Pedersen Hair: Yoichi Tomizawa Make Up: Viktorija Bowers for Illamasqua Cosmetics Photo Assistant: Silas Brown Styling Assistant: Adrian Diaz Hair Assistant: Taigo Making Of: Christopher Riemann Post Production / Art Direction: Elias Wessel Studio Interview: Kjiersti Flaa Location: TriBeCa Skyline Studios, New York 2010