Self-portraits of Rie Rasmussen - sexy, intellectual, free (22 photos)

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This issue features over 20 self-portraits by Rie Rasmussen, a Danish woman who, in addition to her striking Scandinavian looks and fierce personality, boasts a number of successful careers. Model, actress, director, screenwriter, producer, artist, and, finally, photographer.

Who would be surprised by the length of a resume these days? And wouldn't this once again be a clear victory of quantity over quality? However, Rasmussen seems quite stoic in dispelling such prejudices.

Rie Rasmussen was born and raised in Copenhagen. At 15, she was spotted by a scout from Next Model Management in New York, and, as you might expect, her modeling career began. From the age of 15, she lived in the United States, modeling, and was the face of Gucci and Victoria's Secret. She has worked with virtually every major photographer. She graduated from film school in the United States. Rie Rasmussen made her film debut in Brian De Palma's erotic thriller Femme Fatale (2002). She is actively interested in politics and is passionate about human rights.

Ree then directed several solid short films, and in 2006, she released her first major film, Human Zoo, which was screened at the Berlin Film Festival. It's frank, juicy, harsh, and poetic, yet at the same time a highly cohesive and serious film, hardly recognizable as a "first attempt."

In parallel with filmmaking, Rasmussen draws and takes up photography. Under the pseudonym Lily Dillon, Ree published a book, Grafiske Historier, consisting of self-portraits, sketches, paintings, and drawings.

Ree draws, photographs, writes scripts, swears, travels a lot, makes films… She has absolutely no free time.

"All these processes associated with the emergence of art are more reminiscent of the distillation process at our Bardo distillery than anything else. Just as pure spirit emerges from the still and burns, so too will we have pure art, through which we will ignite," says Rasmussen.

"I have a lot of sexually powerful material, with images of women as strong, aggressive goddesses...

"Some guy saw me across from Rockefeller Center and said, 'You're so beautiful, we just have to shoot you for this.' I went to the shoot, made twenty thousand dollars, and with that, Travis and I went to Japan, then settled in California. I bought all sorts of art props, canvases, oil paint, brushes, and started painting. Then we went to Mexico and Costa Rica and went surfing. In short, we lived on those twenty thousand for two years."

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