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A woman in red tartan with huge sleeves and lace-up boots sits on a folding chair against a deep red backdrop

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Tartan.

Shooting the cover for Roisin McCarney's album, Divas Have Down Days. Lots of red, one big flag and a really good day in the studio.

Photography: David William Jack
Artist: Roisin McCarney
Album: Divas Have Down Days
Styling: Gillie Jean King

Wide studio frame: the model in tartan on a black stool holding a red flag printed with serif lettering

Portrait: the model on a tall stool, the red flag draped beside her

The model sits in a diagonal beam of white light, looking up

The model sits cross-legged against a slate-grey backdrop, sleeves spread wide

One colour, turned all the way up.

Frame 08 — close

Close-up: blonde fringe, red eye make-up, framed by tartan sleeves

The model sits cross-legged on a pale grey studio floor

On set.

Behind the scenes

Seen past a ladder and a softbox, the model checks her phone between set-ups

Black and white: the model kneels and laughs on a white cyclorama

Seen past a ladder, the model sits in tartan as crew move behind her in a blur