{"id":20329,"date":"2024-07-17T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?p=20329"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:54:34","slug":"mamush-then-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/mamush-then-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamush, Then &amp; Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mamush, then &amp; now: Six years ago, Mamush asked his mother for a photo shoot for his fifteenth birthday. He wanted to explore the world of modeling. I created a <a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/on-the-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"broken_link\">portfolio of images<\/a> for him that included headshots and portraits. Two of his images went on to earn <a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/two-new-silver-and-ten-bronze-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"broken_link\">Silver awards<\/a> from The Portrait Masters International.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-119-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white portrait of Mamush, then, which earned a Silver award\" class=\"wp-image-10433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-119-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-119-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-119-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-119-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-119-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-119-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-119-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mamush_Then_Now_BTS.1-576x720.jpg\" alt=\"Mamush, then, behind the scenes\" class=\"wp-image-20333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mamush_Then_Now_BTS.1-576x720.jpg 576w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mamush_Then_Now_BTS.1-96x120.jpg 96w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mamush_Then_Now_BTS.1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mamush_Then_Now_BTS.1-80x100.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mamush_Then_Now_BTS.1.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-117-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Mamush with white background, which earned a Silver Award in 2018\" class=\"wp-image-10432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-117-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-117-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-117-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-117-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-117-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-117-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-117-Portrait-Masters-Silver-Award.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mamush returned to my studio this summer while on break from college. It was so great to see him. I remember being impressed by his focus. Now, his focus is to become an accountant. He still holds an interest in modeling, and does a little of it when he can find time. His calm energy and ability to take direction in front of the camera remain extraordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BTS_Mamush_June_2024-576x720.jpg\" alt=\"Behind the scenes - Maundy photographing Mamush, now\" class=\"wp-image-20330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BTS_Mamush_June_2024-576x720.jpg 576w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BTS_Mamush_June_2024-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BTS_Mamush_June_2024-96x120.jpg 96w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BTS_Mamush_June_2024-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BTS_Mamush_June_2024-80x100.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BTS_Mamush_June_2024-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BTS_Mamush_June_2024.jpg 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/&copy;Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0199.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos of Mamush, now\" class=\"wp-image-20335\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/\u00a9Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0200-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos of Mamush, now\" class=\"wp-image-20336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/\u00a9Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0200-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/\u00a9Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0200-720x350.jpg 720w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/\u00a9Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0200-120x58.jpg 120w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/\u00a9Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0200-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/\u00a9Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0200-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/\u00a9Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0200-1536x747.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/\u00a9Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0200-100x49.jpg 100w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/\u00a9Maundy-Mitchell-Mamush-Now-portraits-NH-photo-studio_0200.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Get in touch to schedule a complimentary consultation for <a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/photo-sessions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"broken_link\">your own photo shoot<\/a>!  Email ma&#117;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x79;&#x40;ma&#117;&#110;&#x64;&#x79;&#x6d;itc&#104;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;.co&#109;. I look forward to seeing you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mamush, then &amp; now: Six years ago, Mamush asked his mother for a photo shoot for his fifteenth birthday. He wanted to explore the world of modeling. I created a portfolio of images for him that included headshots and portraits. Two of his images went on to earn Silver awards from The Portrait Masters International.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/mamush-then-now\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[36,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-portraits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20329"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23154,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20329\/revisions\/23154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}