Guinevere Van Seenus Is Lensed By Matthew Sprout For Interview Magazine December 2016

Top model Guinevere Van Seenus is styled in gentrified country luxury by Liz McClean for Matthew Sprout images in Interview Magazine December 2016./ Hair by Holly Mills; makeup by Rie Omoto

Interviewed about 'The Secrets of Guinevere Van Seenus', the Washington DC original reflects on her first American magazine cover in 1996 and love of animals, including her father's childhood stories about a black bear sanctuary in the Northeast. Creating an animal sanctuary is very much a part of Guinevere's future plans.

In an interesting twist, the super creative model says she has resisted digital media but has developed a love of her Instagram.

Strangely enough, for me, Instagram has been a creatively freeing and inspiring format lately. I have been so very resistant to nearly all forms of media, yet finally this made it into my atmosphere, and in discovering this I have been propelled into some movement and new ideas. Real life images, curated images, even the visual diarrhea are incredible fertilization for movement in some direction or another. For me, before such a platform, I had little to no idea where to place, how to share, even whether one should share things that have been accumulating underneath for so long. This also allowed and pushed me to reflect on my own creations—why do I do it, how do I feel sharing it, what is the vulnerability and strength there? For me, for now, this vehicle allows the images to speak for so much; I am less verbal and more visual and I love the simplicity of this.