Rosy memories

Designer, Sanjana Jon

My favourite photo shoot was with photographer Steven Eastwood, Anand Jon and Miss Universe Zuleykha Rivera at the Four Seasons in New York. It was one of the last photo shoots I did with my brother Anand and the memory lingers.
It was a long and comfortable party wear gown in magnificent rose red colour. We used French chiffon for a soft and soothing feel and French lace to give it a rich look. Until, God willing, we have the opportunity to recreate and reweave the magic again, this photo shoot remains my favourite.

The shoot was for Sanjana Jon Ms Universe AIDS Awareness Tour with the UN. It was October 2006 and the main purpose was to create a strong campaign and awareness through the photo shoot for the tour. It was my birthday and a few days later was Zuleykha Rivera’s birthday.

My brother threw a wonderful surprise party after the photo shoot.

The evening seemed to last forever with family and friends and the joy of my birthday and an amazing photo shoot with my brother remains a moment of eternal joy.

The ambience was spectacular and we had many options to shoot. The photographer was the poster boy for Kodak Steven Eastwood and the incredible moments of happiness that he captured were spectacular.

I will forever and ever cherish these photographs till my brother is someday home and I do another photo shoot with him.

As told to Shruti Badyal