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Considered one of Canada’s greatest rythmic gymnasts, Alexandra Orlando is has 9 gold medals in International competition (6 Commonwealth Games, 3 Pan-Am Games), was a 4 year reigning national champion across all events, and is 1 of 2 Canadians to represent their country in the Individual competion at the Olympics (Beijing 2008). Alex & Andrew originally connected over social media after Alex came across one of his photos. Their desire to collaborate together has led to multiple photoshoots, including creating the images that would represent Alex throughout her post-athletic career. His portraits of her have been exhibited inside Toronto’s Union Station, as well as being featured on the International Olympic Commitee website, thoughout Alex’s social media and her interviews for various blogs, podcasts, and media appearances.
“Aug 17, 2014 was when I first met Alexandra Orlando and we started talking about working together to define her image for her next steps in her career through sport. It wasn't until 2 years later when we were finally able to lock down a shoot date, after juggling our jobs, her commitments representing Canadian athletes, helping with the organization of the Pan Am Games and 2 of the busiest years of my photography career.
It constantly serves as a reminder to me that the universe is going to work on its own time and things will align when they're meant to. These photos took 2 years to make and 1/200th of a second to take. So you tell me was the 2 years worth it?“ - Andrew Palmer
“This day + shoot will always be one of my faves xo” - Alexandra Orlando, OLY (when commenting on our first shoot together)