"After working as Bruce Weber's assistant for three and a half years, I relocated to Milan in 1989
to start my own photographic career. I spent six months there doing 'model tests,' but didn't have much
luck getting clients. Milan was about to close for August holidays, and I was questioning if I would
return come September. At just the right moment, a make-up artist friend came to town to work on the
Versace show, and asked me to stop in. I instantly clicked with everyone at Versace, and they invited
me to come the next day and take some photos for the launch of their new line, Versus. They loved the
photos and hired me the following September, as well as for many seasons afterwards, to shoot
backstage at their main fashion shows. Gianni was so happy with the images from one of the men's
shows that he decided to use the photos for his advertising campaign."
—DOUG ORDWAY
Backstage Versace,
Fall 1994, Milan
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