Qodi Armstrong
Soft-light studio portrait, undone waves
The Journal — No. 01 Fashion · Film · Hair & Makeup

Behind the Chair thirty years of the work, the eye, and the people in front of it

A working journal from the set and the studio — where a look gets built, and why it matters.

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Studio beauty portrait, cobalt liner
The Philosophy

The look begins before the first pin.

Long before anyone reaches for a tool, the work is a decision — about who this person is, and how the light should find them.

On Set

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Directing a model on a graffiti set

Two hands, one silhouette.

Editorial · On Location
Shaping an afro on set

Where it lives.

Editorial · On Location
Model in red, industrial backdrop

Volume against the concrete.

Editorial · Ph. Tiffany Mumford
Red sweater editorial, sculpted afro, gold hoops

Red on red.

FASHION Elements Magazine · Ph. Tiffany Mumford
Shaping a sculpted afro on set, hand entering frame

The last adjustment.

On Set · Hair, Qodi Armstrong
Red dress, star boots, industrial truck yard editorial

Sky, steel, silhouette.

Editorial · Ph. Tiffany Mumford
The team walking to set together on a sunny day

The walk to set.

On Set · With the team
In the chair before the shot, makeup and hair worked together

Before the first frame.

On Set · With the team
Off-shoulder red, gold neckpiece, sculpted afro against trucks

Gold at the collarbone.

Editorial · Ph. Tiffany Mumford
Red suit, full afro, caught mid-motion by a truck

Caught in motion.

Editorial · Ph. Tiffany Mumford
Red suit, head tipped to the sky, Mack truck behind

To the sky.

Editorial · Ph. Tiffany Mumford
Red jacket, full afro, hand to the curls on set

Hand to the curl.

On Set · Hair, Qodi Armstrong
Tribal-dot beauty, wet waves, leaning to the light

Marked, not made up.

Editorial · Ph. Tiffany Mumford
Wet braid, swimwear, leaning to the wall

Wet and woven.

Editorial · Ph. Tiffany Mumford
Side braid, white cutout, studio profile

The braid in profile.

Editorial · Ph. Tiffany Mumford
Side braid studio editorial
The Craft

One braid, deliberate.

The whole look can hang on a single decision — to gather it, and exactly where.

The Journal

Reading Room
White editorial, yellow neckpiece
The Philosophy

“The most technically skilled person in the room is not always the most valuable one.”

— Qodi Armstrong

Tearsheets

Published Work · Selected
White Heat spread
White Heat — Ph. Tiffany Mumford · Hair, Qodi Armstrong
american-ah spread
american-ah — Dreamingless Magazine · Hair, Qodi Armstrong
On-set portrait, hair by Qodi Armstrong
On Set — A moment in the trailer · Hair, Qodi Armstrong
Ellements Magazine editorial, white one-piece, feather neckpiece
Ellements Magazine — July 2016 · Ph. Tiffany Mumford · Hair, Qodi Armstrong
Ellements Magazine spread, swimwear editorial
Ellements Magazine — July 2016 spread · Ph. Tiffany Mumford · Hair, Qodi Armstrong
Ellements Magazine swimwear editorial, undone wet texture
Ellements Magazine — Swimwear, undone texture · Ph. Tiffany Mumford · Hair, Qodi Armstrong
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Gold dust
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