Derek Johnson explored a 6 month recorded footage of a model guest staying at his home and extracted a pure essence in a 10 second film _ an hypnotic video where the sense of touch is coming to the surface of the screen.

Derek Johnson is a New York City based fashion filmmaker. His work focuses on beauty theory and the use of cosmetics to create individual mythologies. Within the very new genre of fashion film he seeks to work within the grey area between still and moving image.