Ana Dias
Photography

Bezaubert von Cathy

BTS

On the first of May 2023 I flew to Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands – a Spanish archipelago just off the coast of West Africa. I had been to the Canary Islands before, but not to this particular island and I was super excited to get there. The tiny volcanic Lanzarote is a place that everyone in Portugal, my home country, has heard about. The reason for its popularity back home is because the only Nobel Prize winner in Literature in the Portuguese language, José Saramago, lived his final years there. I’m a huge Saramago fan, so to be able to see with my own eyes where he lived and where he wrote many of my favorite books had a very special significance for me. But literature aside, the reason for this trip was to shoot the cover star for Playboy Germany, aka the longest running and most successful of all international editions of Playboy. I’ve been doing it for more than a decade now, but it still feels like a dream everytime I shoot for Playboy. I sometimes have to pinch myself to make sure it’s real! Wow!
The model was the beautiful Cathy Hummels, a well known German TV presenter, influencer, IT girl and entrepreneur, together with her sister Vanessa Fischer. Shooting beautiful and strong women is always a thrill! And the sisters were so kind and easy to work with that the shoot unfolded very naturally and smoothly.
The location was the famous Lagomar house, an amazing property that, as the story goes, once belonged to Omar Sharif and was lost in a high-stakes game of cards. I’m not sure if that story is true, but I am sure that it’s one of the coolest locations ever. It was such a privilege to wonder about and photograph Cathy and Vanessa there!


– Ana Dias

 

Published in Playboy Germany July 2023 Issue
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Models: Cathy Hummels, Vanessa Fischer; Photographer: Ana Dias; Photography Assistant: Gonçalo Jorge; Producer: Natasa Mermer; Production: Victor Kruger – Pop House Productions;
Makeup Artist: Anna Noe; Styling: Stephan Kallaus; Video: Patrick Steuber

COVERS

Cathy Hummels nackt für den Playboy fotografiert von Ana Dias

Cathy Hummels nackt für den Playboy fotografiert von Ana Dias