Echoing What’s Important To You

Tom Hayton is a British international fashion and portrait photographer. He spent four years in Malaysia, photographing some of Malaysia’s best known celebrities, and currently lives in France.

Discover why this hunk would not want to be caught making out in North Korea.

1. If you could change your fashion sense, what would your new fashion sense be and why?
To me the whole point of fashion is individual expression so you never know exactly what’s coming next. It could be fun to wander about the city dressed as a bedouin for a day. On the back of a camel.

2. If you could be politician for a day, who would it be?
Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese opposition leader). I wouldn’t enjoy being in detention but it would give me a new perspective on things!

3. If you could choose to stop aging, what age would you stop at, and why?
I wouldn’t. Aging- or specifically- knowing that life is short- gives me a sense of drive, accumulation of experience and an appreciation of the big picture. But if I had to give an answer, I’m 30 right now and don’t have so many wrinkles or gray hairs yet, so we can stop here, thanks very much.

4. Describe the most creative way you would spend 1 minute.
Getting on a random bus without checking the destination. Getting lost is a brilliant way to find new stuff.

5. What is the one country you will NEVER want to have your honeymoon at?
North Korea. I don’t wanna have spy cameras watching me when I’m making out.

6. If you could teleport someone from the past, who would it be?
Richard Avedon (fashion photographer). I’d wanna have a beer with him.

7. You bumped into your P.E. teacher 20 years after you left school. What’s the first thing you say to him/her?
OIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. If you could appear on a magazine cover, what would it be?
I prefer to be behind the lens but otherwise….GQ perhaps?

9. Complete the sentence: _______________ is the best thing since nail polish remover.
Digital photography…..

10. What is the question you wished I had asked you in this interview?
What’s gonna be the next big thing?

For more on Tom and his life in the fab lane, check out his work at www.tomhayton.com.