Natalia Safran Instagram – I’ve been trying to do this edit for more than a week now. Igor was the friend you meet for the first time and know you’ve known each other for eons. We met on a photoshoot for a story a magazine was doing on my and @mickjaroszyk’s first album and the rest was instant history. We laughed that we adopted Igor as our brother, Mick and I a sibling duo, Igor an only child, but we all three knew we belonged together. Putting this edit away and coming back to it every day has kept our adventures so vivid in my mind, because I find his being gone so stupifying it doesn’t seem real and I don’t know how to grasp it.
Igor Drozdowski was an effortless artist, beautifully intuitive photographer & director, brilliant musician & songwriter, a friend to many the world over, a husband & father. He was so light & spontaneous and lived by flashes of inspiration, which he knew how to gently lean into and flow with. We worked endless projects together w a mind-meld on all. Nothing was impossible. We filmed underwater in a giant pool Mick & I almost drowned in, covered half of Mojave w drone cameras & hand-helds atop ragged rocky peaks, walked downtown LA at 3 am backwards, conquered water parks w wild conviction. We were easy friends, always there for each other, sharing inside jokes nobody else got and quoting ridiculously funny phrases he came up w on repeat. Once an Italian Vogue favorite, sought by LA and European models alike, he didn’t court fortune or fame. Igor lived for beauty, friendship, photography, music & family. We had a lifetime to share which was never running out. Then got blindsided by his gioblastoma diagnosis, sitting on his hospital bed trying to break it down. Igor marveled at how different colors looked all of a sudden. They were so vibrant and strange, he would have wished to capture that with a camera. The cancer was fast and savage. Mick rallied Igor’s friends & fans and threw a concert/exhibition in his honor that took your breath away. Igor was there to feel the outpouring of love & devotion, maybe still process a part of it. IG cutting off my words. I hope I don’t miss you. I hope I feel you near and love you until I see you again ❤️🔥 | Posted on 14/Feb/2024 18:40:06
