Model of the Month | Sam Webb — Interview, Part II

Photo by Rubén Vega

What do you love – can­not live without?

Sam Webb: I love my fam­ily and friends, I am a sim­ple man — with many vices!

What is some­thing peo­ple would be sur­prised to know about you?

Sam Webb: That I sleep talk a lot.

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List 10 songs on you iPod

Van Mor­ri­son — In the Gar­den (favorite song in the world)
Bruce Spring­steen — Born to Run
White Snake — Here I Go Again
2pac — Temp­ta­tions
The Killers — Mr. Bright­side
Oasis — Cig­a­rettes and Alco­hol
Bob Mar­ley — Wait­ing in Vain
The Verve — Lucky Man
Zztop — Legs
The Streets — It’s Too Late
Paul Weller — There’s No Drink­ing
Gigs — Look Out

Photo by Glen Burrows

What do you like to do on your downtime?

Sam Webb: I love to meet with my friends and get drunk and go to the gym and hit the bag! Let some ten­sion out!

Out of all the places you have vis­ited, what is your favorite?

Sam Webb: I really enjoyed New Zealand! I have great mem­o­ries there and the lifestyle and land­scape is stunning!

Photo by Cuneyt Akeroglu

What were you like as a child?

Sam Webb: I was very naughty, I got moved [to] schools when I was young! I couldn’t keep still for a sec­ond (still can’t) ha! But my mam was great with me and taught me how to chan­nel the aggres­sion and extra energy, she even sent me to a tap dance class.

What are you doing out­side modeling?

Sam Webb: I have a lot of things going on! I still do train box­ing but don’t com­pete any­more! I have also started buy­ing clas­sic motor­bikes with my dad and doing them up and sell­ing them! I grew up around motor­bikes and it’s def­i­nitely one of my pas­sions! It makes me happy that I have the oppor­tu­nity to do this with my dad! As we never had the money to do this when I was grow­ing up!

Photo by Bruce Weber

Any fond mem­o­ries from work­ing with a spe­cific photographer?

Sam Webb: The most spe­cial shoot for me was with Bruce Weber shoot­ing me and my dad for Vogue Italia! Bruce is amaz­ing as he not only takes amaz­ing pic­tures, he wants to under­stand you and bring out the you in his pic­tures! He is inspir­ing when he shoots and brings out the best in me! He was great with my dad who had no clue what was going on! I will remem­ber it forever!

How would you sum up your expe­ri­ence as a model?

Sam Webb: I would sum it up as a boy from Birm­ing­ham mov­ing to Lon­don with his eyes closed and turn­ing into a man with his eyes still opening!