“Disha Shemetova isn’t a traditional model. She started as a linguistics student who fell into portrait photography by accident. When she stepped in front of the camera, she asked that we never edit out her freckles or the scar on her eyebrow. ‘Those are my map,’ she said. ‘They tell where I’ve been.’”

Autocomplete suggested “brown eyes,” “brunette,” “brave look.” Leah smiled at the last one. Brave look. That’s what she wanted.

Leah hesitated. “A model named Disha Shemetova. But also… not just a model.”

The professor nodded slowly. “That’s the difference between decoration and communication. You chose well.”