Interview by Alexandre Orlowski

JUSTINIAN KFOURY [TOTAL]

Justinian Kfoury founded Total Management in 2003 as a creative agency representing artists for commercial work. Now Total has offices in New York, Paris, London, and Berlin and represents Photographers, Stylists, Creative Directors, and Hair and Makeup artists. Total Managements’s concept is to support and develop all areas of the artists' career from large advertising campaigns to production of digital movies as well as the artists' own personal projects.

PHOTOGRAPHER: BRUNO STAUB, CREATIVE DIRECTOR: JOERG KOCH, STYLIST: MARC GOEHRING

Justinian, what initially attracted you to the work of a creative agent? 

Fantasy

PHILIPPE JARRIGEON X SNOOP DOG FOR KLARNA

What is your role in the day-to-day operations at Total Management?

Possibility

GOSHA RUBCHINKIY X VOGUE HOMMES

What do you consider essential to being a purveyor of quality in your field? 

Education

MARC HUNDLEY, GRAPHIC ARTIST AND DESIGN GURU

What are some of the lessons learned from projects that have not worked?

Flow

LUKAS WASSMAN X VETEMENTS

Do you tend to have a more big-picture or detail-oriented perspective?

Spirit

LUKAS WASSMANN X GARAGE MAGAZINE

Do the majority of photographers you represent start their careers with the intention to shoot fashion?

No

HILL & AUBREY X T MAGAZINE Mar. 19

What is your tried-and-true strategy for overcoming a creative block?

Money

THOMAS LAGRANGE X VOGUE PARIS

What gives you a sense of optimism?

Drugs

PIERRE-ANGE CARLOTTI X CLARA DESHAYES

Your motto?

Totes

BRETT LLOYD X VOGUE HOMMES SS19

And in closing, how would you describe the Agent’s Club in three words?

Visual  Index  Now

PHILIPPE JARRIGEON

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