‘A huge crowd surrounded the car. It was quite eerie, almost scary. Even for her that moment was crazy’
Rihanna’s French fans are wild. They love her so much and they run for several blocks behind her car when she’s travelling through the city. This shot was taken at
Paris fashion week in 2014. It was the first day she arrived in Paris and so things were especially intense.
We’d just left the Balmain show and it was really hard to get through this huge crowd of people to the car. When we got inside we were instantly surrounded by people. If you look closely, one of the fans outside has their phone set to record mode – I don’t think you can actually see anything through the glass but they’re still trying. It was quite eerie, almost a little scary.
Rihanna is more used to these kinds of situations than other people, but even for her that moment was kind of crazy.