SAGE
CRUZ FIELD
PHOTOGRAPHY BY REBEKAH HANGE
Sage Cruz Field is an artist making a living by selling commissioned paintings, custom clothing designs, videos and photographs in Rochester, N.Y. Field was featured in Fashion Week of Rochester's 2017 Lead the Way show for setting an example of entrepreneurship and artistic innovation. In 2018, he will be involved in Fashion Week as a designer showcasing his custom-designed clothing. He spends the weeks before Fashion Week completing his designs and fitting models for the runway. He will also make use of his photographic skills as the event’s official photographer.
Sage Cruz Field paints in the basement of his home in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 5, 2018. Field's basement acts as a makeshift studio for his painting.
Above: Field wears a gas mask to protect his lungs from spray paint fumes as he creates his clothing pieces in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct 7, 2018.
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Right: A screen-printed portrait of Field hangs above his Fashion Week designs in his home in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct 7, 2018. Field's Fashion Week designs will be sold in a friend's screen-printing shop after Fashion Week ends.
Field trims a dress he bought at a thrift store to be painted and showcased in Fashion Week on Oct. 7, 2018.
Field uses a laser-cut piece of wood of his signature as a stencil for decorating Fashion Week clothing on Oct. 7, 2018.
Field uses spray paint to decorate thrift store clothes on Oct. 7, 2018. Although primarily a more traditional painter by trade, Field applies his artistic vision to found clothing.
Field makes promotional material for his designs to publish on his YouTube channel outside his home in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct 7, 2018.
Field photographs at the Fashion Week tent located on Midtown Athletic Club's grounds in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 10, 2018. Field's own design work will be featured in the show entitled Walk and Roll on Oct. 11, 2018.