I first reached out to Mati Marroni in the spring of 2019. At the time she had a very impressive Instagram account and I knew from chatter on social media that she was only 17. This is the first time Shore Thang ever worked with someone who was 17 and I had a lot of questions for Suzanne, one of our attorneys to make sure we didn’t break the law. Mati picked out a bunch of clothes from DollsKill and the shoot we had planned did not include nudity, so I felt confident we weren’t doing anything illegal. Mati Marroni in DollsKill I flew to Texas in order to set up the photo shoot. Mati showed up several hours late with a group of friends and even though the shoot, didn’t last long, she was very charming, fun to work with, and certainly above average intelligence. Mati’s background is from South America and she is also part Armenian. She was very cool in person and highly complementary about my photography skills. Several weeks after returning to LA, I posted the photos that we shot on CaliStonerGirls.com Mati was already an up-and-coming social media celebrity, even at the age of 16, […]