Posted on February 3, 2021
Naked, that is.
I’m often asked if I feel uncomfortable, or even exploitative, when photographing nude women or men.
I don’t.
We all are naked under our clothes. Theirs are just younger and more beautiful than mine.
Clockwise from top left:
Mischkah. Model: Mischkah
Lady of the Mist: Model: Rosa
I Dream in Pink: Model: Eachelle
Penance: Mason
Nearly Nude. Model: Mischkah
Category: photography Tagged: female, i dream in pink, lady of the mist, male, mason, mischka, monochrome, nearly nude, Nikon D850, nude, penance, photography, photoshop, portrait, rachelle
Posted on November 4, 2020
This photograph was one of my early successes on the FIAP competition circuit, winning gold, silver and bronze medals. This came as a bit of a surprise to me as the shoot had verged on disaster. The model, whose name I have forgotten, was from one of the Eastern European countries and had only a very few words of English, so communications were difficult to say the least. She had a repertoire of practised poses which she persisted in adopting, in spite of my repeated cries of, “No, please no.” I guess she was equally frustrated as she watched this septuagenarian capering about trying to emulate the poses I wanted, in a weird geriatric version of charades. How we arrived at this pose, I have no idea. I think I had just given up on trying to establish any kind of connection and was allowing her to do her thing. Turns out she knew best, after all.
Category: Words and Pictures Tagged: blackandwhite, communication, desolation, FIAP, medals, model, monochrome, nude, photography, portrait, septuagenarian, studio
Circles of Confusion
Published June 2020
Ashes on the Tongue
To be published
March 2021