The prevailing theme for 2023 is: Keep it Small, Keep it Simple. I have an awesome rapport with the people I work with and our collective working style tends to be loose and free-flowing. We’ll go into a session with an idea we want to explore and after a while the shoot ultimately devolves into… Read More »Recent Work: Bodyscapes with Ivy
2023 started off balmy and warm in the North Carolina Piedmont and with warm weather on the horizon a second round in the woods with Jo seemed like the ideal way to begin the new year. Jo and I had initially planned an indoor natural light shoot. Studio strobes can make you lazy: by and… Read More »Recent Work: Into the Woods with Jo & Claire
Jo Rose is a multi-talented Durham-based burlesque performer, producer, aerialist, model…the list goes on. It’s hard to over-sell Jo, because she’s just so damn good at everything she does. She’s also a friend and my other photographic partner-in-crime, so I may be bit biased. I see my collaborations as being a two-way street. Sometimes I… Read More »Recent Work: Jo
Claire needs a bit of explaining. I have been working with Claire for almost five years. She was the second person I photographed nude and the first new friend that I felt comfortable saying “I’m asexual” to. In the nearly half decade that we’ve known each other she’s become a hilarious partner in crime and… Read More »Recent Work: Claire
This was one of my favorite sessions ever. Ivy Sublime, the subliminal seductress, is a Durham-based burlesque performer and co-head of Luxury Burlesque. More on them later <wink>. One of Ivy’s acts is called “All Seeing Eyes” and it features the most extraordinary set of handmade, realistic eye pasties you’ve ever seen. The effect, as… Read More »Ivy Sublime: “All Seeing Eyes”