Art-Models Muses, we love you

Since the publication of this article in 2010, updated in 2015, some of these artists are retired from the job. Good luck my sweet friends !

Gerhardt Thompson : 

Regarding the models there are not enough words.

Without them there would be just a landscape, without their passion and expression there would be just a pretty face and for me the beauty of a woman is not in their physical attributes instead in what they have to share through self confidence, expression, understanding and trust. 

Each of the models I work with share natural beauty, there is never any make up and I have to remind them not to do their nails, there is nothing artificial just body language and it is my job to look closely at feelings, light, mood and to integrate the sum of these parts.These young ladies are bright and their abilities should never go unquestioned. The models work hard and give 200% of themselves. 

It is for this reason that I must do my very best for them each time I pick up my camera. They have my utmost respect !" Gerhardt Thompson

Carolyn Lacasse

Éric Daoust

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St Merrique, and author, and singer.

OnePixArt - "Spirit Dance"

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Iris Dassault And Photographer.
Jim Young - "Breaking waves"
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Dollybeck
Aref Jaroudy - "Fashion Nude"
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Kat Love And Photographer.
Greg Brown - "Unknown"
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I can't say enough about how incredibly fortunate I am to have the opportunity to work with these wonderful people. Their patience and understanding and trust are all invaluable to making the images work so well. I've said before, if it wasn't for them, I would only have a large collection of well lit and quite boring paper backdrops ! Not to play any favorites, but there are a few people who have supported my work with their incredible talent and friendship. Scott Nichol

Catphrodite
Scott Nichol - "Comfort of friends" - Second Art Model Rayn
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Betcee May
Meritt A. Vincent - "Nude"
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Vassanta
Dan Van Winkle
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I photograph the female figure for many reasons.  I believe the female body is the original aesthetic object, the source of all our ideas of what is beautiful.  Therefore, the female figure provides the perfect subject matter, just as it has been an important subject since the beginnings of art. Dave Levingston

Lela Rae And Musician.

Nad Iksodas - "Passions"

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Madame Bink
Mick Waghorne - "Death in Action"
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Candace Nirvana
Andre J - "Nirvana"
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Anyssa Jordan
 Perry Gallagher - "Branch"
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Miss Anya
A.J. Kahn - "Mimicry"
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I work with people that are more than models, they are truly the main subject of the image - these people bare their soul, more than their bodies, they explore their boundaries, their freedoms and freely give of their emotions as well as their poses. Without these wonderfully understanding artists, there is no hope of Art ever being created. Beau Nestor

Theda
Sylvie Blum - "Afraid of edges"
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NevaehLleh
Jeff Wack - "The Garden Tree" 
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Iveta Niklova
Paul Timon
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Lady Anais
Joseph Orsillo - "Stronger"
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Brooke Lynne
Andrew J Baran - "Despair"

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What makes you beautiful is something much deeper than skin
Than your arms, breasts, thighs and unspeakable gems
It's what you show but don't speak, time and again
It's something much greater… It's the you that's within
Thank you. Isaac Fowler, painter.

Elena Buga
Art Ward
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Xainafairy
Michael Rosen
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Erin And Musician.
Danny Bourne - "Like a burnish'd throne"
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Bella Blue
Michael Siu - "Pensive"
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Muse
David Charles - "Child of the Corn"
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I seldom work with professional models, concentrating on 'normal' women. Most of my models haven't posed nude before and experience a real shift in self confidence as a result of working with me. I'm blessed with a beautiful and tolerant partner who models for me on a regular basis and assists on many shoots. I'm fortunate to have the trust of so many women without whom I would not be able to create. My shoots are a collaboration and I attempt to capture something of the models personality in all my work. Rob Benson

Jessamyne Rose
Malcolm Smith - "In the moment"
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Ulorin Vex And Illustrator
Yerburi - "Dive"
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Sarah Ellis
Dan Van Winkle
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Nettie R Harris
 Chip Willis 
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Thank you for sharing and thank you for your bravery, honesty and commitment to your craft. I tip my hat to you all. Isaac Fowler, painter.

Groovaciousk
David Winge - "Beautiful Inflection"
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Joceline Brooke-Hamilton
 Mark Varley
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Ivory Flame
Ivor Tetteh-Lartey
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Carlotta Champagne
Dave Rudin
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Moon Marie
 K Leo
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Lorelei
TP Photography - "Desert Sunset"
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Muses, we love you

Matthew Scherfenberg, by Brooke Lynne

Matthew Scherfenberg

by Brooke Lynne

UdA Art Editor

Working with Matthew and making art with him in his studio is like stumbling upon an endless void of creative potential and possibility. He is a true art model's dream to collaborate with. He always has some image or idea conceptualized in his mind.

"Sheer"

Even when I have suggested a spontaneous shoot with no concept in mind, he blows me away by his immediate inventiveness and his prowess of innovation, with not even the slightest hint of being thrown off guard by the lack of warning.

"Torn Shy"
Art Model Brooke Lynne

He knows exactly how to make a masterpiece from the concept he's working with, even if he's not quite sure about how it's going to be achieved. He instinctively knows how the model should relate to the concept and how to adjust the pose, down to the centimeter.

He is a complete control freak in his studio with the most pliable flexibility I've ever witnessed in a photographer.

"Forsaken"
Art Model Brooke Lynne

"Wet Whip"
Art Model Brooke Lynne





Matthew is a genius at what he does, but he'll be the first to tell you that he is nowhere near where he'd eventually like to be in his photography. He is always striving to refine and better his art through deliberate practice. He has influenced this attitude in me tremendously, and I've learned so much from him.

He is, no doubt, one of the reasons why I became so captivated and passionate about nude fine art in the first place.

If it weren't for him, in all likelihood I wouldn't have started art modeling at all.

"Helix"
Art Model Brooke Lynne

Matthew found me on a community website in spring of 2007, asked me to look at his work and to "be brave" and try modeling for him.

I'm so glad I was brave and took the leap. He was my very first photographer, and continues to be an inspiration to me - photographically and generally - to this day.

"White Valley"
Art Model Dani

"Tan Tube"
Art Model Heather

"Storm and the Greek"
Art Model The Peach

I had never thought of myself as any kind of artist.

I've always been very technical, and felt I would be some kind of scientist. Initially my interest in photography grew from its technical complexity. Sometime in college, something changed. Ever since then if you ask me what I do, I say, "I'm a fine art photographer."

"Little Tips"


Art Model Brooke Lynne

I discovered that, to most people, the human form is the most beautiful and compelling subject. One way or another it touches all of us. For that reason, I choose to capture that beauty and present it disconnected from connotations of sexuality, identity, and emotion, and present only the aesthetic element.








"Pink Foil"
Art Model Youn Kyung

I don't want to be sterile.

I want to provoke and stimulate.

To inspire.

"Black Cotton Candy"
Art Model Heather

My work is very much a collaboration of model and photographer. I spend great time and effort inventing new ways to capture a unique image. I try to keep the vision vague until the model inspires me. The model’s form and movement bring energy, temperament, and aesthetic complexity.

In this fusion I see the moment that makes me release the shutter. Just a few of these moments survive and are refined to become finished work.

"Umbrella"
Art Model e-string










"Skirt"










Matthew Scherfenberg ©