January 19, 2009

Angelicatas


Angelicatas at her official site, her blog.






"Silent night"










"Falling in love..."










"Odalisque in despair"










"The favourite"

January 17, 2009

GOnFriday joins us


You'll find GOnFriday at : deviantART.








"Theatre"

"Wonderful emotional portrait ! I feel her intensity ! Beautiful light !" David LeBeck













GOnFriday lives in Italy. She's still an art student, like Marco Arbani, what explains a lack of informations about her short career.

However, I can tell you that her talent is already recognized by great photographers such as Vernon Trent, Minon, Robert Triboli, Dan West and particularly David LeBeck. And to be followed by these experienced artists worths the best awards.








"Fearlessness"




Shooting mainly in BW, I was immediatly attracted by her emotional figure studies and portraits, very well composed.

Her nude-non nude poses are wonderfully classic, with a strange "Man Ray" touch, if I can dare the comparison.

Without any doubt, GOnFriday makes part of this new generation of photographers promised to a great future. And I'm very pleased to welcome her on board.










"Obsession" " Obsession has an air to 60'. The expression of the face, the body that is sinuated but inshowed, the semi-undone bed, the half tones and the lighting evoke the Italy of Marcello Mastroianni. La Dolce Vita." Jordi Esteban










"Hope"




"Le poison"

"All that is not equal to the poison which flows
From your eyes, from your green eyes,
Lakes where my soul trembles and sees its evil side...
My dreams come in multitude
To slake their thirst in those bitter gulfs."
Charles Baudelaire (French poet, 1821-1867)



January 16, 2009

My tribute to the women photographers



Despite Ruth Bernhard, Bettina Rheims, Annie Leibovitz, Sally Mann or Ellen von Unwerth, the women's contributions to the artistic nude photography is under-recognized.

Beyond the traditional and stupid cultural resistances they still face with strength and passion, they make an incredible work, bringing us the very best with grace and harmony.








Lara Jade -
"Lady Of The Lake"

Art Model Dollybeck -










The women photographers devoted to fine art nude photography show us a rare emotional force and the sensual (rarely sexual) beauty of the woman as seen through the feminine eyes.

Soft or rude, abstract, conceptual or figurative, their photographs have a particular sense, often symbolic and always full of a poetry I admire without moderation.











Minon
-
"Paris, no III"
Self portrait





The second thing is that the number of women photographers working on the male nude is far less than the number of women photographers shooting the female nude. Maybe a question of more photogenic curves ?

And last but not least, for those who choose this fascinating way, they all succeed in the most difficult exercise : the self portraiture as Minon, Rachel Lovitt, Anna Piovani, Marquita Norwood, Vic, Harizma, Sarah Ina Alexander... And this, it is an exception in the men photographers' works.


Since the opening of this site, I've a label I cherish : "woman artist", my tribute to their wonderful artworks. And each time I discover a woman photographer or an inspiring art model, I'm like a child in a toy store... Because I know their particular sensitivity and their outstanding inspiration. Because they make me feel this famous "Wow!" factor we all are searching for.








Ruth Bernhard
"Classic Torso"





" Every artist, in a sense, is missionary. He tries to convey a message to his fellow man – he communicates the awesome presence of truth and beauty he discover in the world around him, in its lakes and mountains, trees, rocks and plants, in its living creatures.

" Down through the centuries poets, sculptors, painters and now photographers, have also been striving to grasp and immortalize the beauty of the human body, both male and female. I see in these forms the elemental relationship to the large forms of nature ; a sense of strength like a rock – fluidity like water – space like a mountain range.

" If I have chosen the female form in particular, it is because beauty has been debased and exploited in our sensual twentieth century. We seem to have a need to turn innocent nature into evil ugliness be the twist of the mind. Woman has been target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography.

" To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the image of woman, has been my mission – the reason for my work."










Jan Murphy -
"Holding On"
Art Model Emma










Katarzyna Rzeszowska -
"107"










Elipa -
"Window"
Self portrait










Fefa Koroleva










Vic -
"Duel"Self portrait










Elena Vasilieva
"Poison girl"










Ira Bordo










Anca Cernoschi -
"Room 4"








Lætitia Debruyne -
"Sylvaine III"










Mari Alzugaray
"Aburimiento"










Sheryl Nields










Anikout
"Loty"










Kat Love -
"Risk"
Self portrait










J. Borodina (Eliara) -
"Tango"



January 11, 2009

New Members' work










Mick Waghorne
"SC6"
Art Model Madame Bink










Nick Giles
"Vanessa 20"










Scott James Prebble
"The Coming Storm"
Art Model Fabba










Lara Jade
Art Model Sasha L









David LeBeck
"Secret Life of Arabia II"
Art Model, Author and Singer St Merrique










Siyar Demircan
"Disappointment"










Jason Tag
"Tidepools"
Art Model Serafina










Pavel Kiselev
"From life of mermaids"










Jim Young
"Sneaking Trough the Light"
Art Model Reven










John Tisbury
"Hand shadows"
Art Model Kayt Webster-Brown










Andre J
"Legs on ledge"
Art Model Genevieve










Vahid Naziri
"You go back to her..."










Lorand Peli
"Surprized, detective ?"










Dan Van Winkle
"Breathless"
Art Model Angelina