Univers d'Artistes

September 24, 2008

Joel Belmont (and Lili Belmont !)

" It is a technique called Oilgraphy, where a photographic print is mounted on a panel and archivally sealed into an acrylic layer, then painted over abstractly in oil paint." Joel Belmont

Between photography and painting, you'll find Joel Belmont at his official site, his blog, his first feature and his interview.

"Before You Leap" - Oilgraph by Joel and Lili Belmont

"Untouched by the fire" - Oilgraph by Joel Belmont

"There Will Be Light"
Oilgraph by Joel and Lili Belmont

My favorites of the month

Dave Levingston
"Warehouse 3"

Abe Taltre
"Rose behind"

François Benveniste
"The grey bed"
Art Model Clelia

Doug Faircloth
"Mirror, Montana Club"
Art Model Lou

Ben Heys
"A cold dawn"
Art Model Beck

Robert Lubanski
Model Nadja

John Running
"White Sands"
Art Model Natalia

Michael Helms
"Engel 7234"
Art Model Engel Schrei

Jim Young
"Taking the cloud for a ride"
Art Model Courtney

José Manchado
"Lines"
Art Model Jane

Pavel Kiselev (Photoport)
"Landscape with naked"

Rob Benson
"What's gone before II"

Tiki Llanes
"Pleased with You"
Art Model Yara

Vic
"Still life"

Terrell Neasley

"This then : to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock." Edward Weston

Art Model Clarissa

By Terrell Neasley in his blog (because he loves words too !) :

Art Model Faerie

" I've also been excited to see Chris St James at it on a daily basis over there on his home front, Univers d'Artistes.

After being gone about 6 months, he's been catching up with a fierceness.

Normally, I think he'd post maybe twice a week. Check him out now and see how many posts he has in the last week. The man is a machine.

I've even gotten a few of my shots posted by him. Too cool. That's like a shot of adrenaline for my blog and website every time he does that.

Thanks, Chris."

Art Model Lissa

Thanks, Terrell !

For your kind words, your wonderful mails, your concern about my health.
We never meet, maybe a day, but I'm feeling so good to know you close to me.

Your thanks turn me red... YOU ARE THE ARTIST (by the way, your talent is exploding), and this site couldn't exist without your creativity, your passion and your confidence.

I'm not a machine, of course, or a broken one. I just belove the Artists, and to promote Fine Nude Art.

Every day, thanks to kind comments like yours, I see that we are on the good way. Together.

Take care, my dear Terrell. And thanks from the botton of my heart.

Terrell Neasley ©

" Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be." Edward Weston

September 23, 2008

Peter Checksfield, "Louisa-Jade" series

By Peter Checksfield, an extract from "Louisa-Jade" series, more classical than his usual work.

"Louisa-Jade" series"

It was a bit too cold and dark for her to do outdoor nudes (and she was nervous), but I enjoyed concentrating on studio shots for a change. Fantastic model !"

Elipa Killovna

From Elipa : her official site.

"Backbone"

"Lines"

Elipa ©

September 20, 2008

Arwendur

Arwendur at his official site, his first feature here inside.

"Lamplight I"

"Blue I"

" Zig-Zag II"

"Pink in the House II"

Arwendur ©

September 19, 2008

Welcome Paul Alexander

You'll find Paul Alexander at Alternative Images, Suffering For Art, deviantART.

"Contrasting Textures"

" This image took 10 months from the original idea, finding the stones, finding the right model to when I produced the print."

Paul Alexander is a renowned fine nude-art photographer from UK. And you'll understand why he's so awarded by watching the wonderful photographies I've selected, trying to show you how much he's inspired in a wide range of themes. What I love ? His consuming inventiveness.

"Reaper"

" Just one of those unplanned images that worked.
The model was changing her dress during an outdoor shoot under a piece of my background material when I saw this image unfold. Natural lighting and no Photoshop !"

I have had letters after my name in photography for 30 years, during which time I have won numerous coveted awards and had too many images published and purchased globally to recall or to mention here.

Many have also been included in prestigious publications such as photography yearbooks which typically print only the best few images from a world-wide submission of thousands, and in other image collections with (unrelated) titles such as : "The World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today" and "The Worlds Greatest Black White Photography."

By way of further examples, I have recently had an image featured in the BBC TV Countryfile Calendar and usually have at least two sets of images on exhibition in galleries at any one time.

"A day in the park"
Art Model Joceline Brooke-Hamilton

" They say every picture tells a story. So here's the one behind this image :
Just as I pressed the shutter, capturing this image in a local park, an elderly couple came into view walking along the path that was obscured by the model's tree. As soon as he saw us the man left the path and strode directly towards us brandishing his walking stick in the air and shouting "Excuse me, but do you realize ?... You've just made an old man very happy !"

"Vix""Natural lighting. Not even fill-in reflectors !"

"The Tree Hugger"

I am a member of the international professional judging panel for the photography competition websites Erotic Art and Photo Competition where over $2500 prize money per month is awarded to winning photographers.

I am also an Honorary Fellow, with numerous images nominated for the 2006 and 2007 Black and White Spider Awards, as well as being a member of The Association of Erotic Artists and the Royal Photographic Society.