Your comments chart ‘the human parasite’ »

Your comments chart ‘the human parasite’

The beautiful and broken human parasite. I have loved to see the comments so far on Flickr which have cited the look of Dali and H.R. Giger, as well as taken on other interpretations of the creature as a seed of new life, the germination of a better humanity, life-making as well as life-taking. But that is not all. Having been inspired and stimulated by the comments on my images on Flickr recently, I want to place the words of my viewers directly onto the image, making it into an anatomical chart.

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Posted in Inspirations - References to other artists, My images - versions & outtakes on February 11th, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Editing inspired by sculpture »

Editing inspired by sculpture

For those who can’t view this on flickr, here is Incestipede.
What started as a simple self-portrait nude just to show off my pond turned into a Bourdin-esque harking back to my image Corolla and one of the most impulsive titles I’ve ever typed. There were so many hard decisions I had to take along [...]

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Posted in Inspirations - References to other artists, My images - versions & outtakes on July 21st, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Video 2/3: using Phase One for fine art – snake shoot »

Video 2/3: using Phase One for fine art – snake shoot

(or view on YouTube)
Here’s the next video in the little series I’ve been doing, showing the stuff I’ve been producing with Phase One medium format system. The video goes behind the scenes to look at a shoot we did in April this year (which I previously blogged about) where I directed and modelled with a [...]

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Posted in Movies/audio, Press/sponsors, Tutorials/'making of' on May 31st, 2011 | 3 Comments »

In black & white »

In black & white

Three recent black and white nudes shot outdoors, as part of my new body of work and exploration of new techniques.

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Posted in My images - versions & outtakes on March 25th, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Denuded »

Denuded

denude definition
de·nude (dē no̵̅o̅d′, -nyo̵̅o̅d′; di-)
transitive verb denuded -·nud′ed, denuding -·nud′·ing
to make bare or naked; strip; specif.,
1. to destroy all plant and animal life in (an area)
2. Geol. to expose (layers of rock) by erosion, weathering.
Below – b/w version (view on flickr).

I took this in Ashdown Forest the other morning.
Wandered for about an hour with [...]

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Posted in Inspirations - References to other artists, My images - versions & outtakes on February 19th, 2011 | 10 Comments »

‘Girl with cradle and toys’ by Rossina Bossio »

‘Girl with cradle and toys’ by Rossina Bossio

Painting by Rossina Bossio, ‘Girl with cradle and toys’, modelled by Miss Aniela, to be featured in Rossina’s upcoming Rennes exhibition. Check out the painting on Rossina’s blog and Flickr stream.

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Posted in Inspirations - References to other artists on February 22nd, 2010 | 4 Comments »

‘Sculptography’ »

I recently did a collaboration with sculptor and bodycaster Jamie McCartney, for my exhibition Neurotica at Impure Art Gallery. The idea was to create a cast of me in a pose similar to one of my nude shots and then to shoot a photograph in the same pose, and project it onto the cast in [...]

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Posted in Collaborations & commissions on August 5th, 2009 | 10 Comments »