Read the articles published in various magazines about the portraits.

Easy Living’s Portrait of a lady
Easy Living’s Portrait of a lady

In an amazing ongoing photographic project, Patrick Nicholas takes classic works of art and reinterprets them with modern women. Here, we find out how the subjects feel about taking their clothes off in the name of art… THE WOMAN:  Rosaria BASED ON:  ‘The Birth Of Venus’ by Botticelli ROSARIA’S STORY:  “Three years ago, Patrick described ...

Easy Living’s Portrait of a lady
Madison magazine – Portrait of a Lady
Madison magazine – Portrait of a Lady

  CLASSIC PAINTINGS ARE GIVEN A MODERN MAKE-OVER WITH REAL WOMEN BARING ALL FOR ART Over the past 20 years, Italy-based British photographer Patrick Nicholas has been reinterpreting classic paintings with the help of volunteers. It’s not for charity, the women haven’t been paid and they’re not models or actresses. Rather, they’re regular Italian women ...

Madison magazine – Portrait of a Lady
Cleo magazine, Australia: Portrait of a Lady
Cleo magazine, Australia: Portrait of a Lady

Imagine your image living on in the name of art. The idea sounded great to Australian journalist Katia Sanfilippo. Then she realised she’d be completely naked……..   I’m nude, bar a red pashmina covering my bits, in a room filled with strangers. Odder still, I’m but seconds away from losing the pashmina. I feel cool ...

Cleo magazine, Australia: Portrait of a Lady
The Sunday Times Magazine’s The paint strippers
The Sunday Times Magazine’s The paint strippers

The art-deco artist de Lempicka used ‘a Parisian prostitute as her model for one of the 20th century’s most sensual paintings. Nearly 80 years on, the photographer Patrick Nicholas and the journalist Nicholas Farrell, who collaborated on this special project, needed to find the right model to flesh out their daring reinterpretation. “We convinced a ...

The Sunday Times Magazine’s The paint strippers
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Easy Living’s Portrait of a lady
Madison magazine – Portrait of a Lady
Cleo magazine, Australia: Portrait of a Lady
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