What is it like posing for those who have never done anything like it before ? Many women have recounted their experiences of posing in their own words either on video or in print. Here are some examples drawn from the blog. If anyone is interested in posing they should contact Patrick Nicholas.
NAUTILUS A new entry in the Metamorphosis series. After 6 years of gestation, the Nautilus photo shoot in Amsterdam is the latest addition to my Metamorphosis series portfolio. Sometimes the gestation period for a picture runs from months...
The shot of The Three Graces was on my list of projects for over six years, but I could never get three friends together at the same time. Kelsey and René at lunch just after we met. Over lunch they decided to pose for Three Graces. Two...
Seeking Grace On the old Roman road on the hill leading towards Orvieto from which Turner painted his celebrated painting in 1828, stands a crumbling de-consecrated church that belongs to an old friend of mine Lucio, this is where he and his...
Nadia tells her story: "Pleasure is made of simple things. What could perhaps illustrate this best?" The ingredients of a picture: Luxe, Calme et Volupté comes from a line taken from Baudelaire’s poem Invitation du Voyage, but it was a news...
Valeria's story " I feel proud of myself and proud that you asked me to do this; I said yes, but I was also really nervous, because I was...........naked!" Valeria speaking to the guests at the Van Dijken Glas Exhibition 2013. meeting in the...
Vargas or 'Varga' was the most famous pin-up artist of all time. I came across him in the 60s when I found piles of Esquire magazines in my uncle's library dating back to the war years. The Varga gatefold was to my teenage eyes the only...
The women in my pictures are unpaid amateurs of all ages, types, nationalities and cultures. Many of them have never posed before for anything other than snapshots. What's it like for the photographer and what's it like for them? The photographer's...
What is it like to pose for one of the Belle? Here is Katia's humorous story. A young journalist from Australia of Italian origin she posed for Correspondent and also for Klimtomania with fellow Australian, her friend Daniella...
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