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When working and creating as a photographer and artist (rather
than as an author or sex educator), my work has been described as "bravely intimate", "incredibly
original", revolutionary, "perfectly imperfect" and "unbelievably
diverse" by viewers and fans.
Click a thumbnail to view the photos below (enlargements are shown
at a reduced size -- full-sized, high resolution photos are available
for subscribers). For more information on the photos, modeling, bookings, links
to guest photographers and subjects or technical information,
read further below or see the information links at left. To see
the most recent photo updates to the site, click here.
To view my professional portfolio or for information on booking
photo sessions with me, click here. |
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Blending more traditional styles, archetypes and themes with new
approaches, keeping the physical and emotional tone real, grounded,
varied and intense, I try to step outside genre by creating work
that explores sexuality, gender and personal identity within fine
art without a typical fine art nude genericism or loss of personal
identity of the subject. Material that aims to protest stereotype,
to be feminist, queer, body image and sexually healthy and expressive,
that runs the gamut from tackling major issues to having a damned
good time, and which can be enjoyed and appreciated by viewers
of varied genders and sexual orientations. I aim to put a diverse
array of real body, real mind, real heart and real sexuality out
there with my own in hopes of making a dent in the homogeneous,
hetero, male-directed, overglossed and often vapid pit of mass-produced
and mainstream sexual material in which the image usually starts
and stops on the one-dimensional surface and reflects male fantasy
and ideal put upon women rather than female-directed sexual and
artistic expression.
In my mind, the difference between my work and pornography of
various types isn't as simple as my not shaving my armpits sometimes,
being over 30, being queer, not having fake breasts, often going
without makeup or including other models or lovers who may not,
or certainly do not, fit mainstream beauty standards or simple
sexualor gender identities. It's a complex combination of creative,
political, personal and artistic motivation, very different business
practices, socioeconomics and context and certainly, different
aims than most mainstream sexuality content or photography of
women and/or the body. For more on what I feel makes my work different, see here. |
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My work has shown in On Our Backs magazine, at the 2003 BECAUSE exhibit, the 2004 Seattle Erotic
Arts Festival and the Bryant-Lake Bowl (Minneapolis); has been
shown online at ventures like Scarlet Letters, Janesguide, Toys in Babeland and Michelle7 and will be included in an upcoming erotic photography anthology.
I also have done commercial work for companies and organizations
like gay.com/Planetout, District 202, Dykes Do Drag and other
clients, as well as many sessions with individuals working with
gender, drag and performance photos, as well as fine art nudes
and portraits, sometimes used as part of body image therapy (and
I often do that work pro bono).
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Truly independent artist content on the web is becoming very rare,
and fully woman-produced sexuality material not made expressly for the
male gaze or only for commercial gain rarer still, especially
in visual material. For that reason, I ask and encourage you to subscribe, either
to this site or another independent woman-owned-and-operated artist
site which you frequent. Without the financial support needed
to create quality, independently produced content, we find ourselves
with little to choose from save mass-produced, heterocentric,
homogenous and uninspired material. Around 80% of the subscribers
to this site are, and always have been, women, a group which frequently
laments a lack of sexuality material available to them. Visual
erotica or depiction of the female nude and sensexsual self has
been male-dominated largely because mainly male consumers have
dominated it finanically.
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The subscribers area contains over 4000 quality, high resolution and fully original
photographs, updated often in more than 130 different galleries.
Photos are primarily of and photographed by myself. Besides the
self-portraits and photo sessions I photograph, there are also
sessions from guest photographers, including B. Labouyi, Lee Higgs,
Billy Sheahan, Lee Stranahan, Norm Edwards and others, as well
as guest models; solo, or women or men photographed with me. Erotica,
fine art nude, traditional and experimental portraiture, conceptual
art installations, drag and performance portraits, couples photography
are some of the types of work found in my complete portfolio.
All work is original and most is exclusive to this site.
To become a patron by subscription, and more information on subscribing,
click here.
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