corwinprescott

Okami for Ask the Dust

Added 2016-08-10 01:26:44 +0000 UTC

When I came up with the idea years ago for Ask the Dust I wasn't sure if anyone would be willing to be the subject for my series. We live in a society that still very much demonizes sexuality especially those that exercise any sort of pride, or express joy from it. Its the American way I guess, but I'm hoping that if enough of us look at it in a new light things will change.The out reach of support I have had for this project has completely blown me away. Okami has been a good friend and collaborator for a while now, and when she expressed that she wanted to shoot for the project I was completely moved. I know that support from friends and fellow artists that I have received for this means one thing I'm going down the right path.Sometimes all of this work feels so futile. A lot of creatives I know deal with depression, but the one thing I have, and that many of us have, and that many of us need to try not to forget is that there is an entire community out there that wants to see us succeed. You are all part of that, and it means the world to me.

Okami and I shot on an incredibly hot afternoon in the Bay Area. Her and her partner together in the soft window light created many perfect moments, and I did my best to do justice to those moments. That is all I can do: aim, focus, click and capture the genuine instances of the joy sexuality can bring. As always these were all shot with my Sigma 50mm F1.4 at around F2.2.