Fall is coming....
Added 2020-09-20 16:37:04 +0000 UTCArizona's heat gets milder by the day. It's time to start thinking about trekking out to natural, primitive hot springs!
(BTW these are some archive shots we decided to bring back into the rotation-shot well before the concept of The Naked Desert was conceived.)
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Thank you, Mark! You are something else :) We appreciate you!
The Naked Desert
2020-09-28 13:32:45 +0000 UTCGod damn, I envy you both such gorgeous scenery to play and work in! Elle looks well and truly at home...you know where to find her if she goes "walk-about" on cool Autumn days! Also saw Elle's work on an IG (which I "followed" upon your referral) and she does some excellent work modelling in the few images whoever the photographer is who posted them. To me, as I've come to learn from talking with models and hearing their ideas and ambitions and intentions in their work, Modelling is a Performance Art/Performing Art. Anybody can stick themselves in front of a lens -- nude or not -- and stand there....it takes something extra to convey moods, feelings, emotions, even ideas in a Model who is really working at her (or his, I suppose) Art. Not a knock on the artistry and technical skills of the photographer (and any team of M/U or "costume" or whatever)...I don't need to worry about the "hierarchy of credit" that each attains from the critics and public slobs (like me)...but the Model is too often seen as "just" an Object, a "Beauty," a "sexy [I was going to say "insert" but will be mindful of the often juvenile and slimy connotations of that word in Nude Art work] Body".... Oh no, there's so much more to making even the "cheesecake" or "NSFW" photo WORK! Elle, you have what it takes to make Art, to be the work of Art....a role in Life that is very difficult to describe...and an enviable "job" to have when you can truly pull it off. (Everything turns into a bad pun when you try to even semi-seriously articulate what true Artistry means to you, to me in this case.). Looking forward to more of your work. Note: To subscribers who want to appreciate only the beauty of Bodies, I mean no offense or look down upon your quest....I will say I admire your taste in choosing The Naked Desert Models as worthy of your attention! ☮️ and😎
Mark Warren
2020-09-21 15:07:23 +0000 UTC
