Elsa Marie Keefe

Recent random shots from life..

Life has been so crazy lately, and yet so calm, peaceful and serene in its own strange way... beautiful times now and ahead.

Headstand this morning...

Self-portrait video from tonight.

Tonight I’m at home in Brooklyn. It was golden hour just a few minutes ago. I love this light. I have so many thoughts about the world right now, yet with the psychological warfare and seemingly disparate polarities I’m choosing to spend more time listening than speaking, observing than seeking. Existence is such an interesting phenomenon. I hope to write more in my journal soon, to put thoughts down on paper. I go through varying periods of writing, reading, experiencing, socializing, ru...

When the apocalypse is over, I hope you like your job... ain’t it a shame, nobody sets anybody free anymore...

This is a lyric from John Craigie, a musician I met recently who I’ve been listening to a lot lately. His words and music are inspiring, calming, and centering. I had a surgery about a month ago that turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I stopped drinking at this time and my mind and body have never felt better. I’m finally able to see things clearly and embrace the parts of and people in my life that facilitate growth and health. I’ve finally had the uninterrupted mental and physi...

strange times

I want so many things and yet nothing at all. I’m so happy that Gemini season is coming to a close. To exist in such an unprecedented time, or rather in any time at all, is so confusing. Although the world is changing to a great degree, although we are on the precipice of a new age, I still feel the same as always, perhaps more hopeful overall. Some moments are filled with ecstasy, some with apathy, rage, depression, anxiety, calm, confusion. It depends on the day. Every day is filled with ...

Weed microphone & tones

The first of a nude music video series with utilizing various types of vegetation for a microphone. I filmed my friends on my roof in Brooklyn yesterday at sunset performing floras song / dance by Delfi. I have other videos with me in it from our evening that I will post soon.

Home feels good

It feels so good to be back

To be here

Watching the rain from my window

Outside the light

Reflecting on the street

City scapes lights

Reflections of buildings

People places

Opportunities

Time passed

Past

Gone by

It feels so good to be here

I love

home

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Photos by Paul Barbera

Part of my Process

A short clip of me working on my art yesterday in the backyard of my childhood home.

let your soul fly

These images are self portraits of myself and soulmate / twin flame, kat, in Summit County, CO taken in August of 2018, shortly after I moved from NM to CO and about a month after we met each other. This was a very special day. Rain was falling, it was freezing, as we were at about 10,000 ft. elevation and then a rainbow came. I'm so grateful for this friend and for this time. During this shoot we took our angel/ visions photograph that I recently made into a large scale mixed media piece (se...

Waking up w/ Paint, Tears & Wine

A time gone by. Yet again these photos have surfaced. As the world is closed, I finally have had and made the time to go through the 90,000 photos on my phone that have accumulated throughout my mid twenties, over a period of about 6 or 7 years. Much of this time was spent in what I refer to as my “psychosis” and recovery phase... I don’t feel the need to dive into the details of this again, as I’ve written posts before and most of my life story is on my website, however I did want to...

Daze of Waves

Feeling through movement.

Moving the body and dancing naked makes me happy. It brings me joy and light amidst the darkness.

makeshift studio

These images were taken of my soulmate Kat in my studio in Denver, Colorado in January 2018. At the time I was planning on going to graduate school at SVA in NYC for a masters in professional studies in digital photography (although once I was accepted and applied for financial aid to help pay the 60k it costed for the one year program, i found out that I wasn't allowed to borrow the money - which was a blessing in disguise because with the time i spent in the city for this past 1.7 years I w...

60 degrees & sunny

My afternoon a few days ago...

After reading this I stood on my head...

In order to clear our brains of judgement, we should stand on our heads... reverse our usual way of thinking... move the energy into the earth, and receive vibrations directly into the 🧠 from the earth, which is the vastness of the vast self. [ceremonies of the living spirit, Joseph Rael, p.45]

Then I played everything I know naked on the guitar since I picked up this instrument for the first time a f...

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My mind.

Experimenting...

Miss you.

My life.

I just started editing images on my phone again, now that I have the time, using the VSCO app. So grateful for this period of organization and inspiration... this is a series of my favorite images from over the years that I’ve taken and or modeled in. I love the colors, moods, vibes, and tones.

Water on my head...

Indoor rain...

The first of many self-portraits in the shower.

Listen to the land, it speaks in trees.

One of my poems.

jess & her lizard

please contact me for nude photoshoots of you and your pet

#;)

Interpretive Naked Movement video

I made this video on a whim as I was taking nude self-portraits to release emotions and capture my snake tattoo I made of henna earlier in the day. I decided to turn my camera on video mode to capture the movement and music behind the lens and to capture and share a more dynamic snapshot of that moment/ day - April 5, 2020... overall I was just having fun, moving my body to the music, expressing myself in the moment.

Music by bouboulena.

Full Moon Libra

Emotions are high. My body and mind are calm while also feeling all over the place. So much is happening yet there is such a serene state of being. I cut my run very short last night and chose to meditate on the edge of the beach instead as the sun began its final descent around the earth. Meanwhile the moon was bright, brilliant and rising. The light guiding me, inspiring me, reflecting on the water into my infinite eyes. I tried to run home. My phone was dead. I wrote a song in my head. I r...

Nude yoga dance video

Me, playing, doing yoga and dancing to some tunes tonight...

O V E R G R O W N

I have been shaving for most of my adult life... partially because of porn and ex boyfriends desires, and partially because of societal norms... it is all intertwined. My work is usually farther away nudes in nature but I’m at a place where I’m ready to push my limits, explore my boundaries, expose the human body in a more up close and personal way than ever before, (while maintaining my naked / nature / oneness/ timeless narrative). During this global time of silence, solitude and intros...

crimes against humanity

i just finished my daily morning meditation... I'm currently staying with my parents in my hometown on the north shore of boston. spending time with them, helping with the house, taking walks and runs around the beaches, editing my photography and working on art. during my meditation i overheard one of their conversations about how someone should be charged with a 'crime against humanity,' during these auspicious times, there are so many conversations, opinions, hypotheses, points, facts, lie...

A day in the sun...

Today is a good day, finally felt the warm sun on my skin, had time to write in my journal and take pictures on these animal skins. Thank you for your life.

BARE BODY / + positive modeling

sometimes i pose for photographers to make money... sometimes i do collaborations for fun... these are some images taken by Entwayne Christopher (@cool_kid_e on ig) almost two months ago at fairway studios in Chelsea, Manhattan.  Anthony from Fairway organizes group shoots at his studio to help models and photographers come together to make money and produce work... like i've said in past posts and recollections, I only used to be ok with photographs of my body from far away in nature. A...

high times

these images were taken around 8 thousand feet in the mountains of northern new mexico between the late months of 2016 and the early months of 2017...

i titled this post "high times," not because i was high at the time, in fact, these images were taken just after/ during the time I had decided to be sober from drugs... instead, these photographs were all taken when my body was physically high up, in the sky, living at an extreme elevation in Chama, New Mexico, just south of t...

Evolution

This is a self portrait Polaroid series I took over the course of a few hours in my apt on Saturday, march 14, 2020. It is an homage to our evolution through time and space. This is my evolution through time and space.