Friday, November 27, 2015

Favorite Pic of the Day for November 28th

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Cleaning up a DirtRoad
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Happy Birthday today November 28th


Happy 22nd to the insanely hot Bryshere Y. Gray!

Check out more of today's Birthday Boys HERE: & HERE:

Paint Removal


Last month, photographer Brett Kiellerop shared some Behind The Scenes shots (and video) of his work with Brad.  Brad was one of several models Brett featured in his incredible compilation book, Aussie Gods.

 Today, I am please to present the behind the scenes story of Brett's work with Daine, a model I featured in two pieces featured on the blog last Autumn. (Anti-Thematic & Leatherface) Head on over to The Over-Flow to catch some behind the scenes images and video, and check out how all of Daine's body paint finally came off...

Captured Shadows by New Manhattan Studios


Captured Shadows #1 

CALIFORNIA DREAMING
FEATURING BOND

The studio has launched a new format for distributing its art. Captured Shadows is a 3-times-a-year magazine that features the studio's physique art photography with its leading models. Fittingly, the premiere issue is devoted to a single model: Bond Brown. The magazine contains 44 uncensored pages of our 2015 work with one of the studio's most popular models in his new home state of California. ​The magazine is available as a print edition or e-book format for $14.99 and $12.99, respectively.

Preview and order your own copy HERE:

Anthology: DirtRoad by Noplacia Photography


Reading was one of my passions when I was a kid. I went to our local book mobile each week and always ended up walking home with a handful of books. My family's home though wasn't really book heavy, unless you count the Funk & Wagnalls in the rec room. My great aunt and uncle however, had a book filled home. Every room seemed to have shelves and bookcases filled with novels, reference, travel and photo books. Their only child had died 20 years early at just 17. His room remained, well his, filled with all of his things, including the the books he read has kid. I remember my aunt loving that I always wanted to go in that room. Dispute it creeping me out a bit, I was fascinated by his vast collection of books and magazines.

From the Roots Up!

It was in that room that I first learned what an anthology was. Mixed within his collection were various anthology's, featuring multiple stories on a similar theme. They weren't short stories, but full novels that publishers tied to together in collections to appeal to young readers. There were adventure anthology's, western anthology's, science fiction anthology's and collections on almost any theme that might stimulate a young mind.


Anthology's appealed to readers who liked a certain subject, or in some cases a certain writer or genre of writing. Although the stories were different, the were often similar themes weaved throughout varying multiple stories. FH is a collection of stories of sorts, visual stories told mostly through imagery. The artists and models most skilled at telling a story, painting a picture and tapping into an emotion are always my favorite to feature.


Model Warren Russell, (DirtRoad) has been one of my favorite storytellers to chronicle since first finding his work a couple of years ago. DirtRoad's work with photographer Gary Larson, is always a favorites, and always a page turner. I knew I wanted to include another of Warren's stories this week and when I began to choose which images, many of my favorite tales, especially The Cock & The Kitty, were told in collaboration with Gary. Although I often write about process and story, I think this trilogy of tales, visually tells the story without the need for any other words me.

The Cock and the Kitty



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