I have been shooting models, and especially nudes for about eighteen years, and while I can honestly say I have been doing it mostly for myself, there have been times when I wanted to be noticed for doing it, and better yet for people to enjoy my work.

Over the last few months I have been featured a couple of times by Model Society on the homepage and in one of their newsletters, but I just got an email from one of the admins that really made my day:

Hi there! We’re loving your portfolio, beautiful work! We just added you as one of today’s featured members on the homepage. Thanks for sharing your art and being a Model Citizen! 🙂

Model Society Admin – Email through the site

Finding acceptance amongst my peers has been one thing, and there is no doubt that I found that with the models I worked with, the photographers I met along the way (so far, not done yet) and quite a few people that have enjoyed my photographs. Model Society has been one of the places on the internet where the kind of work I do is accepted with no question or judgement, seen for what it is without any misplaced outrage or sniggering, a celebration of the endless and diverse beauty in the human form.

For this publication / site to single me out in this way really is a huge deal for me, even if it is a niche, niche thing in the grand scheme of things – for me, for what I do a good deal of the time in photography (I do shoot other genres and subjects) this is such an honour and such a positive validation. I really am thrilled, and cannot thank the admins at Model Society enough.

If you think you would be interested in the site I strongly recommend that you check it out, and if you were encouraged to contribute to this fascinating and rewarding area of artistic endeavour, then so much the better.

Here is a photo that was the first of mine that was featured by the site, by adding it to the homepage carousel and to a gallery of the best of 2023:

And so the images from Lilith’s visit in January are all posted – here they all are once again as a gallery of the day’s results.

I am very pleased with what we made together and am looking forward to other creative opportunities this year, and the possibility of working with Lilith again in the months and years to come, as I cannot imagine that I would ever tire of photographing her and making art with her.

Here’s to 2024