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I think I'll end 2004 with a post of one of my favourite Japanese photographers. Ao Gunji's work has an almost documentary look to it and the use of natural light creates a calm and comfortable feeling.

Ao Gunji

Happy New Year to all of you and the best for 2005!

John Stevenson Gallery

Michal Macku
Gellage #75, 1996
Silver gelatin collage from film emulsion transfers

The John Stevenson Gallery in New York City is one of the better galleries devoted to photographic art. Here's a selection of four of their exhibits which feature figurative work.

Ophelia's Garden by Josephine Sacabo

Gellages by Michal Macku

Everything Cool : Images On, In, and Under Water by Various Artists

Photo Collages by Elizabeth Opalenik, Chris Pekoc, Vincent Serbin, Hugh Shurley

[ Nemo Nox ]

Ex-patriate Brazilian Nemo Nox is a multi-talented guy. His skills include writing, television production and of course photography. For his Cave Woman series, he juxtaposes paleolithic (or is it neolithic?) imagery with figure photography.

[ Nemo Nox ]

This link suggested by my friend Mariana of gatochy's blog

Nana Watanabe

Sadly this gallery only has 3 images of this stunning work by Japanese photographer Nana Watanabe. If any finds more, let me know.

Nana Watanabe

This link found at my favourite photoblog, Xupacabras

Toni Catany

Another Spanish photographer, Toni Catany

Toni Catany

Rafael Navarro

Spanish photographer Rafael Navarro

Rafael Navarro

Models Directory

One of the biggest challenges facing figure photographers is finding models. There are lots of online modeling forums and "talent agencies" out there on the web, but here's my pick of the top three.

OneModelPlace.com
is huge and very popular, but frankly I've had nothing but frustration trying to sign up and contact models due to being a Mac user. Still, this is THE site for most people.

Musecube.com
is smaller, but still has 65,909 portfolios online, and is free and easy to join.

FreelanceModels.com is another free, easily searchable and well populated modeling site.

Have fun!

How to Do Anything Photographic ? 2004 Ken Rockwell

Get that cool new camera that you wanted for Christmas? Planning on making a new years resolution to shoot more in 2005? Then you may want to visit this page. Photographer Ken Rockwell has put together an informational page rathering ambitiously entitled "How to do anything photographic". The page includes lots of helpful information on photographic basics, discussions on digital cameras, film types, filters, tripods, etc., etc.

How to Do Anything Photographic

eXTReMe Tracking - Art and Culture - Photography

Hey, I just noticed that yesterday 2437 people visited this humble blog. That's the highest single day visitation in the nearly 2 years I've been doing this. Thanks folks!

emil schildt Photographer

Speaking of old favourites, Danish photographer Emil Schildt is right near the top of my personal list. So I was disappointed to find that the link I had bookmarked for his website now leads to an art school page. (I think it's possibly the school Emil teaches at.) Anyway, using Google, I was able to find this gallery of his work at usefilm.com. It'll do in a pinch, but the images are small and it doesn't have as much content as his old private page.

If anyone can help me out with a link for Emil's new webpage (if he has one) or any information about what happened, please leave me a note in the comments section.

I might not get a chance to post again before the 25th, so happy holidays everyone!

Artists :: Alvin Booth

Time to revisit an old favourite. Alvin Booth presents many of his exquisite images in groupings in handmade metal frames. This is really great stuff, and I've found few other artists whose work grabbed me the way Booth's work does.

Alvin Booth

Jean Jacques Andre Photography

Jean Jacques Andre has been photographing nudes for over fifty years. His work ranges from straight forward figure studies to complex photomontages. It's a wonderful and broad scope and it's fascinating to observe how the models and the artistic style evolve and change over such an extended time.

I know JJ personally, and he is the man that inspired me to take up figure photography. So I'm delighted that he's finally got a website to show off a small sampling of the images he's created over the past five decades so I can feature it here on this blog. Don't miss this one!

Jean Jacques Andre Photography

the HOMELAND SECURITY Collection

Funny, witty and provocative work by activist artist/photographer/filmmaker/animator John Douglas

"Isolationism, vulnerability, cold steel, human flesh, and latent violence seethe in “Homeland Security” .... the latest provocative series of photographs from the veteran Charlotte multi-media creator. Sporting an M16 and nothing else, Douglas appears in this series of images as a literal “one-man army” -- duplicated photographically and armed to the teeth in a procession of tableaus that confront the power and impotence of firepower."

the HOMELAND SECURITY Collection

Corps Partag?s | Pascal Tarraire

Here's an online book in Flash format of French photographer Pascal Tarraine's work. He does nice black and white work with a subtle but distinctively European feel.

Corps Partages | Pascal Tarraire

Dan Nelken

Just a quick look at Dan Nelken's Bathtub Series. Only a few nudes here, but as a whole it's a nice collection.
No image here because he has the images on his site sliced so they can't be easily downloaded.

Dan Nelken

Fine Art Nudes Kyoto - Home Page

I'm off to Las Vegas again, this time for a whole week. Therefore, I'm going to leave you all with the motherload of photography sites. Fine Art Nudes Kyoto has galleries of over 200 photographers, including myself and Art Nudes contributing editor Eric Kellerman. (We're both in Gallery #3) Hopefully this link will keep you busy till I can get back to blogging.

Fine Art Nudes Kyoto - Home Page

Robert Nofikow

Be sure and check out the work of Polish photographer Robert Nofikow.
(Site requires Flash)

Robert Nofikow

Yaromir.com - Jaromir Mlynski - Photography - Graphics

The mysterious Jaromir Mlynski doesn't reveal much about himself on his webpage, not even where he's located. However, if you visit his site you will be rewarded with some interesting photography. Don't forget to check out his drawings too.

Jaromir Mlynski - Photography - Graphics

Juul de Vries

Juul de Vries does the impossible by producing hand-coloured nudes that avoid all the cliches, and that I actually like!

Juul de Vries

This link via naen

www.ENdesign.ro - Elena Netea Webdesign, Photography, 3D graphic

Time for another profile of one of the talented readers of this blog. This time, it's Romanian photographer, webdesigner and digital artist Elena Netea.

Thanks for writing Elena!

www.ENdesign.ro - Elena Netea

2004 Weblog Awards: Best Photo Blog

Hey everyone, Art Nudes contributing editor, Brooks Ayola has his Blog entered in the running for the 2004 Weblog Awards: Best Photo Blog competition. I encourage you all to go follow the link below and vote for Brooks!

2004 Weblog Awards: Best Photo Blog

Yuri Dojc Photographer

I received a nice note this morning from well known Canadian photographer Yuri Dojc so I thought it was time to feature him again. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Yuri has been in Canada for over 30 years and has made a name for himself as a successful commercial and fine art photographer.

When visiting his website, be sure and check out the "In Print" section to see a selection of work from his books.

Yuri Dojc Photographer

You may also want to check out Yuri's Blog for a glimpse into his personal life.

MITSUO SUZUKI

The work of Japanese photographer Mitsuo Suzuki is both beautiful and subtle. Highly recommended.

MITSUO SUZUKI

Sandrine HERMAND-GRISEL - Photographe - Index

Simple but interesting black and white work by French photographer Sandrine Hermand-Grisel

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel

fa projects

Maria Magdalena #2 (Judean Desert)
2003, C-Print
Israeli photographer Noel Jabbour.

"In this series of photographs, Jabbour takes as her source the legend of Saint Mary Magdalene. Over the last two years, the artist has photographed herself in key places that feature within the legend of the saint; the lake at Galilee where Mary anointed Christ’s feet, the River Jordan and Saint-Baume, near Marseille, where she lived in isolation after fleeing with the Christian community after the Crucifixion. Depicting herself as the saint at seven key stages of Mary Magdalene’s life, she uses the self-portraits as an exploration of her Christian heritage and as a comment on wider issues."

The link to images is at the very bottom of the page

Noel Jabbour at fa projects

This link via: Indie Nudes