Sven Ellirand

Things need to change.

I have been on stage my entire life, acting, singing, dancing, and playing various instruments.  I discovered that the less I tried, the more I won awards.

I was trained on the piano from age five, but am not a pianist.

While I've had a camera strapped to my back for 18 years, and have been shooting girls running around naked since I was in high school, I still feel as though I am too young to be taken seriously in the fine art world.

I don't have a degree because each of the five institutions I've attended could best be described as really expensive common sense.

I do not want to sleep with you, and if you are simple enough to think I do, I do not want to work with you.

I have never washed my Jeep.

I would never ask a professional (nude) model to shoot for free.  I am simply not capable of seeing that as an option.

I am currently in creative limbo.

I have never asked a girl to take off her clothes.

I make more money with my face than I do with my camera.  I am not sure why.

I fail to understand why so many potentially beautiful souls settle for being mundane and boring, when they could be a work of art.

I am a sovereign photographer, who believes in a healthy grasp on ethical creativity.

The product will always be more important to me than the paycheck.

I see the work, interaction with models, and the product as a living organism, constantly evolving.

I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer dos equis.

LAUGH MORE!!  let's shoot!