*Slowing My Roll in 2012 *
*Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.* - Leonard Cohen, Anthem
"Perfect: the Urban Nudes" project showcases women of different ages, shapes, shades, and ethnicity, doing so in an urban or non-studio environment (extraordinary women in ordinary surroundings). The projects' aim is simple: to bring awareness to the silly idea of an "ideal" for women to live up to.
That is the main difference between this project and many others in the urban nude genre. The photographs are more about the women than the location. They intend to show women - not posed as props or fetishes for fantasies - but in full bloom of their sensual power.
In the future, the project may be published in book form and exhibited in galleries. So the sacrifices made, by both the model and myself, in time, effort, thought and monetarily are to these ends only. Self aggrandizement, dating models, and making money, for me, are not means nor ends.
I do not charge the women/men I work with. Model escorts are fine with me...
...let's have some fun!
Peace & Love,
Vincent Lee Smith
p.s. - this music has been in heavy rotation lately, inspiring my thoughts:
Gary Clark Jr. *Bright Lights*/The Black Keys *El Camino*/Charlene Kaye *Things I'll Need In The Past*/Nice Nice *Extra Wow*/The Sea & Cake *Moonlight Butterfly*
for more that inspires me check out my blog:
www.vlsphoto.blogspot.com
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