Summer Nudes

One model, two locations. Summer Nudes is a survey of the human form. It is a collection of female nudes embracing a sensual stillness. It conveys contrasting moments of abstract, sexual confidence amongst strength and fragility, innocence and maturity, life and death. Created in 1999, first exhibited in 2006.

Photographed on B+W 35mm film , the first setting is an ocean-side rock platform of grey claystone. The setting was beneath a classic Sydney beach headland. These date back to the Triassic Age (199 to 251 million years ago). The location used is traditional land of the Australian (indigenous), Kuringai peoples.

The subject was often immersed in shallow, silent waterholes. Stillness.

The second location was shot indoors with no studio lighting. Just one, simple light source. The model (a musician) was instinctive in the search for creative compositions. The photos use strong, contrasting light with varying, textural, sensorial shades.

C 2006