I had to categorize these as both “dance” & “pregnancy” portraiture, because they most definitely are! Michelle & I have been friends since our days of dancing together at UCLA. We’ve known each other now more than half our lives, & this last fall, we celebrated our 40th birthdays in November. And to make the...
Ah…film. How I miss it. I shot Christina with a Contax 645 & Ilford XP2 & Kodak 400VC (those just sound like the names of good old friends!). There just seemed to be a velvety quality about these images, which so perfectly evoked Christina’s essence & effortless beauty. She embodies a sexiness that is both...
I had just done portraits for Aimée’s son Marco, & she asked about doing some headshots for a project she is working on–choreography to the poetry of Rumi. I was so excited by the idea of creating portraits that would be interpretations of Aimée as the poetry–romantic, magical, mystical, earthy, sexy, dramatic. I had such...
Ah, the lithe & lovely Erin Lamont! Gorgeous & talented & down-to-earth–the real triple threat! She’s a dancer & choreographer & generous model in every way. I tried to capture her in both her more relaxed, undone self, as well as her talented moving self. And when people describe a woman with “impossibly long legs”–that...
Deena’s boudoir portraits were a gift for her husband, with whom she has two beautiful kids. I have known Dee for many years, since we were both in high school & living overseas. Her latest manifestation was the beautiful & most confident I’d ever seen her. For this shoot, it was like she shed her...
