Julia left me a parting gift the night before when she left and now seemed like the best possible time to spark it up and fade into concentration from this tightly rolled Indica-dominant hybrid. Within moments of the first puff, I got the great idea to put the space to use, play with my new Godox Parabolic Softbox & take some pics of my own. I immediately felt my stomach drop to my knees - I was anxious, nervous even.
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As I mentioned before, BARE started as a way to re-spark my creativity within the realm of nude photography. Needing to regain my exploration of the craft, the people I capture in front of my lens & my ability to play around with different techniques with my camera as well.
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With only 1 official installment of the BARE Collection, I have already begun to receive amazing reviews from you all and for that, I am truly gracious. I can’t wait for it to grow and take the final form that I have intended for it but I have to slow-walk it first. Bare is forcing me to remain consistent with my initial idea which I sometimes struggle with because ideas grow and take life on their own as the mind has the opportunity to analyze it. What you can look forward to, is a journey from simple to complex in both musing and photographic technique, showcasing my continued support for those that BARE themselves daily.
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My body was policed, shamed, and ‘dirty’ long before I could formulate a full concept of what my body is.
Here’s the needful…
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#BAREwithMe
By definition, BARE means to uncover or unclothe, remaining basic or simple but at the core revealing an underlying truth, usually. For what I have been known to deliver time and again from my introduction to photography, i think BARE speaks to something that I have always attempted to portray, authenticity and the acceptance of humanity within my subjects and speaking bluntly, I believe I do that better than most. It is this that will be the core of this new series in all of the forms that will be showcased throughout the year.
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What happens when every goal you set as a marker is actualized? What happens, when you get the top of the first hill, but find yourself at the bottom of a new one?
A year of learning, a year of becoming new, a year to evolve. Learning to accept the parts of me I didn't know existed, the parts of me I didn't want to accept, and the parts I didn't even know I could accept.
The decision to the begin this life path was born from a need to survive. I didn't realize that I had forgotten myself. As I grew, my life demanded more of me, my mind, my energy, my focus… In focusing on these demands, I forgot who I Am.
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Since I was young, it has always been my natural inclination to rebel and go “against the grain”. For years my parents, teachers, coaches, administrators worked hard making attempts to curb that inclination with discipline to no avail. As I look back, it was likely due to my feeling of discomfort with the standard we are all taught to go along with. A few positives came as a result of this personal realization: I realized that it helped to eliminate any inkling of having a fear of missing out and I also realized that it allowed me to find comfort in taking risks that challenged the status quo.
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A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work. Success, therefore, isn't an accident but a result of rigorous preparation. A lot of people in this process adapt the mindset of practicing 'tunnel vision', an act of ignoring anything outside of the task at hand & removing the ability to get distracted by outside interests. In the process of creating and pushing towards your dream, it is instead easy to get distracted by the perception of our feet always in motion and be blinded by the fact that we aren't actually getting closer to our goals. How do we then prevent this creative stagnancy while remaining focused on our intended goal? I'm finding that the answer is a lot more complex than I was taught growing up.
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