A creator is someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities.
Gilles Deleuze
Mini roadtrip\adventure with and with thanks to @modeladventurer.bsky.social
2025\26
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And just like that, another one comes to an end.
2025
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If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture.
Richard Avedon
With heartfelt thanks to @modeladventurer.bsky.social
2025
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Thank you so much!
Excuse my late response, I just saw your comment.
Darkness reveals what light often conceals — the texture of emotion, the honesty of imperfection.
Francis Bacon
Heartfelt thanks to @sylphsia.bsky.social for her belief in my ‘darkness’.
2025
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“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.”
Oscar Wilde
With @sylphsia.bsky.social
2025
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When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls!
Ted Grant
With @cheyannigans-xx.bsky.social
2024\2025
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"Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse."
— Francis Bacon
With @sylphsia.bsky.social
2025
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The human obsession with purpose is merely a distraction from the absurdity of existence.
Nikolai Gogol
With Elli, 2025.
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Thanks James!
"Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse."
— Francis Bacon
With @sylphsia.bsky.social
2025
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Tutti a cercare il senso delle cose, e poi scoprire che quello che ci rende felici non ha senso, e non sono nemmeno cose.
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Gaia & Elli, 2025
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I want to make it a manageable size for the few friends and family that are interested in taking charge when the time comes.
A tip I’m applying, aesthetics aside, is not to remove all my mistakes, hopefully it will give some insight into my creativity.
With a dual career in both photography and archives—now in semi-retirement (but still doing photography, fine art, not commercial)—I’m putting my archiving experience to use creating a cohesive, catalogued collection.
Culling, editing and presentation of this aren’t finalised.
I know very well that I don't want to do anything: to do something is to create existence—and there's quite enough existence as it is.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Gaia, 2025
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Every elephant we rescue, every orphan we raise, and every wild life we safeguard depends on one thing: a habitat to call home.
This #EarthDay, we’re celebrating the wild spaces that sustain Kenya’s wildlife. Learn More About Our Conservation Work: www.sheldrickrickwildlifetrust.org
Sakih
Collaborating with and heartfelt thanks to the amazing @ari_yona the embodiment of sakih.
2O25
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Auguri!
"Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse."
— Francis Bacon
With Elli, 2024.
#portraitart #minimalism #darkaesthetic #fashion #abondonedplaces
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Ophelia’s Nightmare
With Sidney, 2022
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Had a lovely afternoon shooting with the exquisite Emily in the scrublands. #artmodel #fineart #fineartnude #fineartnudephotography
“The world tried to ensnare me but failed”.
Hryhoriy Skovoroda
With Elli
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The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
A. Einstein
With @rileyjade.bsky.social
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Sweet escape. By @darkimagination.bsky.social Nov 2023. Been taking a bit of a break from social media (deleted IG and FB apps from phone, not my whole account) and it has been sooo good. Thought I’d share a wee post today here though. With love, from Africa x
That was a great trip, as I hope Africa is too! Look forward to hearing about it all and seeing your photos!
