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October 14, 2015 in Site News

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Really loving how a monochromatic palette has simplified these scenes for my brain. I’m distracted easily, mainly because my mind is always going a mile-a-minute, and my hands and body are scrambling to catch up. The sky and the sand turn into grey dust, leaking out light and shadow. The hands and the body will follow, soon. But I still have hopes for the mind. • Joshua Taylor (@_truthgun) and Shaun Keylock (@shaunkeylock), on location at the Guadalupe Dunes Preserve, near Santa Barbara, CA. July 2019.
Really loving how a monochromatic palette has simplified these scenes for my brain. I’m distracted easily, mainly because my mind is always going a mile-a-minute, and my hands and body are scrambling to catch up. The sky and the sand turn into grey dust, leaking out light and shadow. The hands and the body will follow, soon. But I still have hopes for the mind. • Shaun Keylock (@shaunkeylock), on location at the Guadalupe Dunes Preserve, near Santa Barbara, CA. July 2019.
Really loving how a monochromatic palette has simplified these scenes for my brain. I’m distracted easily, mainly because my mind is always going a mile-a-minute, and my hands and body are scrambling to catch up. The sky and the sand turn into grey dust, leaking out light and shadow. The hands and the body will follow, soon. But I still have hopes for the mind. • Joshua Taylor (@_truthgun) and Shaun Keylock (@shaunkeylock), on location at the Guadalupe Dunes Preserve, near Santa Barbara, CA. July 2019.
One of the nicest things about shooting in LA has been getting to know other artists. LA has a thriving visual arts scene. While most people, naturally, think of film/tv, LA is also home to many arts museums and galleries who support a dynamic scene really worth sinking one’s teeth into. (I have.) Joshua Taylor, whose own art can be seen at @_truthgun, was brought here by that same desire to create and connect. I’ve respected and admired his work for a long while. And it’s a delight to collaborate with him now. It was a pretty afternoon of shooting out on the Guadalupe Dunes, right before sunset. • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
On a whim, a few Saturdays ago, Joshua Taylor (@_truthgun) and Shaun Keylock (@shaunkeylock) hopped with me into a car and drove 4-hours to try and catch the sunset at the Guadalupe Dunes Preserve. We had my friend, Zach, to thank for the car; and another friend, Jo, came along to shoot his own concept with me. We had quite a lot to cram into only a few hours of shooting. Yet often a pressure-cooker of a day can turn out some lovely moments. Josh and Shaun really hit it off, and the two of them brought out a very pretty and delicate sense of intimacy. It was a beautiful day on the dunes. • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
This is conceptual artist, dancer, and choreographer, Shaun Keylock (@shaunkeylock). Shaun and I are friends from my time in Portland, OR; we worked together once in 2016 as well, directly before I moved to LA. Shaun is a talent. And we don’t get to collaborate nearly as often as I’d like. What’s funny about working with friends is, much remains subtextual. This is both good and bad—in the sense that trust and playfulness are already fostered, but also in the sense that sometimes not all needs are communicated. We took this trip to the Guadalupe Dunes Preserve on a whim, with no concept, and little prep—and the park closed earlier that day, cutting into golden hour. But what I love about Shaun is, his respect and trust in art-making runs deeply. He simply moved. Moved through the discomfort and lack of time, moved through the sand. Action, deliberate and felt. Even in stillness. This is that rare quality which makes a good moment. • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
Recently, I’ve had a low period. Many people, even those close to me, do not know I have depression—and it’s weird to talk about here. Low’s happen. Mostly there’s no inciting incident. Depression is wearying, hazy, frustratingly compartmentalizing. But I’m older, and I’ve been through this enough times now. Eventually you climb out. Experience does not lessen darkness: but it teach you to learn its edges. How it moves, how you move through it... This recent low? I didn’t feel like shooting anything for two months straight. And it was Jaymes who granted me the first break of silence again. I really want to thank him (@jaymeswynton) for his patience, friendliness, conversation, and softness during this session down in Costa Mesa, at his home. Making art, we need people. (And not just because I need models.) Bravery is not easy, but it’s easier with people who quietly lift you up. • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
Recently, I’ve had a low period. Many people, even those close to me, do not know I have depression—and it’s weird to talk about here. Low’s happen. Mostly there’s no inciting incident. Depression is wearying, hazy, frustratingly compartmentalizing. But I’m older, and I’ve been through this enough times now. Eventually you climb out. Experience does not lessen darkness: but it teach you to learn its edges. How it moves, how you move through it... This recent low? I didn’t feel like shooting anything for two months straight. And it was Jaymes who granted me the first break of silence again. I really want to thank him (@jaymeswynton) for his patience, friendliness, conversation, and softness during this session down in Costa Mesa, at his home. Making art, we need people. (And not just because I need models.) Bravery is not easy, but it’s easier with people who quietly lift you up. • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
Recently, I’ve had a low period. Many people, even those close to me, do not know I have depression—and it’s weird to talk about here. Low’s happen. Mostly there’s no inciting incident. Depression is wearying, hazy, frustratingly compartmentalizing. But I’m older, and I’ve been through this enough times now. Eventually you climb out. Experience does not lessen darkness: but it teach you to learn its edges. How it moves, how you move through it... This recent low? I didn’t feel like shooting anything for two months straight. And it was Jaymes who granted me the first break of silence again. I really want to thank him (@jaymeswynton) for his patience, friendliness, conversation, and softness during this session down in Costa Mesa, at his home. Making art, we need people. (And not just because I need models.) Bravery is not easy, but it’s easier with people who quietly lift you up. • • • #photographer #photographersofinstagram #contemporary #contemporaryart #queerartist #gay #gayartist #instagay #intimate #model #nude #portrait #lookbook #intimateportraits
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