Leola was a model that was making frequent trips up to the Bay Area. Building a life and profession around her Tantra practice. For one reason or another, the Bay Area is an epicenter for personal growth, development, exploration. There is a current of sensuality and sexuality just under the surface. Plant medicine has been decriminalized in Oakland. Burning Man is based here. If you dream it, you can be it. The only constraints are your own imagination and inhibitions. She’s incredibly comfortable in her skin and in front of the camera. Really fun and easy to shoot with. I look forward to the next time we can make some images together. Give her a follow on Instagram. Maybe book a session and shed some layers. Leola, Pleasure Priestess. Click thru to see the rest of her images here.
Valkyrie In Chains
Val is a local artist and sometimes model here in the Bay Area. I’d been following her work for some time. We finally got it together to collaborate on some tintypes one weekend during the Covid lockdown. I think she’s the first person I took the chance of working with during social distancing. I feel its fairly safe to live limited one on one interactions if everyone is following CDC guidelines as they move about the their lives. Click through to see the rest of the tintypes we shot that day as well as a good number of digital images we captured in an empty unit in my building. Val’s Instagram can be found here if it hasn’t been removed. She likes to push boundaries: valkyrie in chains As always, the original tins are for sale. Enquire here. Click thru to see it all
