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Women I've Shot

“The Housewives”, Private Commissions:
This is Helene

(Note: “The Housewives” was a term I fondly coined in 2006 after I started getting shoot requests from private, individual women who became my clients. Many of the women who contacted me were married and in their mid 30’s and were doing the shoots as gifts to their husbands. The folder in my archives is still called this and so I’ve stuck to it, in part just for the irony: most of these women are not “housewives” at all, but strong independent and forward thinking women who I have had the honour of documenting.

All are private commissions and the demographic has changed substantially over the years. Some I’m still in contact with, others I’ve totally lost contact with, some have become friends, some may wish not to have their real names used, others don’t mind, some may have their faces obscured for privacy reasons, others have generously shared their experiences of being photographed.)

I met and photographed athlete Helene in 2017 in my studio in Woodstock. This is a selection of images from the shoot we worked on together. Its always quite interesting to work with athletes focused on bodybuilding as they have a very different sense about their bodies: a surety and confidence in themselves with is very often not present at other similar shoots.

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Women I've Shot

“The Housewives”, Private Commissions:
This is Daniella

(Note: “The Housewives” was a term I fondly coined in 2006 after I started getting shoot requests from private, individual women who became my clients. Many of the women who contacted me were married and in their mid 30’s and were doing the shoots as gifts to their husbands. The folder in my archives is still called this and so I’ve stuck to it, in part just for the irony: most of these women are not “housewives” at all, but strong independent and forward thinking women who I have had the honour of documenting.

All are private commissions and the demographic has changed substantially over the years. Some I’m still in contact with, others I’ve totally lost contact with, some have become friends, some may wish not to have their real names used, others don’t mind, some may have their faces obscured for privacy reasons, others have generously shared their experiences of being photographed.)

Daniella was one of the first ‘housewives’ I photographed in 2006, the year after I graduated photography school. Looking back so far in ones archives is an experience in itself. Ive made a small selection of images from our shoot together. She’s a client I would love to track down and photograph again after more than a decade has passed.

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Women I've Shot

“The Housewives”, Private Commissions:
This is Jenna

(Note: “The Housewives” was a term I fondly coined in 2006 after I started getting shoot requests from private, individual women who became my clients. Many of the women who contacted me were married and in their mid 30’s and were doing the shoots as gifts to their husbands. The folder in my archives is still called this and so I’ve stuck to it, in part just for the irony: most of these women are not “housewives” at all, but strong independent and forward thinking women who I have had the honour of documenting.

All are private commissions and the demographic has changed substantially over the years. Some I’m still in contact with, others I’ve totally lost contact with, some have become friends, some may wish not to have their real names used, others don’t mind, some may have their faces obscured for privacy reasons, others have generously shared their experiences of being photographed.)

I photographed a short series of nudes for Jenna little while back. The images where mostly high contrast silhouettes and routines of her body and the images were, I think, commissioned as a gift for her soon-to-be husband.

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Women I've Shot

“The Housewives”, Private Commissions
This is Cathy

(Note: “The Housewives” was a term I fondly coined in 2006 after I started getting shoot requests from private, individual women who became my clients. Many of the women who contacted me were married and in their mid 30’s and were doing the shoots as gifts to their husbands. The folder in my archives is still called this and so I’ve stuck to it, in part just for the irony: most of these women are not “housewives” at all, but strong independent and forward thinking women who I have had the honour of documenting.

All are private commissions and the demographic has changed substantially over the years. Some I’m still in contact with, others I’ve totally lost contact with, some have become friends, some may wish not to have their real names used, others don’t mind, some may have their faces obscured for privacy reasons, others have generously shared their experiences of being photographed.)

I photographed Cathy in 2007, she was one of the first 10 private commissions I worked on after I graduated from photography school.
The images Ive chosen to add here were both shot with a red foil over the lighting to give them that warmth and red hue.
I remember this being such a sweet shoot and such a great learning curve. I suppose all shoots at that stage were big learning curves especially as I’d just switched from film to digital photography!