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The image is an almost abstract, double exposure photograph with vibrant red and cyan hues. It features a topless woman with long hair. They appear twice in the image: once sitting on the left, and a second lying diagonally across the frame. Light leaks on both the left and right edges create a soft dreamlike glow

Lost and found and scanned.
Happy accidents with Melanie, some time in Manhattan, NY
#photography #film #portrait #beauty #colors

Thanks!

A black and white, analog portrait framed from the waist up of a nude young woman. She has long hair gazing directly at the viewer through the camera. Her expression invites interpretation, her shapely lips are slightly parted. Her right hand is lifted forward, with her long fingers delicately grasping strands of her hair. ©RayMax

The first time Melanie lent me her beloved Rolleiflex.
©RayMax

#photography #film #portrait

Annoyed for the ‘adult’ label, and that I have to keep complaining about it with @bsky.app moderation. Not to mention that some people portrayed in my photos are uncomfortable about it

A black-and-white photo shows a topless woman, her dark hair in a top knot. She is seated in a dimly lit room, looking off to the side, with a large painting featuring multiple faces leaning against the wall nearby ©RayMax

Night in the artist's studio with ML. Somewhere in Tuscany.
From the first roll of film I shot and developed after 2020.
Does anyone remember the "orange zones"?
#encounters #portrait #film #photography #artmodeling

Thank you! 🤩

#believeinfilm #black #beauty #colour #artmodeling

"A woman of African descent stands gracefully against a light, textured wall, her profile and nude body softly illuminated. She gazes into the distance. Her natural hair is styled in twists adorned with flowers, a hint of a blue garment and of tattoos appear from the shadows"

Waiting for that early June light.
This is Black Lorelei at my old place in Brooklyn (blacklorelei7 on IG)

#natural #nude #filmphotography #melanin
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#filmphotography #instant #mercredifesses #humpday #fineartnude

Double Polaroid intimate portraits of Melanie, from two sides, lights and shadows, black and white

Doubles and juxtapositions.
Polaroid experiments with Melanie on an Autumn morning in Harlem

#reverie #polaroidweek #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #callofthewest #RayMax

Est-ce une scène du film Repulsion?

The picture shows three prints from the series The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, July 1, 1986 by photographer Irving Penn, displayed on a wall for the current exhibition at Mattatoio in Rome, Italy

Irving Penn, The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, July 1, 1986

#mattatoio #rome #photography

Grainy black and white image of a dancer captured mid-movement with arms raised. A light band on the left side and an interplay of diagonal lines add an abstract geometric element. ©RayMax

“Preliminary Investigations Beyond All Expectations”
Fragment from a work in progress project with @_evagrieco_ (IG) and @gianluca_natanti (IG)
Contemporary dance and live electronic music based on the Sei Indagini Impossibili record.
#dance #music #perfomance #experimental #multimedia
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"Black and white photo of a Black woman with natural, voluminous hair, kneeling on a bed with both arms stretched forward and their fingers spread on the sheets. The lighting natural, the woman's gaze is directed slightly upwards"

_Wolf.Child_ at my old place in Harlem, NY

#natural #beauty #film #melanin #filmphotography #believeinfilm
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A close-up black and white analog image shows a pair of female feet wearing delicate fishnet stockings. The feet are resting on a dark, textured, velvety surface. ©RayMax

I hear it’s #fishnetfriday. My friend D. in Manhattan would be delighted to participate. A mesh top and fishnets is her preferred attire for a quiet day at home.
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#encounters #textures #film #photography #callofthewest #RayMax

A person with long blond hair and a dark cloak stands before a stone archway with a glowing sun-like circle inside. A scene from Kenneth Anger's film, Lucifer Rising (1972) featuring Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithful in Lucifer Rising. Kenneth Anger, 1972

Cover of Marianne Faithfull autobiography, Faithfull

Black and white photo of Licisca emerging from the water of the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the Tuscany coast. It's night, Full Moon a small dot in the distance. From the darkness only her face and shoulders are visible, while she is swimming in the water. Licisca is staring at something above, apparently ecstatic

Ex tenebris Licisca.
Fresh scans of lost and found film negatives, shot for my first artbook, Folie à deux.
A few numbered copies are still available, message me for details if interested.

#folieàdeux #licisca #artbook #believeinfilm #callofthewest #RayMax

A nude woman stands behind the trapdoor in a garden with a wall covered by green ivy. Her curly red hair frames her face, her hands are raised

Waiting for the hurricane with T. in Brooklyn
#thatgarden #encounters #photography #artnude #filmphoto
©RayMax

Thanks. Rollins is certainly unique

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Colour photo of musician, writer, actor and radio host, Henry Rollins inside a record store in the early 1990. A pensive Rollins is on the left side of the frame. On the opposite side a TV displays an image of Rollins performing a military-style salute. ©RayMax

Henry Rollins in Rome at Disfunzioni Musicali.
Found again slide from a past life in the last century.
©RayMax

#photography #music #portrait #filmismotdead and #punkisnotdead either

#encounters #rêveries #rain #dancer #film #photography #callofthewest

Leksi, one afternoon in Brooklyn, and a cracked skylight.

From my set published in Hylasmag.
You can see more images from this shoot and support my projects at my Patreon.
Don't miss checking Leksi's artwork and designs
#aleksandrakolanko (on IG)

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Close-up of two persons’ hands exchanging a chewing gum with a yellow wrap. Frame from the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Miloš Forman, 1975. Based on the Ken Kesey novel

Juicy Fruit

#OneFlewOvertheCuckoo’sNest
#film

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Snow day in Brooklyn with Lynsey.

More images from that set at my Patreon
www.patreon.com/c/callofthew.... Film is horribly expensive, and your support to my photography projects is deeply appreciated
©RayMax

#encounters #photography #believeinfilm #classyartnude #filmphotography

Colour analogue photo of a bird of paradise in front of the entrance of an old rural house in Mani, Greece. Stones, grape vines, orange flower, pale blue house and door.

Fateful encounter with a solitary bird.

One year ago in Mani.

#birdofparadise #photooftheday #believeinfilm #travel #greece #callofthewest #RayMax