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Art reviews by Zephyros
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windar
Teller of Tales
Picture #2 is by Gerome and is of the slave market in Cairo at the time of the Barbary Pirates (late 18th/early 19th century). Barb and I included it in the thread of our story, "Barbary Coast". And #5 looks oddly more Indian than Greek, like the figures on the temple at Khajurao. But of course a great many cultures had temple prostitutes of one variety or another. The universal language?
Minoan Art Island of Crete The younger snake goddess from the palace of Knossos
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"Had Mary Magdalen been legally married to Jesus, as some believe . . . there would have been a fourth cross on Golgotha's summit, for Roman law required a bride to share in her husband's fate"
A delicious idea and the source of much fantasy. In the stories that have come to us she was a close witness.
What if she had been a participant, a victim?
A bride? Married to the crucified one. Married to her own cross?
"Had Mary Magdalen been legally married to Jesus, as some believe . . . there would have been a fourth cross on Golgotha's summit, for Roman law required a bride to share in her husband's fate"
A delicious idea and the source of much fantasy. In the stories that have come to us she was a close witness.
What if she had been a participant, a victim?
A bride? Married to the crucified one. Married to her own cross?
Marcius
Tribune
Perhaps she was. There's the (admittedly out-of-left-field) thesis that there were more than three people crucified that day, all of them members of Jesus' merry band.
xso
Tribune
Thanks for this Great report! Think I will use 'The fourth cross theory' in a future story.
Zephyros
Magistrate
Reka Nyari - »Female Erotic Photography«
Reka Nyari originally hails from Helsinki, Finland, but currently is based out of New York, USA. Nyari started as a model, working in front of the camera, until years later when she realized that her true calling was to work behind the camera as a photographer herself. Nyari’s body of work is fairly diverse as it ranges from fashion, nudes, (self-) portraits, and the likes. She has always been attracted to erotica and the adult world of sexuality. When she went to art school it was natural for her to combine this fascination for fleshliness with her obsession to create. In her pictures, she tells stories that stimulate the mind, while her treatment of black and white as well as colour is astonishing. Like many New York photographers, Reka Nyari‘s career started on the other side of the lens. Though the European transplant originally came to New York to study at the School of Visual Arts, she turned to modeling post-graduation in an effort to save some money and travel the world. In 2004, she grew weary of her nomadic lifestyle, Nyari moved back to New York and turned back to her craft. Though she had always envisioned herself a painter, her camera skills were indisputable – friends suggested she focus on photography, and Nyari applied much of what she learned as a model to developing her own practice. While working in nightlife in the trendy Meatpacking district, Nyari was meeting scores of fashion industry execs and models.
In 2011 Reka Nyari published her first book named »Female Erotic Photography«. The book shows the sensuality of the female body through the eyes of a woman. I should not forget to mention that in some images Reka Nyari is both the model and the photographer. This makes the book almost a personal diary displaying her own erotic fantasies. A new book by her hand is to be released later this year. Also later this year, september to be precise, a nude photography workshop in southern Spain is given by Reka . If you are interested you can contact Reka at her website.
http://www.rekanyari.com
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Reka Nyari originally hails from Helsinki, Finland, but currently is based out of New York, USA. Nyari started as a model, working in front of the camera, until years later when she realized that her true calling was to work behind the camera as a photographer herself. Nyari’s body of work is fairly diverse as it ranges from fashion, nudes, (self-) portraits, and the likes. She has always been attracted to erotica and the adult world of sexuality. When she went to art school it was natural for her to combine this fascination for fleshliness with her obsession to create. In her pictures, she tells stories that stimulate the mind, while her treatment of black and white as well as colour is astonishing. Like many New York photographers, Reka Nyari‘s career started on the other side of the lens. Though the European transplant originally came to New York to study at the School of Visual Arts, she turned to modeling post-graduation in an effort to save some money and travel the world. In 2004, she grew weary of her nomadic lifestyle, Nyari moved back to New York and turned back to her craft. Though she had always envisioned herself a painter, her camera skills were indisputable – friends suggested she focus on photography, and Nyari applied much of what she learned as a model to developing her own practice. While working in nightlife in the trendy Meatpacking district, Nyari was meeting scores of fashion industry execs and models.
In 2011 Reka Nyari published her first book named »Female Erotic Photography«. The book shows the sensuality of the female body through the eyes of a woman. I should not forget to mention that in some images Reka Nyari is both the model and the photographer. This makes the book almost a personal diary displaying her own erotic fantasies. A new book by her hand is to be released later this year. Also later this year, september to be precise, a nude photography workshop in southern Spain is given by Reka . If you are interested you can contact Reka at her website.
http://www.rekanyari.com
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Zephyros
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Nude York showcases the seductive beauty, freedom, and inspiration in both the opportune city, and the intriguing female form. The series follows women passionately posed on the tops of towering city structures, their delicately commanding bodies towering over the unforgivable concrete as they escape subordination, in an invigorating expedition fueled by passionate momentum, and navigated by bold defiance. Prominently lacking clothing, each poised figure solely bares the impassioned implications of her intimate portrayal. The works categorically consist of drastic, definitive juxtapositions. In this instance, the comparisons pertain to sharp, structured edges next to the soft, rolling curvature of female forms, as well as the heat that courses through their bodies against the cold, inanimate harshness of pictured industrial materials. The aesthetically balanced out usage of elements helps to create a rhythmic flow as alluring and sensual as each uncovered subject.
Much more @ http://www.rekanyari.com/nude-york
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Much more @ http://www.rekanyari.com/nude-york
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Zephyros
Magistrate
Valkyrie Ink traces the compelling story of Eowyn, a resilient and rebellious young woman, who endured emotional and physical pain since childhood. Inextricably linked to the story of her difficult life, this series portrays her brave spirit and her marked skin, which both bear the scars of her past and the signs of her resistance. In an act of strength best understood as “putting on her own skin,” of arming herself, Eowyn adorned her body with a shield of tattoos. Yet, before the first emblem was inscribed on her skin in permanent ink, she developed the sense that empowerment laid in the rhythms of cuts and their scars which seemed to form an increasingly impenetrable shell. By cutting herself, she literally thickened her skin. Her metamorphosis continued when, at the age of 16, she got her first tattoo and connected to the power of ink to fortify her body and amplify her personality. The titillating lines, undulating images, and powerful words that cover her skin are marks of their bearer’s bravery, and evidence of her insubordination. The ink is who she is, desires to be, and who she has become.
You will find more: http://www.rekanyari.com/valkyrie-ink
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You will find more: http://www.rekanyari.com/valkyrie-ink
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That pussy can scratch and bite! 
These just remind me that, however I try to suppress it, I'm just shit-scared of heights!
These just remind me that, however I try to suppress it, I'm just shit-scared of heights!
A very talented photographer... Thanks for sharing!
morten sigurdson
Voivode of Wallachia
Great photos!!
windar
Teller of Tales
"Ya gotta take the opportune as you find them."...Stan Goldman, Nude York PD
The city has never looked quite so alluring...
ShadowWolf
Tribune
I like how Reka position her models. It creates a certain mystique to her work.