Conceptual sessions allow me to exercise my creative side in a more direct way.  Normally, I tend to find the source for my creative sessions in music and various mediums of visual art.  This particular creative session was originally inspired from a song on the Basquiat soundtrack called, “Suicide Hotline.”  The mixed sounds of beat and speech are like a “sound collage” on this track.

To get the mood that I wanted I looked to some of my favorite Flickr Photographers,  Federico Erra and Kip Carroll.  Both tend to photograph beauty from a “darker” perspective.  Erra has a remarkable way of capturing the striking eyes of a subject and Carroll is a genuis of dark space.  At my mother’s house there is a painting from an Off-Broadway play that reads, “For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.”   That became the direction for my session.  Sorry, if this is a bit too dark and demur – but I think the mood is sensitive and striking in a manner much different than Juli’s previous session.  As before, working with Juli was wonderful.  She was really able to let herself embody the concept and get some very dramatic shots.  That’s when you know you have a good model – when you can make a hangover set look glam!  Enough said, check out the session…

When the City is Too Much...

...I Find the Day is Gone

Too many images to post so please view the rest by going here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boldlifestyle/sets/72157623265538156/.  As always, I appreciate your comments:)!