Corey #308
I got a call yesterday morning at 6:00 am that my father was in the hospital out in Superior, with an irregular heart. I was on the road in about 20 minutes and spent most of the day out there with him, without Internet. Sorry no posting yesterday. My father is about to reach his 74 Birthday in about two weeks and over all has been in pretty good health. [read more]
Published: July 2, 2011
Jeremy #1139
Wow, it’s hard to believe I have made it to the half way point of this project. Half a year down already. It has gone quicker than I ever imagined and it feels like I have covered a lot of ground. I figured that I would run out of things to say, but that hasn’t happened yet, and I still have a lot more thoughts swimming in my head. [read more]
Published: July 3, 2011
Cheyenne #146
Have your ever considered what our country might look like today if the Declaration of Independence had been signed by a group of artists instead of Statesmen? Several years ago I was at a party with John Keegan and he brought up the idea, so now every Fourth of July I ponder the question and it just kind of makes me chuckle. [read more]
Published: July 4, 2011
George #209
I am not the kind of guy that takes the easy way out of a situation and do not look for a fast solution. I love and can suspend myself in the process of things in which I become involved. I like to savor the experience of whatever it is I am doing and explore it from a multitude of different perspectives. [read more]
Published: July 5, 2011
Chad #391
I have recently been cleaning and glancing through my massive files and was astonished by the volume of work I have created this year. What I post on here is just a very small tip of the iceberg of images I have created. I reconnected with Chad yesterday, whom I haven’t talked to in some time. I knew he had moved back to his home town some time back. [read more]
Published: July 6, 2011
Zach #343
We are revealed by the images we create, as scan my files I see my life flashing before me through all these images. So I have been playing with the idea of creating some sort of book using some of my images. Now-a-days there seems to be all kinds of publishing software that give you complete control in creating layouts and self publishing. I have been looking heavily into one called Blurb that seems to give you a variety of shapes, styles and texture of pages. [read more]
Published: July 7, 2011
Jeremy #510
Summer always feels like a time of sex, late evening nights when the air begins to cool, becoming a bit intoxicated, wandering around town with a friend, that I gaze upon with desire. When I was younger it seems sex was always so easy and enticing. Seduction was always possible, and being from Montana, was probably with almost anyone. [read more]
Published: July 8, 2011
Dean #137
My intention is not to make people pretty in my images, but instead to expose the complexity of our existence. Yesterday, I worked on two sets of images of two different people. One just a portrait; candid images of a young filmmaker artist who visited my studio one day, and the other, nudes of a man I have been having a conversation with on line for several years now. [read more]
Published: July 9, 2011
George #130
Yesterday, my young film maker friend come by for a visit. He is also a photographer and wanted me to help him look at some of his images objectively to begin to pull them together in some sort of show. He is a young man in his 20’s who lacks confidence, lives in a very introspective world filled with such emotion and feeling that he doesn’t quite yet know how to express. [read more]
Published: July 10, 2011
Travis #911
Many years ago I saw a show on Broadway about a young small town boy from Australia who has an enthusiastic dream to become a performer. He is taken under the wing of Judy Garland and married her daughter Liza Minnelli, eventually becoming a huge success of his own. The show was called THE BOY FROM OZ and had a brilliant cast including Hugh Jackman as Peter Allen. [read more]
Published: July 12, 2011
Corey #519
What a whirlwind of a morning and here it is afternoon and I still haven’t written my post for today. Last night when I got home I received an e-mail that my proposal to Kick Starter was accepted and I am good to proceed with the submission. I have spent most of morning pulling it together; figuring out what exactly I need, creating a budget, and analyzing how to best present this project. It’s really opening my eyes to the entire process as a whole. [read more]
Published: July 13, 2011
Matthew #103
My perceptions of my imagery is changing the more I begin to look at what I have been doing and try to examine what the process is becoming. It feels like I have jumped from the creative mode into a marketing mode and it makes me begin to look at the process differently. Almost like the humanity side of my creativeness is being extracted. [read more]
Published: July 14, 2011
Jeremy #110
I have quite possibly been through one of the worst processes of my life. Being interviewed on videotape. My life and work in the theater always kept me on the backside of the stage or camera, but this morning I created an interview for the submission of my project for Kick Starter. Jumping out of a plane on my 50th Birthday was not nearly as difficult as today. [read more]
Published: July 15, 2011
Nate #123
I am a bit lost this morning; my mind seems to be filled with confusion and I just can’t seem to stay focused. Today it’s a journey to the down side of my existence. First of all my father has not been doing to well and they have put him on some medications that he thinks are more harmful than helping him. I keep trying to talk to him but it’s been very difficult. [read more]
Published: July 16, 2011
Brian #173
What is it about the male form that is so captivating and alluring? Is it something that stirs our desire? Is it the association with strength? Could it be that we are just drawn to the beauty of the flesh? Sometimes, in the summer when I am driving around town and I see men outside in shorts and no shirt, I have to pause and gaze upon them. It seems that weather they are actually in shape or not doesn’t really factor into my fascination, though a great chest and arms can captivate me further. [read more]
Published: July 17, 2011
Brandon #220
Is there really a market out there for the type of work I’m creating or does it just become something of appreciation? With the Internet giving us such prolific access to all kinds of images and resources does the appreciation extend to gallery walls? Are these spaces mostly reserved for painters and other graphic artist? [read more]
Published: July 18, 2011
Terry Nude Mirror - self portrait
This morning The Naked Man Project takes another leap of faith in it’s evolution. In the past six and a half months it’s amazing how much we have grown. My ultimate goal was to create some kind of public showing of my images and work and hopefully have a publisher pick it up and we could do a book of some sort. Today I embark on a campaign to make this dream an eventual reality. [read more]
Published: July 19, 2011
Jeremy #222
Everything seems to be underway with Kickstarter and it’s begun with a great start. Within the first hour I had two pledges that contributed $500 toward the goal. It was mind boggling to see such quick response. It has given me the confidence to really get this thing going and I now know I am on the right track. Then I woke up this morning to see that I am over half way to the goal with in the first 24 hours. [read more]
Published: July 20, 2011
la danse lumière
The first image I have chosen for the portfolio is called “la danse lumière” the dance light. I was just beginning photography and this was the first real nude shoot. Darrin Eastwold was a dance instructor at the University. We had worked on several projects together and he was somewhat intrigued about me becoming a photographer because he knew of my fascination with theater and light. [read more]
Published: July 21, 2011
Lying Torso Nude
The second image in the portfolio is called “Lying Torso”. I had photographed a dance piece at the University loosely based on the eroticism of the Dracula myth, and was captivated by the lead dancer: a kid named Ken. I invited him into my studio, somewhat reluctantly because of the awkward experience with Darrin, and he accepted. [read more]
Published: July 22, 2011
Male Penis Torso
The third piece to go into the portfolio was originally called “Penis Torso” but for some reason when I have been posting it as “Male Torso,” not that it isn’t obvious. This really starts a movement for me where I am finally beginning gain control of my light and use it more sculptural and face my fear of showing full frontal nudity. [read more]
Published: July 23, 2011
Clear Lake, Montana #126
Sorry no naked men today, just the naked earth!!! I am having the most extraordinary week and weekend. For some reason this week draws me outdoors. I had a job early this week to photograph a mountain ranch estate that is mostly wilderness. This property is along the river and contains several lakes. [read more]
Published: July 24, 2011
Clear Lake, Montana #117
Sorry no naked men today, just the naked earth!!! I am having the most extraordinary week and weekend. For some reason this week draws me outdoors. I had a job early this week to photograph a mountain ranch estate that is mostly wilderness. This property is along the river and contains several lakes. [read more]
Published: July 24, 2011
Jason Nudes #101
The fourth image in the series is was still a work on film called Jason Nudes #101. I had finally acquired a medium format camera that gave me a larger negative to work with. I was getting heavily involved with the gay community, becoming involved with the politics and building a stronger healthier community. [read more]
Published: July 25, 2011
Jared Lying
The fifth piece in the portfolio series is called “Jared Lying.” Jared is an actor I went on a theatrical tour with and then hired to become my garden assistant for the summer. On rainy days we would go into the studio and work on some images. This particular image was right after the unexpected death of my mother. [read more]
Published: July 26, 2011
Narcissus
My next leap in photography was to digital. Up to this point, I had shot most everything on film, though I had scanned a lot of it and did some selective toning or coloring with the black and white images. I was becoming somewhat familiar with the digital tools available. Today’s image was a complete leap into the new and modern era. [read more]
Published: July 27, 2011
You Can Leave Your Hat On
When the film Brokeback Mountain finally made it to the theater, it began a profound spiraling effect on my reconnection to my western heritage. Growing up on a cattle ranch in the mountains of western Montana and being gay always seem to create a clash somehow in my head; the two never quite somehow belonged together. [read more]
Published: July 28, 2011
Travis Torso #106
During most of the fall of 2008 and into the summer of 2009, I redesigned the studio and it underwent construction. It was time to expand beyond the confines of my tiny painter’s studio. Through this six-month period, I was without a space to work and concentrated my focus on its completion. [read more]
Published: July 29, 2011
Classic Torso - John #373
In the fall of 2009, I also began working with a guy named John and this image of him becomes the ninth image in the portfolio collection. John had a very classic body, but was completely unaware of what that meant. He was in his mid 30’s and had a lot of issues dealing with insecurities about how he saw himself. [read more]
Published: July 30, 2011
Jeremy #728
The third model I began to work with during the fall of 2009 was a man named Jeremy. Jeremy is the person I photographed the most; I could almost do a book on Jeremy alone. Every time I had an idea or concept of a new direction I wanted to explore, Jeremy was the guy I called. Today’s image was originally a study on the red cloth. I have always been fascinated by the use of light and beauty of balance in the paintings of Caravaggio. [read more]
Published: July 31, 2011
