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pgp195: GreenRose & FlowerChild… a preview to a stroll

vincent — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:26:23 +0000

earthSistas FlowerChild and GreenRose. Their first steps into the Garden, are the beginning of an exploratory series of images that focus on the natural beauty of women in nature. Many of the images will be like the ones here; artistic, experimental… while other will be be lush, colorful and bright. All are intended to be rich and intimate portrayals of the earthSistas communion with their surrounding and the harmonious sensual beauty it creates.

FlowerChild and GreenRose are like sisters, literally. They’ve been best friends for years, sharing a bond that is genuine and supportive. During our nature stroll the were open and funny and creative. This is just a taste of the images we created. Look for their earthSista image set, very soon.

David & Tara’s Funky Ass Party

vincent — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:57:53 +0000

” Yeah! This is it! We can do this! Oh yeah, we can do this! And I can DJ it too! I KNOW how I can make this work! Oh yeah this is the bomb BUT I know what I would DIFFERENT! WE HAVE GOTTA DO THIS!”

Now I know that wasn’t exactly what David said but that’s about the way I remember it. David Albert, a dog groomer and renaissance man of many talents, was talking about the Crochet Strut event we did a while back. He came thru, loved it and could wait to do another one with his particular spin on it. At the Crochet Strut, he took down names and emails so that when he did put his event together he sent the word out. And as he prepared for it, Tara Baker, owner of the Crochet Fashion Gallery, helped him pull it all together. So when all was said and done, David and Tara’s Funky Ass Party was born.

And a Funky Ass Party it was.

David’s house beats were funky indeed. The earthSistas did a fabulous Pangea’s Strut while draped in Tara’s beautifully creative crochet fashions. Struts became dances. Folks joined the ‘Sistas on the dance floor. Tara started blowing bubbles. Everybody’s spirits were festive.

Hey David, when are we doing this again?!

an Art Party on the Roof…part one

vincent — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:26:55 +0000

So I am wrapping up this shoot with MoEss (the earthSista formerly know as MoreEssence) and Chadoe. We had just completed a beautiful nature shoot with the fashion designer HarvestGirl (damn, I just realized I have shown those to you yet and they were BEAUTIFUL. I’m gonna have to fix that!) Anyway, I got a call from the artist John Glover asking me if I intend to attend his party three days later on the rooftop of his factory loft apartment in Atlanta. I said yes and he reminded me that I was supposed to ask around for sistas who might want to be bodypainted for the event. I asked MoEss and Chadoe and the rest is history.

It disorganized and fabulous. The roof was cool and the skyline made for a beautiful backdrop. A large canvas was brought up and all the patrons at the party stepped up and painted on it. Three more sistas stepped up prior to event wanting to be painted and since then two of the have become earthSistas with image sets coming soon.

During event MORE sistas asked to be painted but it just wasn’t in the cards. And we tentative decided to do another sometime in the near future. I took pictures of course and had hard time narrowing down the number of images I could share on the site. Suffix to say there will be an additional set of images from the gathering coming in the near future.

In the meantime, check these out, leave a comment about what you think and let me know if you want us to bring the Body Paint Art Party to you.

-Vincent

Hershey and ButtahFly…pool happy

vincent — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:35:33 +0000

Sunlight streaks almost poetically through window blinds. It dances across green felt, laminated wood and smooth colorful numbered balls. Spring is finally back and as ButtahFly prepares to take the first shot across the pool table, Hershey hovers politely in the background, snacking from a bag of trail mix. This happens in the wake of a little trash talk about whose got game. Boasts are big and the wager is made. One earthSista racks up the balls while the other grabs a cue, chalks it up and studies the table intensely. But it’s all in fun as an intimate, tongue-in-cheek game of strip pool begins between the two. ButtahFly makes her first tap and it’s a miss. Hershey makes her tap and its not. So ButtahFly is the first to lose an article of clothing and the game is on.

Happy-go-lucky earthSistas indoors on a Spring day.

Enjoy!

Kirei Na & Hershey…the Dance…

vincent — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:57:18 +0000

They wanted an early Sunday morning workout. Just the two of them so that they would not be bothered. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to practice their dance and not be distracted by onlookers and I thought it was the perfect chance to get the two of them together for the shoot we’d talked about doing. They had never danced or shot together before and we were all a little unsure about what we would create. But, you know, that is the exploration…that is the adventure.

They stepped into the dance studio. Stretched and loosened up. Connected. And proceeded to create. Both of these beautiful EarthSistas love to dance. Both love the camera. Both love women. And for that moment, they were into each other. We all had fun and, as you can see, created some provocative images. I look forward to creating with both of them again.