5368 The Naked Landscape by Chris Maher 1 to 3 Ratio Canvas Print

I'm amazed at how many people don't see the nude body, but visualize some kind of open landscape (Venus?). I used a 500mm lens and shot from 30 foot away to compress the visual space, causing the nude models body to be revealed in a new way.

My photographs seek to evoke a connection with the underlying magic of life. Too often we live in a world of our own expectations, blind to the beauty and oneness around us. My photographs of smoke reveal the complexity and beauty of the invisable sea of air we live in. I called it Spirit Work because of it efemeral flow and amazing resonance with our own human form. My figure work is not about beauty, but power. A woman's curves speak of life. They reveal her fertility, her ability to nurture, and her power to bring and guide new life to this world. Without the veil of clothing her power is primal and awesome. Feminine power is inherently creative, it is the bringer of life. Male energy can be seen as destructive, but there can be no...