Monique

Back to Classics

Photosensualis recently sent me a link to a bunch of our throwbacks, so I'll be uploading them here tomorrow.

For now, here's a shot from our very first (or maybe second?) shoot, in Woodstock, NY, quite a few years ago.

Hope you are all staying warm and well in these strange and bitterly cold times.

Nude Series

Photographed by George Streng during The Desert Adventure. Moab, Utah. 2018.

Happy 2022

Here is to hoping this year starts better than 2021 ended!

I’m just getting over a bout of Covid-19 and my second ruined Christmas vacation since I’ve had a job that gives me vacations.

The good news is I’m faring much better than I did when I had this two Christmases ago (pre-vaccine). We didn’t yet know ...

Happy 2022

Here is to hoping this year starts better than 2021 ended!

I’m just getting over a bout of Covid-19 and my second ruined Christmas vacation since I’ve had a job that gives me vacations.

The good news is I’m faring much better than I did when I had this two Christmases ago (pre-vaccine). We didn’t yet know ...

womb-like

womb-like, 

tomb-like

too much room,

light,

chinks away,

golden painter

slinks away

behind stone chamber

a chilly umbra

saps at the umbilical

leaving behind

the residue

of smallness,

into cavernous

being.

-m.m.d. 2021

j. tree, in color

The whole set, just in color, just for you. :-)

By R. Yokomoto, in Joshua Tree (2017)

j. tree

Last week I posted a series of images taken by R. Yokomoto in Joshua Tree in 2017 for my $25+ patrons. I saved a few goodies for my $5 patrons! :-) Tomorrow I'll have some more for $25+ tiers. Enjoy!

j tree

The other day, I promised more images from the silks series. Unfortunately, that particular series feature another model whose likeness I cannot publish, so I’ve decided to just do away with the idea of sharing them here, rather than do the injustice of cropping them. 

Instead, I’m sharing these images taken in...

Silks

Here are some (cropped) images taken by the lovely George Streng in Sacramento a few years back. Some may recognize these silks from the series I posted a few years ago with a poem called 'Flight of the Pleiades.' 

I'll be posting more tomorrow for $25+

Dramatic Light

Playing with light and shadow with Anodyne Photo.

It had been so long, I was feeling a little rusty in front of the lens, but the images came out quite pretty.

Nude. Brooklyn.

Here is a series from my last shoot of the day a few weeks ago, with Anodyne Photo. It was the perfect ending to a very long day. 

nude.

Modest nude portraits. Also beautiful.

Taken by Anodyne Photo. NYC. Oct. 2021.

Not nude.

Still beautiful.

By Mark Laubenheimer.

Portraits In Color

Another aspect I love about working with Mark Laubenheimer is that he does not photoshop his images at all. We work in natural light, and he spends as much time and effort as I do finding the best angle with the best light. After taking the photo, the image is made. As much as I also love acting and playing with distortions, ...

more pretty portraits

For the last two years, I've been posting image sets from the past because a.) I'm retired and b.) we've been living through a pandemic. Seeing all the beautiful photos I've been a part of making is always joyful. At the same time, It's nice seeing portraits which accurately reflect who I am right now, both physically and emo...

Inspired by the 'Holy Trinity'

You may have seen some of these, but censored, on my Instagram page. These images were inspired by what I like to call the 'Holy Trinity' of women artists: Imogen Cunningham, Georgia O'Keeffe (as portrait subject) and Mona Kuhn. Mark Laubenheimer truly captured what we were going for. This was a good first experience back in ...

Portraits of Happiness

I love shooting with Mark Laubenheimer. You can probably tell from the dorky smile.

Don't worry, there's more where these came from! :-)

NEW.

Last week, I took a trip into NYC for three photo shoots. It was my first time getting in front of a camera professionally since January 2020. I only agreed to work with people I already know and enjoy collaborating with, so that made for pleasant sessions. I realized that I absolutely do not miss commuting around the city fo...

Athens

Some years ago, my tour took me to Athens. The first day I arrived, I came down with a nasty virus that knocked me out so bad, I slept for an entire day -- yes, 24 straight hours. I think I was rundown from weeks of sleeping only a few hours (due to jet lag) and it finally caught up to me. 

The city was unfortunate...

Tuolumne Nudes

Happy October! Halloween season!

Thank you to everyone who pledged another month, and for those of you who just joined, welcome! 

Here are some of my favorite images from my shoot in Yosemite with the absolutely wonderful R. Saroyan. We had so much fun hiking, chatting and, of course, creating. He impressed m...

hair, hands

Here are some more portraits by Mark Laubenheimer, after taking down my hair, which, at this time, I somehow was able to keep back without any clips or ties (a fleeting miracle). Throughout my career, photographers have always given me the compliment of having "Georgia O'Keeffe hands." This is one of my absolute favorite comp...

b&w portraits

These portraits were taken in NYC by Mark Laubenheimer, who is just a lovely, inspired human being. These were taken in 2018, I believe. I was going through a very difficult time in my life -- taking care of my grandfather who was slowly deteriorating in between abbreviated tours, maintaining sobriety (but struggling) and dea...

Meow.

Just some photos of myself and my most photogenic babe of a kitty.

This evening, I’ll be posting some portraits taken by Mark Laubenheimer in anticipation of our upcoming shoot in about two weeks. This will be my first shoot since January 2020!

💗

Window Light

Photosensualis, Woodstock, 2015.

Please remember these works are copyrighted and not to be republished, reprinted or reposted in any way. Thank you! 

XO.

Smile.

By Photosensualis, Woodstock. 2015. 

Desert Recollections (color)

Some of the same images, some bonus images - all in color. Don Albonico photographed these images. The golden hour (especially in the desert!) does incredible things to both mine and Liv's skin, which is fun to observe considering our features could not be more opposite. This photo retreat was absolutely one of the most rewar...

Desert Recollections (b&w)

These lovely images were taken by Don Albonico during the very last session of The Desert Adventure, a photo retreat I ran in Moab's beautiful backcountry with my partner. The inimitable Liv Sage was the other model during this shoot. When not posing for photographers, we posed for each other. The remaining time was spent sha...

Happy September :-)

Hi :) Happy (almost) Autumn!

Thank you to everyone who continued their pledge for another month. I deeply appreciate your support!

For the first time in my 30 years, I am actually excited for the end of  summer. As a journalist in a shore town that thrives on summer tourism,  this summer was absolutely i...

On the Rocks

Photographed by Dan Leffel in UT, Sept. 2014.

XO

Pinnacle

Hi :) Happy (almost) Autumn! 

Firstly, I just want to say thank you to everyone who reached out to me the last few days. Fortunately, Hurricane Ida spared my neighborhood, and I'm doing just fine. I'm very grateful not to be living right on the water anymore. I appreciate the supportive messages I received. It's ni...