Akif Hakan Celebi

Akif Hakan Celebi is a fashion photographer, working all over the world but born in Turkey. Akif says to be ‘striving to go beyond established styles and widen the boundaries of photographic expression‘.
Most striking is his use of color, and the often very busy background settings.
His personal work walks along the same line, creating imaginary erotic tales, glamour and sensuality in a multi layered atmosphere.

Mark Seliger

American born photographer Mark Seliger, well known for his great celebrities portraits and shooting over  a hundred covers for Rolling Stone magazine. Mark Seliger was influenced by Bill Brandt, Irving Penn, Eikoh Hosoe and Edward Weston. He didn't do that many nudes, until he started on his book 'Listen'.

Michael Ezra

Based in New York but born in Tbilisi, Georgia. Classical softly lighted nudes are his trademark. Michael Ezra's models look at ease in these beautiful sculpture like poses. Capturing the right moment is essential in most of his work, showing the beauty and power of the human form.

Hilo Chen

Born in Yee-Lum, Taiwan (1942). Hilo Chen is a photorealistic painter of the female sunbathing figure. Most of his works are called beach or bathroom followed by a number. Being one of the first photorealistic painter, his large, slightly erotic paintings are in major museum collections throughout the world. The skin tones and the sweat pearls are superb, Hilo Chen definitly likes bikinis

Anton Solomoukha

"Red Riding Hood Visits Chernobyl" 

The swimming pool. The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch

 so-called The Night Watch. Rembrandt.

Born in Kiev, Ukraine. Multidisciplinary artist developing photo projects, he started out as a painter and now constructs his work as if it were painted pictures. Inspired by the art works of great painters, he creates tableaus with an ironic twist and a rather sensual air. "Tchernobyl Piece Blue" and "Red Riding Hood Visits Chernobyl" are only two projects from a large portfolio by French based Anton Solomoukha.

"Tchernobyl Piece Blue" PIESSE-BLEAU-NB-N°1 

"Tchernobyl Piece Blue" PIESSE-BLEAU-NB-N°3

"Tchernobyl Piece Blue" PIESSE-BLEAU-NB-N°4

"Tchernobyl Piece Blue" PIESSE-BLEAU-NB-N°5

"Red Riding Hood Visits Chernobyl"  

Blue room. Mona Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardini del Giocondo: Leonardo da Vinci 

"Red Riding Hood Visits Chernobyl"  

The swimming pool. Mercury and the Three Graces: Tintoretto

Les Menines

Bart Ramakers

Belgian photographer born in 1963. 'Caught in a Tale' starts as follows: "For, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. But hark, those with sensible eyes be warned! There are artistic and even some explicit nude pictures below."
Beautiful worked out pictures, intriguing and amusing at the same time. Inspired by tales and old masters, Bart Ramakers is showing a whole new creative world. Finding new details with every glance,     trying to unravel the story he tries to tell...

Bart Ramakers at work.

"Pastorale" Making of Photoshoot Bart Ramakers from Bart Grinaert on Vimeo.

Julian Baker

Artist and writer Julian Baker can be followed on twitter, facebook, tumblr and on his blog. Personally I find his blog most enjoyable. His colorful photographic work is amusing, his models authentic and you just got to love his backgrounds.
In Julian's words:'Once upon a time I took photos for record sleeves. Now concentrating on portraits about what it means to be nude, to be seen naked, the nature of our skin. I shoot on medium-format film only. I want to create images that look back at the viewer upsetting their preconceptions of 'art nudes'.
You don't need that perfect (photoshopped) body to appear in Julian Baker's art work, and that is what makes his work reel and inspiring.