I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately. Christmas has brought it on... I guess it's all of the Ghosts of Christmas, you know the ones: debt, desire, and dream.
For me, my wife (when I was originally dating her) had expressed how she had considered posing around 2008. I didn't bat my eyes but it started a curiosity for me. It wasn't until years later, when I started studying photography that I really learned what it was... what it could mean for women.
I began to form myself into a boudoir/glamour photographer and I learned that I had an incredible knack for creating a safe space to explore inner desires. It wasn't long before the incredible @chelsiegh reached out to me and we shot a set. It was while working with that incredible soul that I really experienced the deep reach of Suicide Girls. I watched as she bloomed into the beautiful woman we all know her to be.
I continued to work with her as well as @alyxhart and @annanymph and each time I was absolutely blown away by the unique expression inside each of these incredible women.
I can't believe as I write this I have 7 sets on site and three in the process of going up. I am so incredibly humbled by that fact. Something I hope to continue working towards higher and higher numbers. But I'm also continuing to offer my services to women who don't have the courage or the life circumstance to put up their own sets on this site.
I am working to create that experience of self celebration and love where we build acceptance and personal power. I wish I could give every woman on this planet this gift. But I have to accept going at it one woman at a time.
To answer my own question, I was brought to SG to learn and hone my artform. And I come back every day to help any woman I can to find her voice and her power. For those of you up who are actively shooting and creating, I can't applaud you enough. From the bottom of my soul, thank you for what you do.
