A new image with Titania Lyn. Polaroid Type 55 and some natural light.

© 2012 Zoe Wiseman - model: Titania Lyn

I miss the heat St. Merrique and I created this image in. Todos Santos, Mexico is a sleepy surfer town, art colony, pueblo magico. And the houses name was Casa Dracula. It worked. I just had fun coloring this black and white negative print. Thought I’d post. Enjoy.

Surf the Casa Dracula © 2001 Zoe Wiseman - model: St. Merrique

So I thought I’d post a photo he made of me. Leonard Nimoy saw me naked. ha.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Nimoy!

© 2002 Leonard Nimoy - model: me

Today is International Woman’s Day

In case you haven’t been paying attention there have been over 1100 pieces of legislation introduced to federal and state legislatures over the past year which severely impact women’s health. And if you’ve been following me on twitter, you’ve probably seen my disdain for the jackasses who are responsible. And please ignore the fat man with the golden microphone (is that his golden penis phallic fetish?), he isn’t the one responsible for creating bills designed to discriminate against women. The only thing he does is throw white trash easily mutable fly over’s into a hate frenzy – and yeah, well he calls women sluts. But so what? Slut shaming is so 1965. I can’t remember a time when I felt ashamed when someone called me a slut. It usually made me laugh myself silly. But hey, I spent 10 years with a rock band listening to their hilarity, so I have thick skin. And I’m probably a little more harsh than even they were sometimes. I’m impervious.

What myself and the rest of the 51% of the population (women) aren’t impervious to is the legislation being introduced into state and federal legislatures. It is infuriating. These tiny little boys who are playing politics with my body need to find a new job. They should be censured for discrimination against a group of people. They should be charged with hate crimes against women. But that’s just how I feel about it. The Catholic Church should lose their tax exempt status for this (< click) and Darrell Issa needs to be sent packing. He is a disgrace to my state. I think people are afraid to blame the one entity responsible for this war on women, the Catholic Church. They have displaced their rage on to a fat man with a golden microphone. Criticizing a church isn’t criticizing a god. Their ego wants you to think that, but it’s perfectly OK to be angry at the church. Jesus was. (or so the scripture tells us) I’m rambling, aren’t I? Sorry, I’m really upset.

I realize when it comes to women’s health and a woman’s anatomy, most men are baffled. It’s no wonder a group of men from the Catholic Church wouldn’t understand the many uses of birth control pills. Nor would they realize that they actually help women conceive children. I don’t think the nuns really talk to them about these things, and mixing with women really isn’t their thing. So it’s no surprise to see an all male panel discussing religious freedom and being so stringent to a false belief that they won’t even allow a woman to speak – thus creating a national stir on the issue and turning Sandra Fluke into the poster child for “government handouts of birth control pills” which is a complete falsification.  Ladies and Gentlemen – we have our Martyr! This is so fucking high school bully syndrome. What are women supposed to do who pay for insurance plans, prescription drug coverage and a list of other health related things to do when they have an ovarian cyst eruption that could have been prevented by taking a pill that their insurance should pay for? This is childish. The only people who should feel shamed are the Catholic Bishops and Darrell Issa. Wasn’t Jesus into healing the sick? This is elementary my dear Watson!

THEN! after this started up this backwoods bigot from Missouri is jumping on the bandwagon and using women’s bodies to fight against the Affordable Care Act which prevents insurance companies from treating women as pre-existing conditions.  His little friend in Florida, Mark Rubio, is in cahoots with him.  Click on the links and read their dribbly diatribes. The Blunt Amendment, in essence, would allow for any company large or small to refuse to pay for any medicine or medical treatment based upon their moral beliefs. Thus, allowing your boss to have dictatorship over your health care. And not just women’s health care, gentlemen. Yours too. So if you think this is just about women (which it was designed to be but written slyly to wink wink at their good ‘ole boys) you’re missing the point and you haven’t READ THE BILL. 

Women, if you don’t vote things are going to get very taliban(y). Everyone else – please educate yourselves about the many uses of birth control pills.

***all words are my own***

But this is by Carl Sagan:

“How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, ‘This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant’? Instead they say, ‘No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.’ A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.”

So, I made some images. And they are free to share all over the internet if you want to grab them and post them everywhere. Just as long as you aren’t making a profit from it. Not for hardcopy publishing rights though. I retain those. 

Let’s be BLUNT! BE BLUNT EVERYWHERE!!!! with credit please.

The Pill Makes Women Happy ©2012 Zoe Wiseman - model: Titania Lyn

Let's be BLUNT - ©2012 Zoe Wiseman - model: Carlotta Champagne

Let's be BLUNT - ©2012 Zoe Wiseman - model: Carlotta Champagne

Time flies. I just realized that Rei and I have known each other for 8 years. Seriously? And if you count before we “met” when we were just babbling online, 10 years. I’ve been going through this recently. I think time has sped up. Did the universe start expanding faster? Or is it just one of these “aging” things that makes you think you’re running out of time? How is it my husband and I have been together for 17 years? I have a lot of questions this evening. Do you think this is why people are living longer now? I wonder what Hubble would think about that. Anyway, excuse my rambling and enjoy some photos I did of Rei at my place. Oh, and Happy Birthday Rei (a few days late)!

© 2011 Zoe Wiseman - model: Ella Rose

I’ve been trying to pick some of my favorite images from my Mexican festival that I like the best. It’s really hard to choose what one’s will be “the one” when you work with such amazing models. Every image just seems like it’s just as good as the other. Trimming is tough. I might not be done for quite some time. In a normal situation I may shoot once or twice a month, so I have ample time to digest each shoot. The festival I put on is like one or two shoots per day for 8 days. So that’s like 6 months crammed into a week. Is 20 OK? 30? 10? Are there rules? I have my own rules I place upon myself, but sometimes I wonder if I’m being hard enough on myself. I’m sure every photographer does. If you click on “full screen” you can see them bigger, but they may get pixelated due to the fact I never put large files on the web. Prints are ALWAYS so much prettier.

Zoe Fest X 2011 was held in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
figuremodels.org/festx

Behind the scenes footage courtesy of Michael Marlborough. michaelmarlborough.com

It was 100 degrees on the Southern Tip of Baja at the end of the day on October 24, 2011.

Zoe Fest is a yearly fine art nude artist retreat held in different areas of the globe. 2009 and 2010 were held in Australia. From 2002-2008 we were in different areas of the United States. This was it’s 10th year, hence the “X.”

Models: Carlotta Champagne, Sara Liz, Anne Duffy, Tara Liggett, Claudine, St. Merrique, Anoush Anou, Ella Rose, Brooke Lynne, Samantha Grace, Stephanie Anne, Meghan Claire, Keira Grant, Rebecca Lawrence and Candace Nirvana.

You do funny things when you hold a camera sometimes to get certain angles. I know I’m weird.

First video by me.

Thanks to Michael Marlborough for filming the behind the scenes action!

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And an image from the shoot.

15 Mexico © 2011 Zoe Wiseman

Something new…

Seeing - © 2011 Zoe Wiseman

I hope you all have a very lovely holiday! May I suggest a great charity? Good. Cause I’m going to anyway. If you are in the USA please text: HOMELESS to 50555 and $10.00 will be added to your phone bill. Donations go to The Weingart Center. If you aren’t in the USA, they take online donations.

The guys over at 1x.com put together their 4th book with some of the best photography I’ve seen in some time. The members there certainly rate. I’m happy to be amongst such great artistic expression with my image of Kat Love, “Architectural Nude.”

They have limited edition copies available at their website. Go over and get yours! It would make an awesome holiday gift.

1X4 Beyond

Architectural Nude - model: Kat Love - ©2006 Zoe Wiseman

Love working with Jessamyne!

trying out a new sort of studio set up and my new lensbaby! the composer pro rocks!

© 2011 Zoe Wiseman - model: Jessamyne