Here is a man that I have become quite fond of in a short time. Don’t ask me why. Maybe because something comes through his personable face. Maybe because his photographs reveal an interesting man. Maybe because we have walked down some of the same roads during our decades of life. I’ll never meet him because he lives too far away. But one thing I can do is imagine the great friendship he and I might otherwise have.
Edward is an “amateur” photographer. You might think “highly skilled” photographer would be a better way to put it after looking at his stunning work.
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We bantered about the condition of our asses, mine being so much less photogenic than his. But then he’s out taking pictures while I sit on mine writing all day, which probably explains it.
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Is it the pose that makes this photograph so appealing? Is it the natural lighting Edward has captured? Those things are certainly part of it. But it’s also the the male beauty, the man at one with his body and with Mother Earth. It’s the subtle suggestion that it’s the simple things in life that count.
Here Edward is having fun experimenting with pixel manipulation. He told me his Photoshop skills are not great. Like me, he doesn’t have the patience.
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The male form in silhouette. The model: Edward Po. The mood: intoxicating … at least for those who know how to appreciate it. How many men half his age would envy his body?
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A winter day in upstate New York. A man alone in a hot tub, contemplating, so it would seem, the gift of life, captured for posterity by an “amateur” photographer. I personally would call him a thoughtful and imaginative photographer. What Edward is showing us is nudity is natural. He’s showing us that it’s okay to be in touch with your body and enjoy living in it.
During the course of our email discussions, Edward said this: “I love the capture of the play of light and shadows, as well as capturing the human form – male or female. I use myself as model most of the time as I am available and cheap and willing to put up with a demanding photographer.”
So you may wonder why I call Edward Po an intriguing man … this photograph helps explain it. When I saw it, my imagination ran amuck. Though he probably did all of this alone, I pictured two men painting each other, then photographing the results. Continue reading
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