Seventeen Girls

Here is the first *real* image from Diversity, my record-breaking shoot from over the weekend. I shot this from on top of an 10' ladder, using the widest-angle lens that Canon makes (the USM 10-22mm.) Lighting was achieved using very large octodome softboxes on 1600w strobes, each with a 5' coverage area. (You can see them briefly in the beginning of this short video clip of the shoot: [link] )
This image is available as a print.

Yes, ~Caelfind is quite pregnant in this photo. So is Pinky, though it's much harder to tell. Four different races and LOTS of different body styles are represented. To me, this is what the unique nude is all about: diversity. The non-erotic, non-sexual art nude is practically a lost art, although many here on dA are bringing it back (or trying to.) Please note that even though I have fully naked models draped all over one another there is *nothing* even remotely sensual about this shot. It's about sisterhood; not sex.

Models: (In no particular order) Krissy (~KrissyLin), Kissy (~pinkkissy3), Figment (*Charalei), Kaylee (~groundlingchild), Marona (~figgum), Pinky, Mel, Dani, Essence (~I-dzire-penguins), Neon, SweetPea Suicide (~exhalesvanillalace), Kristina (~KristiNoir), Natalia, Caélfind (~Caelfind), Heather (~whoville14), Irulan Amy (*princess-irulan), & Alice.
Hair & Makeup by: Natalia
Assistant: *slickdj3
Photography by: =UniqueNudes
© 2007 Nakayama Photography Studios
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


_{A documentary film was made of this entire photoshoot from beginning (storyboard, gathering models, etc) to ending (post-process, publishing) and will be out early next year here on deviantFILM.}

EDIT: Good day! I woke up this morning to a new DD, which is awesome. Thanks to ^Helewidis for featuring this piece, which means quite a bit to me personally as an artist.