The three Graces are the personification of grace and beauty and the attendants of several goddesses. In art, they are often the handmaidens of Venus, sharing several of her attributes such as the rose, myrtle, apple and dice. The river Cephissus near Delphi was sacred to them.
They are typically grouped so that the two outer figures face the spectator, and the one in the middle faces away. This was their antique form, known and copied by the Renaissance.
Three Graces and Charites
This is the inspiration for a shoot with Ange Harper (gothindulgence) set for November 21st ^.^ Alba and me will be modelling, together with someone else we have yet to find. Exciting to recreate themes and characters from Ancient mythology, gives me the feeling I have been transported inside a book... if only!
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On other news, the past few days I have had two more shoots. One was with Phountains (Juha) around shops in Camden with the theme of black and white model thrown into a technicolour world, he shot with actual film, how retro =P On a similar note, I heard Polaroids have been discontinued!! The film factory has closed down and the last existing unit has passed its expiry date! What a shame, I never even used a Polaroid although I always wanted to, too late! =(
Last shoot I had yesterday was in the upstairs floor of a pub in Mornington Crescent. The room was huge an beautiful and photographer Herman H Haye set up a makeshift studio within it. I worked with MUA Lisa Vice and another model Thyria, everything went very smoothly but I was tired to death when I arrived home at about 8.30 pm!
Actually, I am still tired to death even though I slept a huge amount o.O Maybe that's why!
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