Messengers by Alexandre CK

Whether you believe in God, or have a base of religious in your life, I think believing in Angels can still fit into a belief system. Humans are made up of of energy and since many believe that since energy can never really die, we remain, if only floating in air, for eternity. This energy, whether magical or actual, plays a role in how many of us get through our day, make our decisions and choose to view the world that surrounds us.

Camille

Parisian Photographer Alexandre CK is passionate about the beauty of the male body, and creating bold, memorable images of masculine glamour. I first saw a shot from Alexandre last year featuring his depiction of gluttony from the 7 Deadly sins. I loved the image, it's creativity and vibrant colors, and spent some time researching the photographer. When it came time to choose images for this post however I had to go with his signature series of Angels in Denim. Alexandre's angels are spreading the artists message about male glamour and beauty.

Clément

I have always loved the idea of humans with wings. The feathers are a strange appendage however as along with the freedom to take flight comes the need for some to want to suppress this freedom by clipping or caging. How truly barbaric are we as a race to place an animal meant to sore through the sky's into a box with bars. As a fan of author James Patterson, I would gladly give up the next Alex Cross or Women's Murder Club novel for another story involving Max and Matthew his winged characters from my favorite of his novels, When The Wind Blows, although not officially Angels, they share many similar characteristics.

Kevin

I love that most of Alexandre's Angel's are donning denim. Denim is such a symbol of youth, sex and even rebellion a few decades ago. and there is a beautiful symbolism in the Angel's, long gone from walking the earth, still holding a vitality and energy of who they were at their prime.

Noory

I think the Angels all began with a bet with one of my models. He is very "Kinky", and one day I told him "I'm gonna shoot you with angel wings". He answered : "Ok, find the wings, and I'm your guy". that's the beginning :) We shot one night in my apartment in Paris, and both really enjoyed it. After that, all my models wanted to pose with angel wings! I didn't want the pictures to be too "angelic". I wanted my angels to have a little "dark side". The story behind the pictures could be "An angel tries to reach back to the sky after a night of perversion in the shallows"

Robin
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Thomas