'See how nature comes alive even as her falling leaves dance joyful goodbyes'
For most holidays, the beautify of the outside is often brought inside to help celebrate the occasions. Real fir, pine and spruce tree's at Christmas, pumpkins for Halloween and Lily's on Easter. However....anyone who celebrates and decorates for Autumn knows that except for maybe fall mums, it's difficult to replicate the extraordinary beauty of fall inside your home.
Actual Autumn leaves don't really hold up, nor last to long, when brought inside. There however, a large selection of fake and replicas, some that if you squint hard, almost pass for real. Regardless, it's really the colors, the oranges, reds, browns and yellows that exude that fall vibe.
In addition to the visual signs of Autumn, it's also the smell and fell that signifies to your senses what season it is. The feel of crisp fall leaves on skin is one we've all experienced. As adults, some of us forget, or thinking jumping into a huge pile of leaves is only something we did as kids. I still remember my mother shaking her head, positive that there was dog shit was on every maple leaf we leaped into and rolled around in.
I guess the lack of doggie doo doo is one of the pluses of using artificial leaves as Mark ( MW Photo MD) used in this shoot. It was Mark's work with Andrew that I first showcased when first featuring his work in January 2017. (Put into Practice) The hockey gear shoot was one of the first shoots for both model and photographer and although still working on perfecting his skills, Mark's shots of Andrew beautifully exposed the talent of both photographer and model, and an anticipation of the work to come.
Jonah
'In every change, in every falling leaf, there's some pain and some beauty. '
As I continued to follow, watch and enjoy Mark's work, it was clear he was enjoying pushing boundaries and limits, both his own as well as his models, and working on new concepts and themes. When I asked Mark last fall if he'd done any Autumn or Halloween themed shoots, he soon after responded with these shots of Jonah Model.
Jonah proved the perfect model for the shoot and as you can immediately see, is incredibly natural in front of the camera, and a sensuality that he skillfully interacts and plays with for both the camera and of course the viewer. Jonah made viewers feeling welcome to join him jumping in and rolling around in that pile of leaves in the backyard, or on the pile building up on the bed...
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