'I first spotted Kristain at the Christmas market in Bratislava. He was selling hot wine at one of the small ginger bread house like stands. I bought some wine from him on several occasions just so I could get a closer look at him.
I think if I'd been Phil, I would have been drunk by the time I left that Christmas market. I've never had hot wine before, but Kristian could certainly convince me to give it a try. Despite his numerous trips back to the wine stand, Phil didn't build up quite enough liquid courage to ask Kristian about posing that first day at the market.
It took three more trips to the market over the holidays to finally build up the courage to ask if him if he'd be interested in posing for Phil's site Bodytorium. To Phil's surprise, Kristian was very friendly and receptive to the idea of a shoot and he and Phil exchanged contacts in order to schedule a future shoot.
It took a quite a bit of messaging back and forth to find a date that worked for them both, but they finally met up to shoot this past April. In addition to working at markets on weekends and holidays, selling hot wine isn't the 20 year old's full time job. Kristian is a professional soccer layer who hails from a small town where the market was located in Bratislava.
Phil describes Kristian as a a straight-talker who's very cool headed and followed through with Phil's instructions during the shoot in an almost soldier-like manner. Although he didn't open up immediately, he was very friendly and sociable as the shoot progressed. Kristian clearly got into the groove as he and Phil shot for hours both in studio as well as the location shots you see here.
Despite this being Kristian's first time taking it all off in front of the camera, he seem's relaxed, and looks to be having fun running and playing in and on the tree's. Phil managed to capture close to 900 shots of Kristian that are all available to view and enjoy on Bodytorium HERE:.
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