Sunday, March 26, 2023

Naked Lunch: George by Travis Rockett


 'Did I ever tell you about the man who taught his asshole to talk?'
William S. Burroughs


FH viewers are familiar with the work of model and photographer George.  Over the last few years, I've featured his work both behind and in front of the camera. This series features George in front, and you can check out his work behind, shooting Dante on the NEXT PAGE HERE:

I love when themes are incorporated in photography and for this shoot, author William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch provided the creative inspiration.   George was reading the novel, which led to the idea of incorporating the title into an upcoming shoot with photographer Travis Rocket.


'We were scheduled to shoot around lunchtime. So I grabbed a takeout sandwich and brought my book along for the opening shots based on that concept.'


George and Travis connected through Spectrum Gallery, an art gallery devoted to photography in Fresno California.  Both Travis and his partner are both members.  Travis' partner also used to draw George when attended a Figure Drawing Course at a local college.  Travis and George quickly became friends, bonding over their shared passion for photography.  At the time, Travis was looking to do some nude photography, and since he knew of both George's experience and comfortability posing nude, he asked him about working together.


Travis describes himself as primarily a Black and White and Detail photographer.  he also enjoys dabbling in the old school of photography, Lumen, Cyanotype and Van Dyke, but have always loved black and white.  Although his website, (HERE:) is primarily focused more towards the Black and White spectrum, Travis finds himself wanting to challenge himself more with his photography.  He has yet to include his nude work on his site, but hopes that down the road, once he's honed his skills, a new section with nude work will be added. 


'George came over to my house and we started to talk as he started to undress, I started to snap some photos. As he got nude he proceeded to eat lunch as he would as at home and I started to shoot him just as I was watching as an observer as someone at lunch. As we continued he would talk and we had a great conversation as we proceeded throughout the shoot.'


'My favorite part of the shoot was just enjoying a moment as I watched as a voyeur into a person's life as they ate and enjoyed their meal. It was nice to be comfortable especially my first time doing this type of photography but George was helpful in making me comfortable and relaxed.'

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