'It's like I'm forced to by some unknown force, I see fresh now, and have to strip down and hop into it.'
I think it was a known force, my love of the male form, that struck me after seeing my first images of Luke. It was back in 2017, and I quickly got in touch about featuring his work. The images were Autumn themed, incredible visuals with Luke's long lean body creating such elegantly sensual poses. The images I quickly learned, were taken by Luke himself, a model and an artist who for me, has perfected the art of the self-full body portrait.
I started doing A Baker's Dozen posts back in 2020. It began for two reasons. I had being doing Quaternate posts for awhile, brining together all of the stories from individual photographers. Given how many models have contributed and been featured multiple times over the years, I wanted a way of bringing all of the stories together in one place.
I also wanted to pay tribute to model Austin Wild, a model I was fortunate to have featured numerous times prior to tragic death. I titled the theme, A Baker's Dozen not due to the number of posts, but because I originally focused on 13 models. Over time, that number has increased. I've had the privilege to have featured Luke's work close to two dozen times, many of the images included, Luke took exclusively for FH.
So many of Luke's images are seasonally set, my favorites being Autumn and Winter. Not many models head out into the snow, strip down, and create such beautiful images. As cold as some of those day were, Luke always captured incredible visuals, ever risking frost bite by sitting completely naked in snow drifts. Luke has also captured some exclusive holiday shots, helping us celebrate Valentine's, St. Patrick's Day and Christmas. One of my favorites was the most recent, Luke's Halloween themed, The Witch in the Wood.
Luke on FH:
2017-2020
2021
2022
2023-2024
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