Male Beauty by bengie: Wild Gardens 🌳

Find me where the wild things grow, among the greenery, letting nature guide my thoughts.

All art is a reflection of the artist, even when the focus is the nude male form.  Certainly, some photographers share more others, but many lay personal aspects of their lives within their visuals.  This is especially true for photographers who shoot in their own homes, and on their own properties.

If you've followed my  previous pieces featuring Male Beauty by bengie, (HERE:) you know that all of his shoots take place on his property in Chester in the UK.  In previous posts, bengie shared his personal relationship with the property and how it came to be his primary shooting space.  We've seen models shot in his shower, in his bedroom, his back patio and all over the gardens, fields and forests which surround his hom.

Some of my favorite shots from bengie are those where the model is posing with the wild flowers which line the property.  There is something about a wild garden that visually hits harder than any cultivated by humans.  The colors, the way the plants and flowers go wherever they want, guided by the landscape and the sun, not by a plan in someone's head.

I've featured so many gardens, and naked models shot in gardens over the years, I thought today was a good day to highlight some of my favorites.  Of course one of my favorite spotlights the original garden, the Garden of Eden.  Adam was indeed the first naked gardener and I spotlighted him in a three page themed post in the summer of 2024. (HERE:)

Down the Garden Path

Gnomed

Welcome Summer

Simon King: The Secluded Garden

Lenny by Suntown Photo

 Reece Scott by TR Pics

Alex Stoddard: The Messiest Season

Nakedartisan: All Worked Up!

The Autumn Garden: Artyom by Igor Kuryukin

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