mantequillazul

As my university career came to a close, I had to write a statement about my work for my gallery show. Rather than posting it 11 times, I'll just post it here :) My work derives from a deeply embedded motivation to prove that beauty is not defined by the perfections of the form, rather, the imperfections. Birthmarks, stretch marks, scars, asymmetry, and body hair are characteristics that are beautiful to me. I direct the viewer to look through my eyes and notice I portray a non-glamorous approach to my models, but rather honest, yet sensitive point of view. Instead of posing models, I observe and photograph them as they are. Zooming in on t

Hello All I don't know if you have noticed, but I went through and cleaned out all my artistic nudes having to do with my face. Apparently I found out my dad and mom found this site(mind you I am a grown adult, its the principle of the thing) and my mom so much didn't mind me posing- as everything I did was very tasteful, its just fact that if I want a career soon I need to make sure nothing I have could jeopardize that opportunity. And not to mention me turning bright red when all of this was brought to my attention. So yeah, there it is folks, sorry for the inconvenience. ciao! K

I am going to be prominently using my website (almost all the photos on the site are from dA). Thing is, It's much easier to access each photo this way, I can personalise it however I want, and it looks much more professional. I am seeking to go to graduate school or possibly get a career- so one of the biggest steps is to have an online portfolio. kajeter.iweb.bsu.edu pretty soon it'll be changed to kajeterphoto.com, but the domain isn't up yet. :) Thanks to all my supporters! much much love :blowkiss: (Don't worry I'm not leaving dA, I'll just be using both) ~Kay