Conceptual overtones about Beautiful forms

Nikki Lee wearing vintage Natori Teddy by photographer Robert Weissner
May 1, 2013

naked woman standing

conceptual footage of Nikki Lee by MLP Studios
May 3, 2013

perfect form of a Black Woman

ILLUSION & LINE

a Michael Luna photo of model Nikki Lee

CARE OF THE SOUL

"There is a depth of knowing that is waiting to swirl upward and out of a body, a soul. Certain ways we position and hold our bodies release the images we hold, and the spirit of our lives, at least for a moment, is no longer mysterious, or vague. Being held is a fundamental need and want. We need to be held. Without it there is doubt to our existence because separation between our elements creates a void. That is not natural. As a last resort holding one's Self is satisfactory, but being held by others who love us is glorious, and inexplicably nurturing!" - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories [august 16, 2012]

Nikki Lee

ART criticism

Nikki Lee posed for Michael Luna's Photograpy

"Initially I thought, it seems odd to erase the live features from her face. Vibrancy distinguishes faces. It gives the 'subject' a story,and the observer stories to perceive and engage, right? But this concept, for me initially, seems to separate the model. It disengages Nikki's body from the experiences that should be in her face playing and actively engaging in relaying the stories of who she is.

Photographs, and pictures freeze moments in time, but the added techniques to freeze women's face into disengaged placid expressions, or trapped pathos underscores the myriad definitions of motherhood, play, mystery, intrigue, and questions that should be swirling upward into the mists of Nikki's identities, thus making her more than a woman showing her naked strong body.

Now that was my first thought. I could be miles from the photographer's ideal, and concept. His approach might have been from a story line I am not privy to, or unable to discern." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories august 17, 2012  

VULNERABLE

Nikki Lee

"No matter how many accouterments of manhood a woman surrounds herself with she is not protected from the inability of men who think their passions are wild horses not in need of taming." 

- Gregory E. Woods

Keeper of Stories

august 16, 2012

Photography by Robert Alvarado

model Nikki Lee