‘MLSP Pool Portal’ © 2013 Marne Lucas Photography. All Rights Reserved.
Self-portrait taken in the swimming pool at the Madonna Inn. They did not mind me swimming in my high-heel sandals!
XO ML
‘Cam, Climber’ © 2013 Marne Lucas Photography. All Rights Reserved.’ ‘Time: Giant Sun Dial’, Joseph Kiselewski is Courtesy of the New York Public Library © 1939 New York Worlds Fair.
I’m interested in how patterns or ideas repeat themselves throughout human creativity and in nature. I recently found a photo of a sculpture by a distant Minnesota relative, Joseph A. Kiselewski (1901–1986) who was the youngest artist to receive the Prix de Rome award in 1926.
My pin-up photograph of model Cam Damage and this detail shot of Kiselewski’s ‘Time: Giant Sun Dial’ sculpture have some nice similar composition details, and both made in New York!
An appreciation for the beauty of the nude figure seems to run deep in the family. ”Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.” -William Blake
XO ML
‘Timo Ellis, Ukulele’ © 2013 Marne Lucas Photography © 2013 Marne Lucas Photography. All Rights Reserved.
I have been so looking forward to making this “Buster Keaton-meets-Doom metal-meets ukelele” portrait of Timo Ellis, a New York City-based musician. He brought his kinetic presence and dank wit to the shoot on his rooftop in Brooklyn, April 1st, 2013.
I’m utterly hooked on his music, this band: www.thenetherlands.tv
-From the ‘Sitting City’ artist portrait series.
XO ML
‘Doug Henders, Background Checks’ © 2013 Marne Lucas Photography. All Rights Reserved.
New portraits of painter New York City-based artist Doug Henders, taken at his solo show at Mayson Gallery.
From the Sitting City artist portrait series.
XO ML
‘Jennifer Sirey, Feature Inc.’ © 2013 Marne Lucas Photography. All Rights Reserved.
I had the pleasure of making a portrait of sculptor Jennifer Sirey today.
“Sail” 2012- glass, bacteria, vinegar, water, monofilament; 19 x 24 x 11”
From the Sitting City artist portrait series.
XO ML
‘Telephone Pole, Bride’ © 2010 Marne Lucas Photography. All Rights Reserved.
Taken while on a jog past a bridal shop that has had the saddest mannequins in the window for so many years! This photo inspired a haiku for the lonely bride…
Telephone pole wires
crossed, prevent our connection,
you know who you are.
XO ML
A Doom’meditation in Mongolia by ML and by extension a music video for The Netherlands, my favorite NYC band.
XO ML
YAY! So flattered that my favorite nude & pin-up model Justine Joli just posted an old photo of me by Steve Diet Goedde. He’s my favorite photographer to pose for. I love that my 11 inch long hip surgery scar is visible!
I heart Justine Joli’s work and hope to work with her some day…
XO ML
Gina Velour, Los Angeles 1998 - This was shot at the Monastery of the Angels (an actual old monastery now converted into apartments) up in the Hollywood hills. It was a cold January day, and Marne Lucas (AKA Gina Velour) had wanted to shoot in the pool because she has this ‘thing’ for water. Unfortunately the day proved to be a bit too cold, so she reluctantly posed next to the pool instead of in it. The photo originally appeared in my second book “The Beauty of Fetish: Volume II” (Edition Stemmle).
Im glad I finally get to see the ‘muse’ at work. Dietgoeddie has never actually said she is his muse, I just assumed.
‘Cam Damage’ NYC series. © 2013 Marne Lucas Photography. All Rights Reserved.
I had the pleasure of working with Cam on her recent visit to NYC. She’s a dreamy model to work with and has a great sense of humor. I seem to photograph Geminis with mirrors, thus referencing the duality that they possess. I’d love to visit her in Philadelphia and photograph her again!
XO ML
