How naked do you like to be?

Do you ever wonder why some people are more comfortable in the nude than others? There’s a whole continuum, from exhibitionists to people who don’t even want to be naked alone. Do you think it has anything to do with how attractive a person believes themselves to be?

Anyway, I just got an email from La Petite Mort art gallery and I’m passing it along in case any of you want to do some fake nude modeling and get your naked body immortalized in art.

Ludwig Ciupka is a young Montréal fashion photographer who also works in the fields of publicity and brand advertising. His art has been displayed in publications such as Z!NK. The project he is now initiating combines photography and painting—all of it emerging from an urgent and fundamental need to be in contact with “raw matter,” whether it is through pigments or flesh. This artist looks for a point of synergy between the two popular media that are photography and painting.

The basis of the concept lies in photography. By exposing in the nude persons alone, in couples, or in groups, in a neutral and dark environment, the artist wants to let emerge different fundamental feelings from each one. According to the artist, the body says a lot—it says enough. For these reasons, the artist wants to show anonymous bodies, giving the models a chance to free themselves of their inhibitions and to let their bodies speak, whether they have a message to deliver or not.

* It is very important to note that the work will be “faux nus” [fake nudes]; the models will be in the nude but no sexual organs will be shown in the pictures—they will be hidden by a hand, a leg crossed, some darkness . . .

Afterwards, these very “clair-obscure” [low-key] photos will be transferred to a canvas-like medium. The artist will attempt to further “sculpt” the human emotions with paint. This whole process will be used with the intent to create impressive, but delicate art, rocking cocoons of fundamental feelings—where everyone will be able to secretly recognize themselves”.

The photographer is asking for a full body shot (not nude) attached to your email. Contact Ludwig Ciupka directly at: modeling@komorov.com