41 UK based poets and photographers united to create a unique charity calendar and exhibition to raise money for diabetes research. Victoria Bennett who is Wild Women Press founder came up with the idea after her son was diagnosed with Type One diabetes.
"Unlike other children his own age… Django could face a future of devastating complications brought on by Type 1 diabetes such as losing limbs, kidney failure, blindness, coma, heart diseases, and even death," Bennett writes on her site.
This calendar features nude portraits of 14 UK male poets (with an extra month thrown in for all the things one never has time to do!). Each portrait has been shot by a different female photographer.
Izzi Ramsay’s portrait of Alan Buckley won the 2010 Wigtown Poetry Competition, and was shortlisted for the Picador Poetry Prize. He is pictured stretched out sleepily near a window, a visual adaptation of poet Pascale Petiti's "Sun and Life."
Commenting on the project, Victoria Bennett said “After my two-year-old son was diagnosed with type one diabetes I was looking for a way that I could help raise money for much needed research into the disease. What we have created is a beautiful work of art, that has been made possible through the generosity and creativity of all involved, who have kindly supported our vision and our cause. I hope the project will attract the attention of anybody interested in photography and poetry, as well as people who simply want to support the vital work of JRDF”.
Just come to think of it, the idea of male muse is not all that bad. But I really didn’t enjoy watching the calendar though. We are so used to watching beautiful models that poets just didn’t click but nevertheless the cause is amazing.
I was thinking that I never had any male muse ever. I guess nobody has been as beautiful as God. In fact no one has ever been that fascinating or full of life. And I couldn’t help thinking about M.F. Hussain who used to change his muse every time.
Source:
Naked muse 2012 calendar
Photomonitor
"Unlike other children his own age… Django could face a future of devastating complications brought on by Type 1 diabetes such as losing limbs, kidney failure, blindness, coma, heart diseases, and even death," Bennett writes on her site.
This calendar features nude portraits of 14 UK male poets (with an extra month thrown in for all the things one never has time to do!). Each portrait has been shot by a different female photographer.
Izzi Ramsay’s portrait of Alan Buckley won the 2010 Wigtown Poetry Competition, and was shortlisted for the Picador Poetry Prize. He is pictured stretched out sleepily near a window, a visual adaptation of poet Pascale Petiti's "Sun and Life."
Commenting on the project, Victoria Bennett said “After my two-year-old son was diagnosed with type one diabetes I was looking for a way that I could help raise money for much needed research into the disease. What we have created is a beautiful work of art, that has been made possible through the generosity and creativity of all involved, who have kindly supported our vision and our cause. I hope the project will attract the attention of anybody interested in photography and poetry, as well as people who simply want to support the vital work of JRDF”.
Just come to think of it, the idea of male muse is not all that bad. But I really didn’t enjoy watching the calendar though. We are so used to watching beautiful models that poets just didn’t click but nevertheless the cause is amazing.
I was thinking that I never had any male muse ever. I guess nobody has been as beautiful as God. In fact no one has ever been that fascinating or full of life. And I couldn’t help thinking about M.F. Hussain who used to change his muse every time.
Source:
Naked muse 2012 calendar
Photomonitor
