In the beginning...

So a few weeks back Rick had a great idea. Why not make a long term project of shooting tattooed Kiwi's. The best way to highlight their ink would be to have no other distractions, so nothing but skin and ink.

I thought it was a great idea but was not too sure how many people we would bet putting their hand up for a totally nude shoot.

I was in for a surprise!

We created an advert to post on FaceBook and some posters for tattoo studios. Both Rick and I agreed that we would be advertising this as a naked shoot, so there were no surprises for anyone. We even put a naked image on the advertising so there was no misunderstanding.

Then we posted the advert on FaceBook....

Over the next 2 1/2 hours solid we were answering queries. The next morning I opened my emails and there were more queries. Then the phone started ringing. After a few days of taking names and details we had to say 'no more (for now)'.

We now have a very long list of names - people that are proud of their tattoos and are happy to pose naked. I am amazed at the diversity of the people on our list. On the advertising we said 'We want tattooed allsorts' and that's what we have got!

Most of the people on our list are booked in for a shoot. We have some who are flying in to Palmerston North specifically for this, others who will be calling in on their next road trip. I think Christchurch may be the furthest away at the moment.

The bookings extend out to the end of August.

We never put the posters in the tattoo studios, there was no need.

Our first portrait sitting is tomorrow. We will post the photographic journey on here with the stories of the tattoos if the model wants to share.

Once we have our images the next step will be an exhibition, and we will be looking for some venues....