I woke up Sunday morning with a nasty cold. Perfect excuse to stay home and play with some of the photos I took of my friends on Saturday. I wanted to start a gallery even though I didn't have many images. Not yet, that is. I definitely intend to pursue this theme and already have a date set up with one of my friends to pose for me next week. As I spent time with these images, I found myself trying to find ways to express the sense of fluidity and softness I saw in their beautiful bodies. Even though I only ended up with four images to put in my new gallery, each one represented many other versions. As you can see, today's image is a different version of the one I posted yesterday.

To see my new gallery called "Winter Nudes", CLICK HERE.

What follows is the introduction I wrote to accompany the gallery:

There are seasons of life just as there are seasons of the year. While Western culture tends to idealize the springtime of life, especially when setting standards for physical beauty, we women of age know there is much to be said for having bodies that show all that we have lived. There is beauty to be found in every wrinkle, fold, crease, ripple, stretch mark, bit of flab and fullness of contour. This gallery celebrates women who are coming into the winter of their lives with grace, wisdom, sensuality and adventuresome spirits. I invite you to view these images with respect and gratitude for their willingness to share their unclothed beauty so fearlessly.