Of Dickheads and Art Nudes

India is full of dickheads.
The world is actually, but india more so.
Which is exactly why i never actual shoot nudes with faces unless they are for privately commissioned art prints. And even if i do share any of my nude artworks online, the faces are never there.
So it goes without saying that if you can see the face of any female in my work on social media, it's not an actual nude.

Now this series featuring @shimmershine_fit in particular, is shot wearing a bikini. But certain dickheads as expected have gone around talking shit. And so i have to make a post explaining stupid people why photography is an art of perception.
In this series, the model is wearing a bikini. But her hair and shadows are used to hide the lines and make it look nude. Also, skin is touched onto the bikini stings using the patch tool to clear away any bikini lines.

To shoot a nude, your model need not be nude.

And yes, my then girlfriend was also present at the shoot.

Also btw, if a woman chooses to shoot nudes, or boudoir, or anything sensual, it's none of your business to pass judgement on her character or create gossip about her and her photographer or anyone else. But like 99% of MCP society bred indians, i'm sure you can't understand that.
Also, you are by no means entitled to send creepy dms or fraaaandsip requests to models - mine or anyone else's.

So shitheads who love talking shit, and creepos who just want women to be naked infront of you because you have a camera, and every guy with a dick in his hand and crap for brains, please read the post all over again.

This was the series in mention. Original images available at www.instagram.com/psfofficial 

Regards,
Pushkraj Shirke

Us

Life is full of coincidence and Providence - literally everything has its own time and place in your journey. Some of it good, some of it bad, and some of it, just unbelievable when you see all the pieces come together.
I have been blessed to have had my share of fair weather friends very early in life - so i have learned to live with my guard up at all times. But a few people just percolated past my guard effortlessly, like they were meant to be. And i let them.
Some of them came into my life when neither of us could have been a part of each other's life, but the connect we had was undeniable. So i never bothered with labels and tags, rather just let them be what they are, how they are and pursue their own magnificent journey, and in their own way, some of them did the same.
Little did we realise then at that time that we had just stumbled upon what unconditional love really is.
Love isn't trapping a tiger and keeping it in a cage because you love it. Love is watching that tiger flourish in the wilderness it belongs in and still loving it and keeping watch to keep it safe - only intervening in any way to keep it protected. Protective, not possessive. That's love to me.
Like holding hands, but not crushing them. Like knowing you're there, but not imposing. Loving. Not possessing.

I'm glad i have always had this kind of love in my life. All while the people and things that didn't belong, came and went like driftwood in an open sea.
My lighthouses, my shores, my rocks, my gentle skies... Remained. And me with them.
We always belonged, no matter what.
Untied.
Unbound.
Unimaginably loved.

Thank you universe. Sometimes, i think you're too kind to me. *Jinx*

Much Love and Gratitude,
Pushkraj Shirke