Before the Belle Epoque…
While battling the Corona Blues, I’m busy plotting my personal post-pandemic Belle Epoque. Are you not?
Staying with the trouble...
Embracing the discomfort of uncertainty, while viruses invade my mind and body.
Shooting Men
A photographer’s notes on seeing men, the eros of presence, and the perils of being the perfect stranger.
The Courage to Grieve
At midlife, finding courage to grieve. Essay first published in german @ IP / Integrale Perspectives.
100% Foreign?
What I have been up to lately: The launch of the 100% Foreign Project and Exhibit in Aarhus, Denmark,
THE GREAT CLIMATE SPANKING
Does Greta Thunberg’s climate spanking merely make us willing subordinates — celebrating our grief — instead of becoming true climate heroes?
Open Letter To Lone Morch:
“Together, in page after page of seamlessly interwoven layouts, Embody’s words and images transcend gender, transcend the taboo of nudity, even transcend the staid, predictable format of the coffee table book – it transcends all things that divide and separate us and lay bare the naked truth of the things that do tie and bind us all together.”
Silence, Sensation And the Body
#BookNotes: Embody has taken flight, I’m eating ice cream and swimming in the harbor in Copenhagen, while digesting the experience and some of the responses it has elicited from my book tour in USA and Denmark.
Had I Known then, What I Know Now...
The nuts, bolts and unexpected challenges of launching your own book in Denmark and the U.S.
Behind-the-scenes on new book
As my next book is going into press, I'm reflecting on the elephantine, at times painful, yet perfect path to the final book: A book has it's own internal intelligens. And birthing it, is a community effort.
Breaking the mold
Sometimes we do things backwards. Or just late. After the fact. To see what we've done all along.
On Seeing Men - A New Inquiry
Introducing the Seeing Men Project: After more than a decade of zooming in on women's relationship to body, image, beauty, sexuality and self-expression, I turn my lens on men. Do Men want to be seen? Do they need to see themselves?
How much can you unveil in 5 minutes
Certain people you cannot refuse. Hans Ravnskjær is one of them. He invited me to share my Ignite Story at a recent Internet Week event in Aarhus, the hook...I had 5 minutes to say it all.
On becoming a pilgrim
The mountain is shrouded in the mist, your gait is slow and your breath deep. All you hear is the gentle sound of cow bells and occasional chirps of birds and critters. One moment the trail ahead is illuminated...
Naked Battlefield
Lately, I've noticed all the ways the body is used in the battle for something else...
Loving Eyes on Women
I’m so excited to share that the Unveiled book project is featured in the new issue of Model Society Magazine. Yeah! It's been a joy to collaborate with David Bolt and team.
Loss and Gain in the Translation
The loss and gain in the translation and self-expression, when moving between countries and languages.
The blood that binds us...
This piece is bleeding. For someone who likes to conjure and contribute grace and beauty, I find this hard to share ...
A dream come true
Dreams come true: Rachel was trying to get pregnant and kept seeing herself on the beach in bikini, her belly blossoming and baby on the way. We came full circle with this shoot...