Keep your eyes on me | Underwater Visual Art

I've been working on a variety of series the last few months, some fashion, some fine art, some commercial... Whenever I work on a particular series it takes me back to the moment we did the shoot. The magic never fades.

It is always tempting to change an image or a series into something expected, perhaps into a beauty shoot, or one that will grab attention through bold colours and clear water, but there's often something that gets lost in doing that... Perhaps what is lost is the true meaning of the moment.

This shoot has been one that I probably struggled with the most up to this point.  I feel the images contain something so raw and powerful. There seems to be a struggle and a surrender at the same time... My choice to keep it simple and create a soft mood in them is due to the feeling that there seems to be an unspoken spiritual understanding between myself, the "viewer", and the "bride". She gently fades into her own world...

Model: Elsa Bleda

Posh Sauvage | Underwater Photography | Elne Pretorius

So pleased to have worked with Elne Pretorius and Lynette Arlene from Posh Sauvage Magazine to create this cover and editorial.

Model: Actress and Songwriter Elné Pretorius
Hair, make-up and styling: Celeste Breytenbach
Assistants: Sean Moore and Jason Kemp

www.poshsauvage.com

http://elne.co.za/

Posh Sauvage | Underwater Photography | Editorial

The completed underwater editorial for Posh Sauvage magazine's Water/Spring issue. You will  find links at the bottom of the page to interviews with me and Elne.

Aquatic Embrace | Posh Sauvage Magazine 

 Photography & Retouching, Set Design & Concept: Ilse Moore

Feauturing Actress and Songwriter Elné Pretorius 

Hair, make-up and styling: Celeste Breytenbach 

Assistants: Sean Moore and Jason Kemp 

Lingering between thin layers

Being gently caressed

Light surfacing above my head

Send me further into the depths

Weightlessness experienced as if from a dream

Pausing to look deeper to understand what has not yet been seen 

- Lynette Arlene, Posh Sauvage

POSH SAUVAGE

Ilse Moore Interview

Elne Pretorius Interview

Times are hard for Dreamers | Underwater Fine Art

Les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs 
"Times are hard for dreamers"

Not sure why I never posted these before. 

They take me to another world.

Model: Elsa Bleda

Elsa | Behind-the-Scenes Underwater

Last year, Sean, Johan, Elsa and myself took off to Groot Mariko for an underwater shoot. The simple act of free diving in a natural body of water like this is too magical to describe, but we made the most of it and got some great images.

We still have a lot to share of our time at The Eye, but here are a few behind-the-scenes shots of Elsa getting into the water for the first time. 16-17 Degrees might not sound so bad, but 4 hours in the water makes you see things a little differently....

 

Thanks to : Sean Moore, Johan Baird, Elsa Bleda

Part Two: The Curtain Call | Underwater Fine Art Series

 The Curtain Call

Actor/Screen Writer/Musician

Johan Baird

At the curtain call little bits and pieces of the performer falls away, 

yet standing before you is not a lesser man, but a better man.

See PART ONE: THE PERFORMANCE

Model: Johan Baird

The Bride | Underwater

Underwater Wedding Dress

A series in progress.

Model: Elsa Bleda