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FIRST BLOG

My name is Tom Naughton. I am an up and coming photographer coming out of New Haven, CT at Paier College of Art. This blog is going to be an update on what is going on in my photography life. 

Right now I am working on a project for my Digital Image Management class. The project is a spin off the group Suicide Girls. Suicide Girls is a website that features softcore pin-up-style photos and text profiles of goth, punk and indie-styled young women, although styles reminiscent of the 1940s and '50s pin-up models are also incorporated in the group. The reason I chose to do this is because I love old school pin-up style art and I have always wanted to recreate it and make it my own. I also want it to be about inner beauty and perceptual experience of pleasure and meaning. The way I am going about getting this feeling in my photos is very dark and mysterious, but sexy and flirty at the same time. I don't want any of the girls faces to be seen, so I have them wearing gas masks. The reason for this is because these masks are used to protect the face. I feel the eyes and face are a gateway to the soul, and I want the models to be pure in this unique environment.

My full artist statement is still yet to come, but I will post some stuff in the next few weeks. I hope you like the images and keep following this project and my travels.