Photographing Different Art Models in the Same Pose

One of the things I enjoy most about being the Art Director for Live Model Books is to being able to observe first hand the variation in the human form and the interpretation each life model brings to the pose. So I will frequently have a number of different models male and female of varying ages and fitness levels do the same poses. This is intentional so that you can observe the anatomy of the human form.

Some examples of this are one of our dynamic/action poses that I call 'on your mark,' to date this pose has been done by three different models mandy225
, jesse020, and shandra022. I have also posed several art models in the action of walking, I thought the variation on this one was particularly interesting take a look at at the difference between dan008 an older male model compared to bennetth015 a young male model and carolyne007 a young pregnant female model, jesse222 a twenty something athletic male model and jenh010 a young female model. I thought the variation of the stride and the hand placement was interesting.

There are also other poses based on classical works of art that can be explored and analyzed, such as a pose I staged based on the Dying Gaul. Take a look at mandy023, bennetth017, dan020 and jesse022. I would enjoy hearing your observations.

Also a short while ago, we received a request from an Artist in England, who had been commissioned to do a painting for a church that would depict Michelangelo's Creation and she needed some photographic references of a model in this pose. So we hired Michael (michael035)

and michael035O[verhead] who did a very good job recreating this wonderful piece. Since that time, I have also directed another older model in this pose again to show the variation in physique and the models style or interpretation of the pose. The other model was dan022) and dan022O[verhead]