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Movember: Men’s Health
My interest in male talent is largely motivated by the Movember campaign and its efforts to improve men’s health and create awareness of prostate cancer and other issues. Through my studio and art projects my aim is to contribute to the Movemebr Campaign each November by doing masculine inspired art events as well as connect…
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Creative Careers
Resume – Resumes give a concise record of your career experience. Varieties include functional, chronological, federal chronological, combination and curriculum vitae. Although there are a variety of approaches to resume writing, the key mission of the resume is to document work history. The secondary function is as a conversation starter with a hiring manager. The…
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Portfolio Development
Headshots Baseline Headshots – Baseline expression, plus three expressions at three angles. Choose from expressions reference. Street clothes. Headshots add relatability and connection with audiences. While many think headshots are limited to people auditioning in Hollywood, its important to understand that media industries are international and decentralized such as South Korea, Bollywood, Nollywood and various…
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Understanding Male Image Psychology
When we participate in photographing and being photographed we are also engaging in mirror-gazing, but in a positive and prolonged fashion. Artistic figure modeling allows us to understand the plastic nature of our bodies and how we have enough power over our aesthetic to affect all the formal artistic principles such as negative and positive…
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Gender Toxicity: Detoxifying Masculinity
The male image as any gendered image exists through art, drama and sexuality. However we are in an era in which cisgender traditions have culminated into crises in the public arena such as domestic violence, homophobia, misogyny and mass incidents of sexual terror such as groups like Incel. Through historically uninformed, pop culture driven imagery,…
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Myriad Masculinities, Myriad Talents.
“With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” –Voltaire… and Spider-Man! Modeling–often both over-glorified and undervalued–is an integral part of our human experience be it in testing applications of experiments in science and empirical observation; understanding light and texture on form in the arts; role modeling to help people master interactive processes; or in performing a role…
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MEME: Jock Rules
We all are invested to some degree with our health wether that be physical, emotional or cerebral. For those trying to keep up with their physical health, here’s a helpful series of rules that can reduce messy gyms, dirty lockers and invasive homophobic thoughts. Let’s stay body positive and embrace our physical human experience as…
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Men’s Rehabilitation Therapy Thesis
Men’s Rehabilitation Therapy Thesis We’ve come into a dynamic and challenging era in the new age of Gender in the United States. As sexual equity has increased, creating more egalitarian opportunities for both men and women. The challenges of sexual fluidity, the marginalized intersex community and the cohesive definition of gender remain as frontiers to…
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Qamarisms: Selected Tweets
Confidence roots in shamelessness. Imperviousness to embarrassment constitutes immovable pride. –QABradford 2014-02-15 07:00:07 Our most debilitating fear is being seen for who and what we aren’t. Inevitably we become less. 2014-02-07 16:08:26 Our most debilitating fear is being seen for who and what we aren’t. 2014-02-07 16:07:13 The tools we create are innocuous in themselves.…
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The Art of Photocounseling
A CBT Approach to Photography When we participate in photographing and being photographed we are also engaging in mirror-gazing, but in a positive and prolonged fashion. Artistic figure modeling allows us to understand the plastic nature of our bodies and how we have enough power over our aesthetic to affect all the formal artistic principles…