Chy Does Persephone

Chy is a librarian and mother of four...

Paris 1900

Erika Wildman and Jessamy Scovil as Parisian stage performers...

And me, feeling my inner Native American man trapped inside a white man trapped inside a white woman...trying to express my inner Sully from Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman.



And, me being girly....

Warrior Flapper Goddess: High (Art) Alert

These are from my photoshoot with Zumba Goddess Jessamy Scovil.

More Athena Pics

Goddess Photoshoot Today

My client wanted to embody the warrior goddess aspect of Athena with the magic of the moon Goddess of the Underworld Hecate. So, between a date with a snake, swords, and black attire, and I think we nailed an Athena-Hecate hybrid. Hecate is the Goddess of sorcery, herbal knowledge, and magic. She embodies the trinity of the Mother, Maiden and Crone aspects of the sacred feminine.

Hermia from A Midsummer Night's Dream

My client Heather Brown Kotel chose Hermia from A Midsummer Night's Dream as a character from a legend or literature to portray. She is a lovely subject. We had great fun!

HERMIA: I would my father look'd but with my eyes.

HERMIA: My good Lysander! I swear to thee, by Cupid's strongest bow, By his best arrow with the golden head, By the simplicity of Venus' doves, By that which knitteth souls and prospers loves, And by that fire which burn'd the Carthage queen, When the false Troyan under sail was seen, By all the vows that ever men have broke, In number more than ever women spoke, In that same place thou hast appointed me, To-morrow truly will I meet with thee.

HERMIA: Never so weary, never so in woe, Bedabbled with the dew and torn with briers, I can no further crawl, no further go. My legs can keep no pace with my desires. Here will I rest me till the break of day. Heavens shield Lysander if they mean a fray! (lies down and sleeps)

HERMIA: (waking) Help me, Lysander, help me! Do thy best To pluck this crawling serpent from my breast. Ay me, for pity! What a dream was here. Lysander, look how I do quake with fear. Methought a serpent eat my heart away, And you sat smiling at his cruel pray.

HERMIA: Am not I Hermia? Are not you Lysander?

Artemis Goddess of the Hunt

Autumnal Greek Goddess of the Hunt, is the protector of virgins. She is symbiotic with wild animals, and in her Roman incarnation Diana, is connected with the moon. My model is Andrea Laurie, professional massage therapist.

"Finesse"

"Vision"

"Gently Certain"

Pregnant Princess

Model E.B. Location: White Cedar Swamp Photographer: Pandora Peoples

Wartime Love Letters

Eight Months Pregnant Model, photographer: me, Pandora Peoples