Red velvet cake is my absolute favorite. It has to be an actual slice of cake, not a cupcake; there’s more surface area, so the icing ratio is higher.

Diana Islaeva by Jacopo Lancioni

The night was wet and hot, hot and wet, wet and hot; that’s humid. The night was humid.”… The Night Was Sultry

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. Petrarch

Try to forget what objects you have before you – a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, ‘Here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow,’ and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives you your own impression of the scene before you.

Sofia Toledo & Carolina Vijande by Hef Prentice HQ Photo Shoot

So many girls second-think their pose or what they’re doing. And, in turn, the photos will come out really unnatural. I say to really give the camera a performance – that, and make sure you’re comfortable

Water, stories, the body, all the things we do, are mediums that hid and show what’s hidden. Rumi

“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.

LGBT Pride Celebration Every year, during the month of June, the LGBT community celebrates in a number of different ways. Across the globe, various events are held during this special month as a way of recognizing the influence LGBT people have had around the world.

And all your future lies beneath your hat. John Oldham

I want you to be everything that’s you, deep at the center of your being. Confucius

I’m in love with what a high heel does to a leg: how it makes a woman or a man feel. It’s empowering. Billy Porter

Supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way

An Archival post featuring Mary Celeste in my Black Bunny Series a few years back.

A new photo book from Taschen, The New Erotic Photography

Cindy Bruna

The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial …