Starting back in the 1980s I developed a photographic fascination for backs.  It started when a model I was photographing for a project got cold feet about doing the nudes we had planned. We were already the location, a beach with dramatic cliffs and incredible textures and colors.  At first it seemed to be a bothersome restriction but I soon found unexpected creative opportunities spending the day photographing her and her back.Since then I have always looked for, and found, great backs everywhere I go. The broad, subtle landscape of the back, especially when combined with clothing that overlaps it with beautiful designs, textures and colors, or tanlines that create elegant layers, always offers beauty.  In the last decade the prominence of tattoos has added another element of significance and interplay that keeps me interested.
Here is a slide show of a few of my ‘Backs and Straps’ over the years.
