New Releases

Love means never having to say you won't hurl the next morning. Bathory serves up as many of her hangover cures as she can muster before retiring to bed, where she'll stay until it's time to do it all again tonight. We admire her brave spirit in attempting these psedo-medicinal techniques. Any girl who can do that with Tabasco deserves a bloody medal. Metal, rather.

When the rain sets in in the middle of your shoot and you don't run away, we know you're committed to the Project. The romance of rain on rails isn't lost on this audience, and Conswailer gets extra Brownie points for her willingness to get dirty in the name of 'nudity, the right way'.

Tarra means every word when she talks about the pleasure of being naked anywhere, anytime. The exuberance expressed in her images is the sort you can only capture candidly, which is definitely her style. All smiles and sunbeams in the feel good folio of the week.

Persephone looks like she's just stepped out from her home in the ferns to expose herself to ISM. This girl is the salt of the earth (and of the sea, of course), completely in her element in nature, a walking example that all life is made of the same stuff.

Sometimes you open a folio to a whole person's heart pouring right out. Alexis_B has made something so softly and sweetly herself, and the words she's written about the experience are just so heartfelt we've melted in our chairs. There's nothing like watching another person search themselves and be happy with what they've found.

Calista makes gorgeous images so effortlessly, and there are quite a few for the books in this set. The low light wraps snugly around curvatures in a velvety fashion, giving us textures we hadn't yet discovered in 'dryad'. And of all the colour choices available to us thus far in her ISM career, we have to say we think she's prettiest in pink.

Swathed in flowing chiffon and rolling in the crunchy autumnal leaves, Lindsay kindly introduces Project ISM to the best of the season. All sweetness, light and thralling coquettishness, Lindsay unlocks her secret garden of the sublime in this engrossing folio.

Ooh-la-la! When your partner is as hot as Kitan, of course you'd want to show him off, and he doesn't seem to have put up much of a fight at Mona's suggestion. These kids match each other pound-for-pound in photogeneity and artistic prowess, every image a perfect representation of their intimity.

Few beings can decidedly out-awe the awesomeness of nature, but for the inimitable Xanthe, such feats are all in an afternoon's work. As effortlessly entrancing as her surroundings, let this bewitching sprite take you on an intoxicating journey down the garden path.

Salty, sticky and sweet combine in this extra tasty treat of a folio from our favourite viscerally monikered contributor, Slime. Relishing (if you will excuse the pun) the opportunity to challenge the age old idiom that warns against playing with your food, Slime redemocratises the larder with sumptuous results.

Effervescent, refreshing and with a stunning bouquet of high notes, Champagne proves in her first adventure as a Project ISM snapper that she can, unlike her moniker, not only pop but sizzle. From the wide blue yonder to terrestrial locales Champagne's beatific set remains deliciously on the palate long after quaffing. Serve immediately.

JJ signed up for ISM to prove to herself that the female body is still just as sexy after childbirth. She may not have heard of 'yummy mummies', or however that translates into Mandarin, but I think she fits the bill perfectly.

Since her first submission in 2007, Estelle has variously explored light, colour, and her domestic spaces. Her melancholy eyes seduce me in each new folio and in her fourth submission she's combined these familiar elements with a heightened confidence that brings more detail to the foreground. This is an intriguing new perspective on a long time favourite contributor.

In her artist statement Zan talks about being constrained by the restrictions of shooting at home, in a shared household. I think this highlights one of the most fascinating things about ISM, the temporary access it gives us to the intimate living spaces of some contributors. She hopes to find a more challenging location for a reload, so how about offering some suggestions for unique locations?

The generosity of Chebab's 'open studio' offering gives us a little insight into what a lady thinks about when she's creating her folio. And what she does when she finishes her masterpiece. Special thanks to the love of her life for chiming in with his insight!