New Releases
Jul 14, 2011
belette//"jenesaisquoi"
We seem to be getting an influx of French contributors lately, and they are all impossibly hot and doubly creative, challenging their rivals to step up if they're going to defend their national pride. Belette, effortlessly beautiful, just ups the ante yet again, and les filles francaises are off...
photos | Primary
Jul 14, 2011
roe//"murmur"
The whispering, weightless textures of tulle and feather-thin seed pods illuminate this set, playing off Roe's own delicacy in an ethereal celebration of transience and fragile beauty. I find myself holding my breath as I absorb these photos, careful not to blow them away.
photos | Reload
Jul 13, 2011
candy_sweets//"naked_truth" Video
The beauty of ISM is that it is a multidimensional platform, where contributors can express themselves in any way they please. For Candy_Sweets, being naked means really baring it all - the hope, the hurt, and the whole truth - even when it's not all rainbows and giggle parties. Catharsis comes in many forms, and being privy to hers touches a deep emotional place for all of us.
video | Primary
Jul 13, 2011
BB//"open_arms"
For some ISM artists, the 'stripping away' of clothing is also a way of excavating through those layers of body-negative socialization most of us receive. But it was never that way for BB. This is a return to everything she's ever known about physicality, and she embraces it with open arms.
photos | Primary
Jul 13, 2011
projectoria//"equanimity"
There's a harmony to the luxury Projectoria surrounds herself with, a balance of beauty drawn together seemingly without effort. She's set out with a noble goal of bringing joy into the ordinary, so it makes sense that she would start with her own environment, and expand from there.
photos | overload
Jul 12, 2011
pearl//"star_debut"
Pearl's been practicing her killer dance moves in secret, but a diva this dynamic could never be content to stay unknown for long. Since her choreography was designed between shower and sink, ISM is a perfect way to burst into the spotlight - without losing those great tile acoustics.
photos | Primary
Jul 12, 2011
pauline//elusive"
Where in the world is Pauline? She's an elusive one, the kind of girl that slips as easily into disguise as she slips out of her clothes. With just a flip of her hat she has become someone else, somewhere else - but it's no deterrent. We'd search the world twice over in hopes of seeing her again.
photos | Reload
Jul 11, 2011
rara//"caffeinated"
We dream of a day when we go get our morning lattes and Rara's at the counter in her lace and blue kneesocks. Coffee is infinitely more effective when it's served by beautiful girls, but anyway it would be impossible to stay sleepy after a glimpse of that fire-bright coiffure.
photos | Primary
Jul 11, 2011
shayma//"thrive"
Shayma nestles against damp sand and rough-barked trees the way you or I might collapse gratefully into a cushy armchair at the end of a long day. That's ever the way with goddesses - nature becomes them, and the more wild the elements, the more fiercely their beauty shines.
photos | Reload
Jul 10, 2011
dwam & purdey//"jeux_de_roles_2"
All's fair in love and war. The rushing warmth of skin comes through even in the stark contrast of black and white, the rise and fall of heavy breathing despite the stillness of the image. Are they making art, or making love? Fortunately, around here one does not preclude the other.
photos | Duet
Jul 09, 2011
trixie_fox//"unboxed"
Are zebras white with black stripes, or black with white stripes? Is Trixie Fox your girl-next-door with an exotic streak, or a fiery counter-culture babe with domestic inclinations? Does it matter? Trixie Fox gives you her fiercest glare, just daring you to try to categorize her.
photos | Primary
Jul 09, 2011
cazza//"placid"
The combination of warm lighting, fuzzy surroundings and Cazza's soft feminine shapes put us in a drowsy, lulled kind of dream-state, where we could gaze at Cazza forever. Maybe that's her intention - deep, soulful glances into the lens indicate that she's aware of the effect she's having on us.
photos | overload
Jul 08, 2011
nooshka//"epitome"
An old-world beauty, Nooshka, with dark joyful eyes and a glorious mop of Renaissance curls. Naked against anonymous cobblestones and common pink flowers, she could be from any place, and any era, touching a chord of nostalgia in us for memories of a girl we're not sure we ever met.
photos | Primary
Jul 07, 2011
aymi//"disheveled"
Oh man, if ISM editors see one more strand of Aymi's perfect tousled bedhead, we're pretty sure we're going to start whipping our own heads around in a frothy frenzy of lock-lust. We've never managed that smoldering, tumbling look ourselves - ours just kinda sticks up in fuzzy patches.
photos | Primary
Jul 07, 2011
fly//"swandive"
If you're wondering why firetrucks feature in this sexy rooftop shoot, let's just say that Fly found out she'll need more than courage to embrace her namesake. A swandive down an open air-shaft led to a timely rescue, but don't worry - no Flys were harmed in the making of this folio.
photos | Reload
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