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Archive for the ‘Nudes’ Category
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Shooting Male: Limited Edition now available!
In 2009, Bruno Gmünder published a collection of my work. I was 28 at the time and… Shall we say… excited. 3,000 copies of the first edition were printed. This very limited edition re-release contains, ...
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Burning Man 2011: the Human Light Suit
If you’ve been following me on Facebook (as opposed to here… where I have a terrible habit of not posting updates) you’re aware of my Kickstarter campaign to photograph the Burning Man festival. Well, we’re ...
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Camilla and friends.
Another from the files of “Eric got a tad bored and took this photo.” Camilla Cleese is the daughter of Monty Python founding member John Cleese, and she was a joy to work with. Makeup: ...
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Meet Josh Babich, part 2
More shots with model Josh Babich.
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More Silver Schwabel Satisfaction.
I photographed dancer Tom Biagini with makeup by Trefor Proud. a
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[ detail & light ] Brandon is a Very Large Man.
I met Brandon through my friend and occasional model Bee (more on Bee coming up in the next day or two). He wanted photos and I wanted to photograph him, so there you have it. ...
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[ vision ] Wizard of Bodybuilder Oz (NSFW)
We recently shot a Schwabel-esque version of the Wizard of Oz characters. Professional bodybuilder and past Schwabel model Brenda Smith was our Dorothy. Jack Taggart portrayed our Scarecrow, Mitchell Rock re-appears as the Lion, and ...
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[ vision ] Merry Christmas
Happy Pseudo-Birthday, Jesus! I’m told that noted historical figure Jesus was actually born in May, but nonetheless, I like giving and receiving presents and eating massive amounts of food while hanging with the people I ...
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Happy Chirstmas Eve!
To all my Christian friends. Took this shot of Trefor while we were prepping a shot of Jesus. God Bless ISO 3200. Of course, I lit the actual shot, which I will post t’morrow.
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No Radio Silence… Happy Holidays!
Well kids, I’m off to the great white north to visit my family and friends for the holidays, and while I *could* blog from up there while snuggled between heated blankets and polar fleece, the ...
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Shooting Male recap
A recap on my book, “Shooting Male.” Which was published by Bruno Gmünder in 2009., available at local bookstores or through amazon.com. Admittedly, this comes via the press release from this spring. ‘SHOOTING MALE’ IS ...
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[ vision ] Ben and Mitchell, together at last
As the Jay-Z song says, “what more can I say?” Ben and Mitchell, shot together. Makeup by Trefor Proud. Hair and merkins by Noogie Thai.
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[ vision ] Mitchell Rock part deux
Continuing from yesterday, this is where the magic of makeup artist Trefor Proud really comes in to play. It’s interesting how much a person’s personality can change when they are wearing such a heavy mask, ...
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[ light ] Mitchell Rock
Mitchell arrived with makeup artist Trefor Proud — apologies, I mean Academy and twice Emmy Award-winning makeup artist Trefor Proud. I wasn’t really sure who was coming this day. Trefor and I have very different ...
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John Smith
Yes, that’s his real name! Makes googling impossible. John was awesome, this nude shoot is from way back in 2006, but as he just got in touch with me — apparently his agent had never ...
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CALIBRATE @ SCHWABELSTUDIO
What ISO is that camera wantin’ to shoot at, anyhow? Time to calibrate some new gear and recalibrate some old gear (deleted those damn profiles!), and I know I’m not the only one… Come to ...
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Amazon delivers Schwabel’s SHOOTING MALE
Amazon.com received their first shipment of my new book, “SHOOTING MALE” today. Already, they’re down to three copies while I’m writing this, order now! Shameless plug, I know I know. In 2009, I think ...
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The Naked Truth: Amanda Grumman
I adore Amanda. She’s one of the few models whom I didn’t already know well, who showed up for the opening of The Naked Truth, which was shown at the Gochis Gallery in West Hollywood ...
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The Naked Truth: Calpernia Addams
Calpernia is the only transgendered woman we photographed for this project (see the previous post on Jim Howley, our only transgendered man for this series). I found her insights very direct and down to earth, ...
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The Naked Truth: Rodrigo Toledo
Rodrigo is someone who I’ve known for a few years. He used to work at a bar in Venice, where I live. I’ve always thought his tattoos were pretty fantastic — I think he’s the ...
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The Naked Truth: Jim Morris
At 74 years old, Jim is the oldest subject I photographed for the Naked Truth series. Jim was at the forefront of the “Gym” concept in the United States, namely Gold’s gym in Venice Beach. ...
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The Naked Truth: Jim Howley
Jim was the first transgendered person I photographed for this photoessay. To recap once again: the Naked Truth was a 10-page photo essay I shot for the Advocate magazine on “Body Image.” We photographed about ...
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The Naked Truth: JT Chestnut
JT was a late addition to our roster, and we were glad to get him. I believe he was the youngest person we shot. JT is new to LA, and I expect great things for ...
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The Naked Truth: Corey Saucier
Corey rocks. He’ll be back in the studio someday, the man has an amazing look, but I’ll go into that when we shoot again. I definitely favor the shots of Corey sitting and reclining, if ...
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The Naked Truth: Sean Ching
Sean was another great guy to work with. Sean works as a pro model, last I heard from him he had temporarily moved to Asia, where the market is booming. Models have been flocking to ...
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The Naked Truth: Patrick Henry
Patrick used to be a neighbor of mine. I knew his story would be great for this article so I gave him a ring and was lucky to get him on rather short notice. Patrick ...
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The Naked Truth: Dasha Snyder
‘Nother recap: The Naked Truth was a 10-page photo essay I was comissioned to shoot for the Advocate about body image. So Dasha was pretty awesome. We had an all-male crew of about 6 + ...
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The Naked Truth: Chad Darnell
Alright, here we go… Yes, Chad has a butthole. It’s true. If you’re confused as to why I mention this, please click here for the Photoshop Disasters blog. Yes, that’s right, people have become so ...
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The Naked Truth: Valerie Picarella
Valerie was the first woman who we were able to shoot for this project. She works as a personal trainer, which is obviously a great career choice based purely on her body type. Somehow she ...
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The Naked Truth: Carlos Fierros
This was probably my favorite shot from the series “the Naked Truth.” To recap — the Naked Truth was commissioned by the Advocate magazine. It was run as a 10-page photo essay about body image. ...
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The Naked Truth: Mark Hersh
I found Mark through an online casting call. I had about 10 people doing casting on this job trying to find a diverse group of individuals. I think he knew some of the other people ...
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The Naked Truth: Alexandre Limandri
Alexandre is someone who I had heard about a few times. I believe he had responded to some casting calls in years past. Alex had worked as a model in Paris, and now works in ...
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The Naked Truth: Jim Andre
Jim is 60 years old. That’s freakin’ awesome. We tried (generally in vain) to get a diverse group of individuals for this story. Living in Los Angeles that’s somewhat difficult. Our best option with the ...
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The Naked Truth: Gustavo Marzolla
Continuing with the Naked Truth photoessay I shot for the Advocate back in September… I met Gustavo Marzolla for this shoot, but it turned out he was a friend of a friend (who I also ...
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The Naked Truth: Willam Belli
I feel like I’ve turned this blog into an underground tabloid rag. All my indie / subculture friends in the nude, good times. Willam is an amazing actor — I don’t know how he would ...
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The Naked Truth: Trevor Wayne
The Naked Truth was a rather large photo essay I was hired to shoot for the Advocate magazine. We ended up shooting about 30 people, the spread was I think 10 or 12 pages. I ...
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I've Finally Made It!
Thanks to PhotoshopDisasters blog… I kindly let them know that this image wasn’t photoshopped (well, by me at least… lord knows what was done with it after it left my hands… *ahem*). I love finding ...
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Trevor Wayne
Trevor Wayne photographed by Eric Schwabel
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SOAKED
This set was fun to build and amazing to shoot on but a pain in the ass to tear down
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Blue Magazine’s “Undressed to Thrill”
Justin photographed by Eric Schwabelfor Blue Magazine’s fashion book “Undressed to Thrill”
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schwabel rodeo
These shots of Joshua Martinez were recently published in Mate Magazine out of Germany and the UK.
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Benjamin Bulik for Playgirl Magazine
Benjamin Bulik. Photographed by Eric Schwabel for Playgirl Magazine. This was probably the last shoot I did on film professionally. Happily, after some time shooting on dSLRs, I’m back to using my RZ and 645 ...
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while we’re at it…
More Matt York! This time from Blue magazine, issue #49 (back issues available at studiomagazines.com). They ran an interview with me and this collection of images of Matt. The following interview was with Karl Lagerfeld, ...
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[ vision ] Naked Jesus and Pals
Alrighty, I’m back-dating a posting from college. Yep, I went to RIT, the biggest photo school in the world, in the worst possible location. If memory serves, we shot this in February in my friend’s ...