The last time I featured the work of Kalamazoo, Michigan's P.W. Gomez, I focused on the photographer's location work. I was drawn to P.W's incredible shots placing his subject outside at the campus of Western Michigan University. Because his focus is often on fitness models, P.W. often shoots athletes outside or on location.
P.W. says his affinity for location work stems from his love of shooting seasonal landscapes (fall, spring, winter) as well as historic homes and architecture. For this piece however, I thought it time to move inside and I chose to feature his studio work with Rashard.
Football was Rashard's sport of choice in high school, but with high school now behind him, the 19 year old is moving off the field and giving some of his other interests a try. For many of us, exploring other career opportunities doesn't necessarily mean losing our clothes. For Rashard however, it made sense to make use of all of the time and hard work he put into building and maintaining his incredible body.
If his shoot with P.W. is any indication, Rashard seems like a natural. Not only is this his first time naked in front of the camera, it is his first professional shoot ever. P.W. says Rashard seemed very comfortable during the shoot and was game for every pose and even made some suggestions for a few of them himself. Rashard's concerns were not really focused on how his body looked, in fact P.W. relays Rashard was more concerned so much about getting just the right pose and facial expressions.
