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Colin Nunn
Hello Dolly! Aka Nasty Nanette
Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Colin is now a very proud legal
citizen of the United States. He resides in Southern California with his Americanborn wife.
Colin has been into photography since his early 20's and honed his skills at various
times as an official photographer for a rock band, a sports photographer, and for a
while as a paranormal investigator.
Although two of his favorite forms of photography are erotica and glamour, he also
has an interest in experimenting with photographing the darker aspects of life,
capturing it in such a way that it slaps you in the face and makes you sit up and take notice. The two pieces featured here depict one
such experimental set with the main subject being a cheap blow-up sex doll from China, who Colin and his wife fondly refer to as
Nasty Nanette.
You might be saying to yourself....”Wait a minute! This guy has a sex doll and he and his wife have named it? What the hell?” Well,
there is actually a story behind Nanette's arrival into the family. Colin's wife likes to use models in some of her photo sets, but doesn't
always have a living, breathing volunteer around. So, they decided to purchase a life-sized realistic looking doll that was supposed to
have articulated arms and legs for easy posing. They found one they liked from a seller in China, since the ones in the USA were so
expensive. They were able to pick the hair color and style, as well as eye and skin color, and after placing their order they eagerly
awaited the arrival of “Nanette.”
A tracking notice came through email stating that “she” was on the way, and upon being delivered another notice was sent. Colin's
wife opened the door looking for what she expected to be a large package, but it was nowhere to be found. She checked the mailbox
and found a very battered cardboard box about 14” square, and upon lifting the box was greeted by a cheap plastic breast with a
cherry-sized nipple sticking through the box. Her mortification knew no bounds as she pondered what the mail lady may have been
thinking upon depositing the package in the mailbox. The visual evidence so far did not bode well, and upon opening the box it
became abundantly clear that they had been cheated and lied to by the seller. What was stuffed in the box was a very cheap vinyl sex
doll, the sort one used to see in the more seedy sex shops in lower class neighborhoods. It was not in any way articulated for easy
posing, and certainly did not look realistic, and the breasts were crooked, sitting at an odd angle. Nope, not what they ordered!
A complaint was quickly sent to the seller, who basically tried to use threats of publicly exposing the fact that Colin had purchased a
“sex doll.” Colin corrected him by reminding him that he had actually ordered a modeling doll, the one he had advertised, and that it
was obvious the guy was a crook guilty of false advertising. After threatening to contact the Chinese government and to ruin the
seller's name, he finally backed down, offered a full refund, and allowed them to keep Nasty Nanette, so, like it or not, she was now a
part of the family., since it was cheaper to keep her than it was to mail her back to China.
She has been good for a few laughs to freak out other people, and made a fantastically creepy witch at Halloween, but her real talent
can be seen in the following photographs, which depict a form of social commentary about the lives of prostitutes.

You can visit Colin's site at: http://www.viewbug.com/member/ColinNunn