Photo series:
Alex Charilaou
What I try to achieve through photographing
boudoir is a sense of cinematic and iconic
imagery that evokes feelings of longing,
wistfulness, subtlety and grace. I seek to shoot
women who are brave, intelligent, magnetic
and creative. Women who are best described
as talented, progressive, fearless and defiant.
I believe these photographs empower and
celebrate women. I want to produce the
antithesis of traditional glamour shots,
capturing the character, charisma and raw
beauty of all women; juxtaposing a hidden
secret, a vulnerability that echoes a deep and
sensual display of primal exhibitionism.
I emphasise detail, texture and the
relationship between light and shadow to
create a response of wonder, a feeling that
the viewer can ‘touch’ the photograph. My
images provoke a replication of what it feels
and looks like to be attracted to a woman.