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It is the melting of the reality that was present at the moment of exposure and the reality created in my mind. Reality is transient. My images are moments captured of reality, I control that moment, and I can bend it after that moment to create my vision. As an artist, it is the most inspiring way to express reality as I want to see it.

I am from the Detroit area.I have found my passion exploring through the lens, new ways of viewing the female form.With light and shadow, I'm exploring the essence of the beauty, in the lines, curves and shapes of the female body.

I graduated from the Center for Creative Studies with a BFA. Along the way I discovered a new landscape to explore and a new way to explore it. The darkroom that had been my temple was becoming my bane; the digital world came into existence just in time for me. The idea of having to turn my work over to someone else to finish was not an option.

The new landscape I discovered in school was the female body, and the new way to explore was through digital photography. For me the art is not necessarily in the capture of an image; it can be just the beginning. Give me an image and my current image editing software along with a tablet and a pen, all my drawing and painting converge with my darkroom experience to help me create my own reality. I'm looking for the essence of the beauty that is in front of me. When I feel the convergence is right, a new image is born.

Jim Young Ferndale, Michigan USA

Credits

The XART Annual show '07 ( Los Angeles, CA)
Digital Photographer Magazine Ukraine Edition 07
The Dirty Detroit show '08 ( Detroit, MI)
Harvest 07 & 08 ( Atlanta, GA)
Nude Nite Orlando '08 ( Orlando, FL)
German Playboy September 08
The World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today Volume 2 08
ARTundressed Annual Erotic Art Festival '08 ( Miami, FL)
World Erotic Art Museum '08 ( Miami, FL)
The Damien B. Gallery '08( Miami, FL)
Conseil Des Arts du Quebec '08 at Musee Juste Pour Rire - ( Montreal, Canada)
Beate Uhse Erotik Museum '08 ( Berlin, Germany)
The Dirty Detroit show '09 ( Detroit, MI)
Rivers Edge Gallery E6 Show '09 (Wyandotte, MI)
The Seduction Of Art Exhibition CPOP 09(Detroit, Mi.)
The World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today Volume 3 09
ARTundressed Annual Erotic Art Festival '09 ( Miami, FL)
The Dirty Detroit Show 10 and 10.5 09