AUGUSTINE
photography erotic artist + promoter
NEW YORK CITY | Paris | london | vienna
berlin | SAN FRANCISCO
I am an art photographer with a deep passion for capturing the human form—particularly the male nude—in its most natural, vulnerable, and beautiful state. My work is rooted in black and white photography, where shadow and light dance together to reveal the raw emotion and sculptural power of the body. Over the past decade, I’ve focused on photographing nude male subjects, creating imagery that is both intimate and timeless.
My artistic journey began with a formal art education, earning an art degree with an emphasis in photography. But my true voice emerged through experience—working closely with male models, dancers, and performers who bring their own stories, energy, and spirit into every frame. Our sessions are rarely posed; they are lived, breathed, and felt. I approach each shoot as a kind of visual dance—camera in hand, no tripod, moving fluidly around the space as the model moves. It's an improvised duet where light, movement, and emotion come together.
Natural light is a central character in my work. It wraps itself gently around the contours of the body, creating images that feel familiar, soft, and profoundly intimate. I believe that natural light speaks directly to the viewer’s eye and heart—inviting them in, rather than pushing them away.
In recent years, my artistic evolution has led me into the world of abstract video—pushing beyond still images to explore sensuality, elegance, and eroticism in motion. These videos are inspired by creative encounters with artists I met during my post-lockdown travels to places like Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Vienna, and beyond. These cities—and the people I met there—infused my work with new textures, new questions, and new desires.
The male nude has always held a special place in my heart. It’s not just the physical form I admire, but the emotional resonance it can carry—the quiet strength, the openness, the courage in vulnerability. I aim to create work that invites the viewer to not just look, but to feel. To see the nude male body not as an object, but as a subject of admiration, of beauty, of desire.
Many of the models I’ve worked with—whether professional dancers or first-time subjects—describe our sessions as something far deeper than a photoshoot. They call it an experience. And I think that’s because we’re creating something together—something sacred and ephemeral. I often work with dancers, but I also develop movement-inspired concepts for non-dancers to help them move with intention, allowing their essence to surface naturally, without force or artificiality.
At the heart of my work is a desire to create imagery that wraps the viewer in emotion—almost like a visual hug—inviting them to connect deeply with the body in front of them. To see beauty. To feel closeness. To remember the power of human presence.
This is more than photography. It’s connection. It’s reverence. It’s art.
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Bobby