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in adition to the below proposed project of a 'CONTESS ELIZABETH BATHORY' set
i was thinking about doing a vibrent but morbid- very theatrical 'DARK FAIRY TALES' series ,in an almost McFarlane style , the grusem truth behind the bed time stories, mixed a lil bit with the adult fantasy version.

also i was thinking these sets would be good to submit to a site like Zivity,
or make a good coffeetable book or 2010/or/2011 calender

ANYONE interested in hopping on board for these or the Bathory shoot let me know and i will start to organise it -also any prefered avilable days or times in the month where we can create a consistant working schedual would be good. i think i would like to keep a consistancey in style of photography or styling/make up for the sets

CONTESS
Somewhere in the middle of my increasingly busy life i would like to produce a set of images -
offering a TF* opportunity to any photographers, MUA, Models(female- sorry boys)interested
i am going to source along with sew the costume and styling for the idea myself so the shoot may take a couple months to plan -
in short i would like to portray the true darkness within women driven by the fear of aging sporned by social expectations and rejection, an age old coldness. A somewhat metaphorical display of the horrors we perform under the siege of jealousy. and a tribute the birth mother of Vampires!

have you ever heard the saying " behind every great man the is an even greater woman"
well here i would like to draw attention to the case of the historical and mythological characters of Dracula. for behind this truly horrific dark man there is an even darker more ruthless woman ..COUNTESS ELIZABETH BATHORY -who according to her own journal had killed 650 maidens for the sake of her vanity, before her arrest in 1610, where she was committed to solitary confinement in the tower of her own castle for the rest of her life. she is the truth behind the fable of the vampire Dracula, while parts of Bram Stokers 1897 "Dracula' image is believed to be borrowed from her cousin 'vlad the impaler' his crimes are nothing compared to the Turkish countesses, the characters unholy bloodlust belongs to a woman.
..i will save the other details of her story, however, for the unveiling of the shoot -

the shoot will be somewhere around historically based, macabre, fetish ,with some satirical current social knees to the nuts, as a not too modernised well hidden display of female nature at its gory core

i will need :
1. somewhere really awesome to set up a bath, dungeon, and bed - all which are able to become
stomach-turningly 'blood soaked'.
2. some enviably beautiful maidens, able to play virginal(or try)
3. a MUA with a twisted sense of drama - possibly a blood assistant.
4. a PHOTOGRAPHER who doesn’t mind spending the day with some freeked up bloody women

i would really value the input and creative expression of all interested in, and involved in the Bathory shoot