Somehow in May I had two beautiful photographs of me, both taken by professional photographers, published. And in case you aren’t following me in the regular social media places, or by my RSS feed on mrsexsmith.com, I figured I’d share ’em here.
The first is by Bill Wadman who first took my photo for 365Portraits.com in 2007. (I wasn’t ‘out’ as Sinclair then so I kept it under my other name.) A few weeks ago, he tweeted that he was bored and wanted to take portraits, and I replied, how about me? And it was on. He came over and we chatted about what I was planning to do that weekend, which was to attend a BDSM erotic energy retreat. He paused a second: “You’re into that?” Me: “Yep. In fact, I have some good equipment if you’d like to see it …” and out came my flogger. After he saw my new (since his last shot of me, anyway) tattoo, the shot soon made itself.
Speaking of the tattoo: many people have asked me what it is. It’s a ruler, it measures 6″, and if you measure from the flat palm of my hand, it measures 8″. There are numerous meanings to it (as with all the best tattoos, don’t you think?): I’m a graphic designer, for one. I’ll always have 6″ with me (ha ha) and I can measure high heels a lot easier this way. I can now measure how far into you I can reach. I’ve been thinking about this tattoo for a while, since I saw a photo of someone who had one on Flickr years ago, but the thing that made me go and do it was taking the Buddhist Refuge Vow in spring 2010. During the meditations, it came to me that this path, the Buddhist path, is actually incredibly linear, and has been walked hundreds of thousands of times for thousands of years. Considering that so, so much of my life is about forging my own path, making my own direction, this felt so incredibly comforting and I knew it was time to get the tattoo.
This next shot was for the DapperQ He Said/We Said May edition, the shoot for which happened in April, with photos by Yi Ching Lin. I was there with four other models, all of whom were reinterpreting a current high-fashion men’s runway look in our own way. The photos turned out beautifully. Susan Herr, DapperQ hirself, has called this photo “the best butch photo of all time,” and I am very pleased with how it turned out.
There are others over at DapperQ.com from this shoot, and there’s a video of all 5 of us models talking about our fashion inspiration as well.
Wow, sexy butch shots. You know, I have to say, you really look like you could be the child of this striking actor I’ve noticed while watching Boardwalk Empire, Michael Shannon. He’s a very masculine person, and your suits have an air of retro dapperness, so I think that furthers the similarity. He self-flagellates in the show, but it’s more Opus Dei than kink. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3808854016/nm0788335
as much as i always appreciate a dapper butch, that first photo is really quite something. (in fact, i think it is a good example of the fact that one can be dapper in a t-shirt.) i believe i have told you already how fond i am of that tattoo.
wowee, your hair in the top photo is amazing. i can see why you go on about your barber sometimes.
Thank you! And haha, yes, that is why I go on about my barber. It does make a difference, not just in the cut but in having them help me learn how to maintain the ‘do also. I do love Tomcats!
!!! OMG, I love the ruler tattoo and both photos – I’m a Bill Wadman fan and am so happy to see his photo here. The other one is extremely intriguing too. My first thought was, “Are you at at a wedding?”