From Pheromone Hotbox (series) by Amanda Charchian, 2012-2016. What happens when a woman photographs

FromPheromone Hotbox (series) by Amanda Charchian, 2012-2016.

What happens when a woman photographs another woman in the nude? Photographer Amanda Charchian calls it the “Pheromone Hotbox”: an elevated, erotic state of tension that seesaws from sexuality to creativity.

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It’s often the moments before photographing someone, their shy gestures, the way they prepare, the way they react to imminent danger or threat of being caught nude in public, that shows me the most about them…

In the case that a woman willingly takes a nude portrait, it becomes a letter to the world; broadcasted message of here-ness. You cannot exploit the empowered.

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The model is Alysha Colangeli posing at White Sands, New Mexico.