Love all these pictures, the lights, my posture, the colors…
Why?
To explain I think I might have to dig a bit for my readers.
It's very easy to post on social media only happy posts, to show only the good moments we have with friends, that perfect beach picture, the night out with friends, etc.
No one shows you the boring life of daily tasks, the constant struggle we all have personally, emotionally even professionally, because no one is completely happy all day long, every single day. Happiness is made from little moments!
This miniserie is - personally - intense! I exposed myself more, I show off my imperfect body, my wrinkles and I don't even tried to hide them. That's why its my favorite! I'm being truth to myself and others.





And enjoy the rest of your day!

Model / Photo Edition - Ana Peres
Photographer - Xsense

A couple of days ago, some one asked me why I decided to trained to be Body Piercer and what were my motivations.
First time I had contact with piercings, I think I was under 12 years old and my first memory of it was excitement!
Back than little I knew about piercings and today I know that piercing was Industrial (ear) and I thought I would like to know how to perform it.
Since that moment, I asked my parents to let me have piercings (and tattoos). Obviously I was to young to make either, and actually in my home town back than piercing or tattoos were almost a criminal act!

I manage to get my first piercing around 17 age and my mother had to be present (she said she would see me passed out, she thought I was to weak to deal with that) and I paid it with my own money.
In sesimbra, I most be one of the first girls to have piercings and was a shock for everyone!
After that, I just couldn't stop and at one point I had 8 piercings (not counting my ears). Although I'm very conscience about piercings and I know which piercings can do you harm in a long run, so I'm very careful about that piercing I have in my body.

Piercings make part of my life and my personality. Some way people draw, sing, etc., I like to pierce.
I love the idea of someone that got fancy because of me. I like the risk that takes, the adrenaline.
I consider an honour to be contact by someone who wants to be pierced by me, because normally people don't decide to get pierced on that moment and they take their time to consider the idea. I do that too. Normally I let the idea of one specific piercing get in my head, sometimes for years. So, I know people took a great deal of time to think about a specific piercing (if they didn't, honestly, they should!).

The decision of having the training was thought for years and I searched for a very long time.
First time to took the catheter on my hand to perform the piercing, I was shaking and terrified. I was so terrified of not be able to pierce, to fail, everything!
Nevertheless I loved the experience and I knew I want to continue to pierce.

Today I know so much more than when I finished the training yet I want to learn more and became perfect as a piercer.
If this will become my major activity or still as a side-job, I've no idea. I love everything I do and would be so hard to choose.







And enjoy the rest of your day!

Continuing "The Geisha Serie aka Destroying My Reputation", this time vol. 2/3, I reinforced the emotional charge of this pics turning them into black and white.
This mini-serie is one of my favourite!

I prefer this set to the previous with the kimono.
I find this ones with grater graphic composition and emotionally stronger.
Maybe due to the black and white factor.
Maybe because I review myself in this type of photography.
Maybe because I can see myself and my personality in this pics and no doubt I feel a great empathy for them.
Maybe because I feel proud of my body and my attitude!








Model - Ana Peres
Photographer - Xsense
Edition - Ana Peres

I present you "The Geisha Serie aka Destroying My Reputation", vol. 1-3.
This is my new photography work made with the photographer Xsense.
After the careful analysis of the final result photo/shoot, I decided to turn them into small series of set, where the main issue is my fullback neo-traditional tattoo with oriental inspiration.
The title of those series is "The Geisha Serie aka Destroying My Reputation", where the Geisha theme is explored!
Geisha can be literally translate to 'the person who makes art', although geishas are somehow associated to prostitution, actually geisha is a very sophisticated, artistic and delicate woman, who trained ancient arts like sing, dance and music.









I took some time to present these photos because every time I look at them or thought about them, I felt this was not the type of photography I want to make! At all...
My main idea for this photoshoot, was completely 'fineart' / conceptual art and I feel the final results are very commercial. I've no doubts this is not what I want to do, how I like to be photographed, perform or even how I like to photograph. More I think about it, more I'm sure I want to step aside this type of concepts!
Although I like the final results, I can not say I love them, except two of them, that I will share later. My sentiment about this photoshoot is very ambiguous! During the discussion with the photographer about our encounter, I thought we're in the same path, sadly we're not which made me a bit uncomfortable because I was not doing what I wanted or we had talked about it. And I also felt he was not boosting my creativity or been creativity himself… Sometimes this happens, people just do not connect and its ok!

With this experience I learned a lot, and I learned I know what I want do to!
I want to do fineart photography! I want to create art and arise feelings on others thru photography, even though that creations are not commercial and doesn't have thousands of likes on social media. Because I don't really care about that...
I always have been an introverted person, very lonely, with unique ideas and is what I'm and I don't want to change!

My main gold about photography is to make more pics like the others I did (see link) even if I have to photograph myself, like I did last time.

Photographer who wants to collaborated with me for fineart/conceptual art photography, please contact me.

By the way, one curiosity, every time I think about this pics I remember Taylor Swift, 'Delicate'!
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Model - Ana Peres
Photographer - Xsense
Edition - Ana Peres

I love modelling and I always enjoy myself so much, that I really should return to be a model in a more serious way 👧
Although I love fashion modelling (because its great to wear fancy clothes and fancy make-up, done by professionals), I prefer conceptual photography because I rather use my body to express emotions, feelings and create certain feelings on others.

Conceptual photography its far more raw and even use different textures/lights that editorial photography normally doesn't use. Doesn't have to be pretty or perfect and that's one thing I like - Imperfection!

I always think I should be perfect all the time and I'm a very critical person about myself but I allow myself not to be perfect and through photography I show my imperfections, my insecurities and more important, I allow others to see them! Which is a huge step out of my comfort zone!












Model - Ana Peres
Photography/Editing - Ana Peres (me)

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