Creating Erotic and Surreal Fine Art Photography
My image “Man in a Window” has been shortlisted for Aon’s RiskInspiredCreative competition. All shortlisted entries will be exhibited at the Embassy Tea Gallery in London for a week in November. The winning entry will be judged by some leading industry judges.
The exhibition asks the question “What does Risk mean to you?”, Aon are looking for an image with the most creative interpretation of ‘Risk’.
Venue:
Embassy Tea Gallery
195-205 Union Street
London
SE1 0LN
020 7274 7474
The Kickstarter Campaign to publish an elegantly curated four-volume set of books featuring all the erotic artwork from the last four years of the “12 inches of Sin” exhibition has reached and passed it’s $25,000 target. The four volumes feature 126 artists from 16 countries including several images by Robert Babylon.
“Wow, I am speechless… $25,000! I was not expecting this and I am overjoyed, grateful, proud, crying, dancing, and… you name it! I’m feeling it.
I am going to come up with more creative ideas so that pledges may still be fun and exciting! I must say, it is rather hard to top the double-entendre reward ideas, but I have 11 days to go to think of something.
Please keep pledging. Enjoy the rewards… and thank you for making a dream a reality.”
Laura Henkel Ph.D. of the Sin City Gallery in Las Vegas
Robert Babylon is personally supporting this campaign so that this series of Erotic Art catalogues can be published in all their glory. By joining the campaign you can help support the cause too and earn some wonderful treats at the same time.
The campaign has been launched to bring the collected winning works from four years of exhibitions and you can choose from a variety of rewards for helping this campaign to publish these books.
Full information about the campaign is available at:
http://kck.st/1EjbyEB
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For those of you who really want to banish the Winter blues, what could be better than a visit to Miami in Florida, which is hosting the 5th International Creative Nude Art Festival.
In a nutshell, this very unique event is for everyone who appreciates the beauty, sensuality, and creativity of the nude art form; ARTundressed combines an exceptional art collection with great live music; top deejays; interactive performance arts; cutting-edge visuals, chic and provocative fashion; topped with an array of tantalizing entertainment. If you DO like to experience life in erogenous ways, we look forward to seeing you at ARTundressed 2014.
*** Celebrating the sensual aspects of Art + Music + Fashion + Entertainment
*** Art Exhibition from more than 120 artists representing 28 different countries
*** A very impressive collection of creative erogenous artworks rarely seen
*** More than 80 international and Invited artists scheduled to attend the Exhibition
*** Participation and installations by local artists, performers, and Masters of the arts
When:
November 20th-22nd, 2014
Where:
The McCormick Place
11 SW 3rd Street
Downtown Miami
FL 33130
USA
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Thursday November 20
Exhibition Hours: 6pm – Midnight
Vernissage Ceremony starts at 5pm
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Friday November 21
Exhibition Hours: 6pm – Midnight
Afterparty: 11pm – 3am
Location: (TBA)
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Saturday November 22
Exhibition Hours: 2pm – 10pm
Closing Party: 10pm – 3am!
Location – TSL Lounge – 167 NW 23rd Street, Miami, FL 33127
Robert Babylon’s award winning erotic UV (blacklight) photographs are returning by popular demand to Sh! – aiming to brighten the dreary Winter days through November and December.
There will be a ‘Meet the Artist’ evening on Friday October 31st at Sh! in Hoxton from 18:00-20:00 (full address below). Halloween costume is not obligatory but it might be your chance to wear your fetish gear out without raising an eyebrow! Entry Free.
His unique images merge the 60s Pop Art style across the decades with underground rave culture wrapped in a surreal riot of neon colour. Heavily influenced by the Surrealist movement, Robert’s work combine traditional photographic skills with cutting edge digital manipulation.
Robert’s UV work is just one aspect of his skills. He is both a skilled portrait photographer and Photoshop retoucher with over 20 years’ professional experience. Robert’s photographs, both traditional and contemporary, are of the highest standard and bear the simple, bold graphic style and flawless finish that identifies a Robert Babylon image. Plenty of examples of his other work are available on his website www.robertbabylon.com.
For those wanting to turn themselves into a work of art, create or simply update their portfolios Robert offers a discreet service of the highest quality, specialising in glamour, fashion and as well as his better known erotic photography. He is available for commercial, advertising and editorial commissions and has studios in Hampshire and London.
Robert’s artwork, available in a range of price from Greetings Cards at £4 and Open Edition Prints at £25 are joined my his new “3 UV Bums” posters in their own sturdy carry home poster tube at £20.
Robert champions “Erotica for All” and is proud of his images overwhelming popularity with women of all sexualities.
Neon Heaven will be on show from 1st November – 31st December 2014, entry free during shop opening hours.
Address:
Sh!
57 Hoxton Square,
London
N1 6PB
Telephone:
+44 (0)7814 804394
Opening times:
1st November – 31st December 2014
Mon to Sun – 12:00-20:00
With a ‘Meet the Artist evening on Friday 31st October 18:00-20:00
Two Robert Babylon images have been awarded places in the juried Erotic Signature Erotic Art Competition.
The two images will appear later this year in the book “The World’s Greatest Erotic Art Today vol 5”, continuing a long relationship with the publishers of this prestigious book. Copies will be available in hard and soft cover versions and early editions are now selling for premium collectors prices.
The images will also form part of the ARTundressed Tour of the USA, Canada and Europe which starts in November in Miami USA. ARTundressed celebrates the artistic, humorous, and sensual aspects of creative nude art; both in visual and performance arts. Since its inception, this event has toured many different countries and numerous cities from all over the world, including Miami, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Berlin (Germany), as well as Montreal and Toronto (Canada). The collection of exhited artworks is always top-notch showcasing some of today’s most talented, creative, renowed artists and photographers. To differentiate our event, we go through a very calculated and selective process to feature top local, national and international artists, exhibiting some of the best nude art that exert the highest level of creativity.
Further details about the individual exhibitions will be available closer to their start dates. The first exhibition of the tour is in Miami, Florida, USA, for the weekend of November 20th- -22nd, 2014.
Mr Fetish’s racing car was adorned this year with a beautiful Robert Babylon image on the bonnet, and advertising for Robert Babylon around the bodywork.
It was a rally of Pure indulgence, complete with track events, pre rally parties, girls, pool parties, girls and of course a monster post rally party. Central to all of this was of course the rally from London to Marbella (via the Channel Tunnel)!
Pure Rally offer the experience of your life not to be missed, and Robert Babylon was there throughout in image if not in person!
More information about Pure Rally can be found on their website http://www.purerally.co.uk/.
Robert’s “Far From Grey” exhibition has been such a success that it’s run is being extended until August 19th at the “Harmony” boutique sex shop – 99a Charing Cross Road in London.
You can read a blog by Rose Moore about the exhibition and the artist on the Harmony Store website.
A wide selection of his work from mildly erotic to the erotically raunchy can be found adorning the walls throughout both floors of the shop and brightening the windows of the shop on Charing Cross Road and Old Compton Street.
His artwork, available in a range of price from Greetings Cards at £4 and Open Edition Prints at £25 are joined my his new “3 UV Bums” posters in their own sturdy carry home poster tube at £20.
Address:
Harmony Store
99a Charing X Road
London
WC2H 0DP
Opening times:
Mon to Sun – 10:00-23:00
“UV Liquid Gold”, one of Robert’s most popular images has been published in Erotika Issue #8.
Erotika is a Portuguese Erotic Magazine who can be contacted through their website and their Facebook page.
Jade magazine are using Robert’s image of the delightful and devine “The Lady Lola” www.theladylola.com for their front cover of this month’s issue.
JADE exists to promote and foster new and established talent from the erotic art world. The ethos of the magazine is to present to a wider, mature and appreciative audience both new and established talents in the world of erotica for the pleasure and enjoyment of both men and women.
The Brighton Fetish Weekend 2014 runs from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th June. Tickets are available for individual events but weekend tickets for admission to all the events are the best value at only £40.
Robert will be taking a major role at this year’s Brighton Fetish Weekend by offering a free photo shoot prize for ticket holders. One of the issues with erotic photography is that many people are reluctant to be recognised, which is a shame because the human body should be a cause for celebration. We hope that we have come up with a solution: a photo competition which doesn’t include faces.
An advance purchase of any BFW ticket entitles you to submit a kinky photo of your good self (which may be of your body only, not showing your head or face), with a view to winning the truly amazing First Prize: a professional “Body Landscapes and Abstracts” photo shoot (valued at £400) by Robert Babylon at his Hampshire studio.
How to enter: You will need to be in possession of any advance ticket for the weekend, purchased through the Tickets section of the website at http://www.brightonfetishweekend.co.uk. Once you have received your email notification from WeGotTickets, please forward that to us at bfetw@outlook.com, together with the image you would like to submit.
The judges are not looking for technical ability, or quality of image in your entry, instead we are looking for witty and erotic originality. So cameraphones, box-brownies and Hasselblads all have an equal chance of winning. It’s artistic composition not the depth of your pockets we are interested in.
The full rules and details are on the BFW Photo Competition Webpage
Robert’s work will be on show at the events during the weekend and he has provided the key image for the BFW advertising along with many other photographs.
Roberts images will be screened during the Fetish Expo on Saturday afternoon (12:00-18:00), where his work will be on sale along with that of other erotic artists and photographers.
Date: 28/06/2014
Time: 12:00 – 18:00
Event Cost: In advance £15 or £16.50 on the door
Location: Latest Music Bar,
14 – 17 Manchester Street, Brighton, BN2 1TF
Later on, more of Robert’s work will be screened and projected at Club Spank’s Fetish Weekend Ball – “The Menagerie” on Saturday night.
Date: 28/06/2014
Time: 21:00 – 03:30
Event Cost: In advance £20 or £22 on the door
Location: Latest Music Bar
14 – 17 Manchester Street, Brighton, BN2 1TF
Full details of all the weekend’s events from Friday to Sunday can be found on the Brighton Fetish Weekend website