David Levinthal has been shooting photos of dolls and toys in various settings and sizes - soldiers, cowboys, girls. Somebody told me about him when I started doing my "Naked Doll" series. Yesterday, I did more of those. Now, I am divided about whether or not I should digitally edit the joints in the photos (you can't see the joints in the old sample shots on my web site). The funny thing about my "Naked Doll" is the overwhelming positive response I've got so far. Maybe I should check out legal issues and then try to get them into a gallery? If David Levinthal can do it...
PS (22 August 2002): Now I am disappointed. A friend of mine told me to check out Nerve.com because he had seen David Levinthal's "XXX" series there (this is not the disappointing bit - in case you were wondering - but here it comes). In their introduction to Levinthal's work, they say that he has his model dolls custom-made for him. He doesn't even do it himself. And that I find disappointing. That takes away whatever message there would be in those photos.
