Night Paper #2: Gymnos in Long Island City (NSFW)

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Second in the "Night Paper" series, I present the shoot we did on 8/30/2012 with Gymnos Alitheia, a fantastic creative mind and eager participant. I can't say I've met anyone with his energy and ebullience yet! Thank you, Paul. Also deep thanks go to Mabel for being an awesome PA on this shoot and Jeremiah Sjoberg who joined us as photo assistant. Three digital shots, first being my favorite:

One 4x5" film shot so far - more to scan:

And some test shots from creating this outfit and fitting after the jump.

Test fitting. This shows Paul's creativity - I hand't figured on wearing the paper cape backwards. Great idea.

And here are some shot from Mabes and I scouted the location:

 

 

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