Simon Stewart

As a fashion photographer our task is often to idealize a vision. Complex sets are built and then - along with the models - highly stylised and dramatised.

There has been a "blurring of the line" between fashion photography and fine art nude photography over the years and this is reflected in my work.

My images are often allegorical - tableau vivant style as opposed to the Femjoy or Metart style of nude photography.

I no longer use Fujifilm Velvia and have moved to digital a number of years ago. I am always enthralled with the tonality and range that my Leaf/Hasselblad digital system produces