Beginning in 2010, Toronto, Ontario photographer VTOGRAPHY embarked on a personal art project to photograph the nude female form in night time settings across Canada’s urban and rural areas. The self-imposed criteria of the project was to keep things as simple as possible: black and white images with no post-production manipulation of the models, and only ambient lighting would illuminate the scenes. Although a few colour images have been produced, the majority of the images have adhered to the original vision.
The process of creating the images is simple but requires intense strength and poise on the part of the models. Because the images are created at night with only ambient lighting such as dim street lights, long shutter speeds are used, which requires the models to remain as still as statues. Their posing skills are put to the test with difficult contortions — hanging, leaning, and balancing in precarious spots.
The project has expanded outside of Toronto to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Montreal, Quebec. As of 2024, thirty-two models have participated to help create nearly 200 images (a small selection is shown here).
If you’re interested in participating in the NIGHT NUDES project (no experience required), you must be 18+ and live in the Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, or Calgary areas. Interested? Apply here.