The Poet as Pinup

Emmy Komada bio ↓ · August 15th, 2011 · filed under art, Media

Wild Women Press just wrapped a photo shoot for a 2012 calendar featuring a new nude poet for every month of the year, with proceeds from sales going to type one diabetes research.

To top it off, all of the pinups are male, which Wild Women Press co-founder Victoria Bennet said sprung from the the inspiration to ‘explore the idea of the male muse, as opposed to the female muse.” Each poet was paired with a female photographer for their shoot, which took place after photographer and subject read a piece written by a female poet for inspiration.

Via the Guardian UK.

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Emmy Komada is an editor, translator, and general communications aficionado both at the Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco and on her own in the down time. She likes languages, and reading, and trying to read in various languages. More from this author →

2 Responses to “The Poet as Pinup”

a Says:
August 15th, 2011 at 4:21 pm
hot!
Janet Parfitt Says:
August 16th, 2011 at 7:53 am
What a great idea!

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