Ousmane Ndiaye Dago

This woman does what I have always wanted to try...Or one of the many things I would like to try... She has literally covered her models with the land. I think the whole idea of creating the body to create landscapes is brilliant. I have been trying to figure out ways of doing that without have it be a blunt nude photo. The idea of shooting nude and doing it in a tasteful way is always a constant challenge I think...What makes the body a landscape? How do we shoot it with the restrictions we have? Taking underwater photos has been hard because of the restrictions of using a swimsuit...I am trying to figure out how to work around that. I think Dago has really done something so beautiful is creating this faceless person, who looks statuesque, but is covered with things that are organic. What is more organic then the body itself...Where is this idea that we come from the earth orginally...? How wonderful to make these faceless people and bringing them back to the roots of oneself. They become a part of wherever Dago places them.