It’s hard to transport myself back from the colourful mid summer tropics of Australia to the deep mid winter fashion of Europe - but I can do it via my pictures 🙌 @queen.of_kitsch on the streets of Poznań - in winter ⛄️

How times have changed since I started photography. Models are the stars now. A 180 flip. Who cares? Not me. Photographers stars? So what? Really, the important things are the ‘quality’, and the ‘vision’ - and both have taken a swan dive due to accessibility, commodification and sexualisation.

I often naively wonder what would happen to the general appreciation or interest in my photography if I changed the subject matter, to abstract architecture, or something 🤣

COVID 2020 was the best for boredom turned creativity and other forms of madness. @poeticminx.bsky.social

Glamorous polished images are my fave.

Flower child Francesca.

The light after the sun’s gone down is always way better than before. @poeticminx.bsky.social Naxos, Greece.

Some sweet travellers visiting Poznań, None are models. #portraitPhotography #picturesOfPeople

Mikri Viglas @poeticminx.bsky.social

Cave light. @poeticminx.bsky.social #analog

Just be quiet. @saskiamuse.bsky.social Pentax 67, 105mm f2.5 Portra 800 in Tetenal solution.

On the island of Madeira. @poeticminx.bsky.social patreon.com/mikestacey - images from the most exotic locations around the globe.

Mel. Pentax 67, TRI-X in ID-11 @ 1:1. #portraiture #analog

Always love making images with @saskiamuse.bsky.social. Full set on her Patreon.

@poeticminx.bsky.social - Leipzig, Germany.

Another portrait for the Bluesky mix 🤣 @poeticminx.bsky.social Italy ‘3 24.

Aurora, Dresden '21 @poeticminx.bsky.social

Saskia’s book club. www.instagram.com/saskiamuse

@poeticminx.bsky.social Monopoli, Italy last year.

Eva. Tripish skin smoothing, ai sharpening, fake plastic things or whatever associated piss. #Ai 🤣 Maybe it’ll reach the point where division occurs and analog methods become more highly valued for their authenticity? 🤣😇

Great to catch up with Saskia after more than 6 years :) Pity I'd rented a kitschy little King's Cross apartment with no light though!

Ryan, Sydney '17 #analog #pentax67

Light + form… of Minh Ly. #analog

Ava wasn't a model and didn't need to be. She was a kink-based escort. Her presence and honesty in front of the camera was a wake up call. RIP. #analog

Anoush. @anoushanou.bsky.social

Jan, a wise good friend. Netherlands, ‘19.

Sara, Poznan ‘21 As a result of a car accident 12 years ago Sarah suffered almost complete paralysis. Lately she has started regaining feeling in her limbs after a long period of natural healing. It was more than a pleasure be able to photograph her.

New Year's Day, '22. Gdynia - Poland.

Lilah Cairns, Aug '25 mikestacey.com

BLACK AND WHITE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY Vol 2, 2025. alexandru-crisan.com/black-and-wh... Orders: [email protected]

Li Pion Bangkok, Aug ‘25

oh god, no nudity? Lilah, Cairns Aug '25

Anoush, Sydney '17. @anoushanou.bsky.social #analog #pentax67 #homemade

Oh yeah, Martyna. Winter, Poland ‘20.

All hours. @poeticminx.bsky.social

A nasty bath. @poeticminx.bsky.social Berlin, 2021

Open my eyes. Dziwnówek, Poland '20 @poeticminx.bsky.social #portrature #findyourlight

The only thing better than a north facing window in Poland is a frosted glass north facing window in Poland. @poeticminx.bsky.social Tech details are often requested - they mean nothing, seriously. patreon.com/mikestacey - nfo that results in good pictures - has nothing to do with anything tech.

North facing windows in Poland are the best. Often, images needed hardly any editing. Ira & Aurora. Extensive archives, stories, BTS, images/videos from around the globe: patreon.com/mikestacey

Portraits of Gosia, Poland ‘22 www.instagram.com/himykk_3?igs...

Lila, Poland ‘22 www.instagram.com/lilaniebo?ig...

Meluxine, from Adorned - mikestacey.com/adorned #4x5

Sunset over the Aegean Sea. @poeticminx.bsky.social

Minh Ly #analog #120

Me and her. Self shot. @poeticminx.bsky.social

Doville & Aurora Antwerp, 2018 @poeticminx.bsky.social

Rose, Bangkok June '25 patreon.com/mikestacey

In Madeira, '23 @poeticminx.bsky.social Patreon.com/mikestacey

Rose, Bangkok June 2025 THE FROTH - free member's galleries mikestacey.com/thefroth PATREON - all my archives patreon.com/mikestacey

Pi mon, shot on Sunday in Bangkok www.instagram.com/lion_pimon/