"The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it." -- Khalil Gibran * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@__vivian__rose__ #studio #monochrome #bnw #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane." -- Marilyn Monroe IG:@__vivian__rose__ #studio #monochrome #bnw #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"A good photograph is knowing where to stand." -- Ansel Adams * BlueSky exclusive * @__vivian__rose__ #momo #monochromemonday #selectivecolor #coloraccent #mediumformat #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye and the heart." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson IG:@__vivian__rose__ #momo #monochromemonday #selectivecolor #coloraccent #mediumformat #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

“This is The Great Realm and City of The Dwarrowdelf.” John Rhys-Davies (as Gimli in "Fellowship of the Ring") IG:@__vivian__rose__ #utah #slotcanyon #monochrome #sepia #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"I've earned my stripes; I don't need to prove myself to anyone." -- Stacey Dooley * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@charliekristine #studio #light #shadow #momo #monochromemonday #fineart #female #figure #txmodel

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that." -- Martin Luther King Jr. IG:@charliekristine #studio #light #shadow #momo #monochromemonday #fineart #female #figure #txmodel

"Everyday, I go outside and look at the vast horizons. Just because I can." -- Matt Damon (as in Mark Watney in "The Martian") IG:@jjennjones #flashback #utah #saltflats #fineart #fermale #figure

"... like a gentle breeze of joy on a warm summer day" -- Grace Willows IG:@jjennjones #monochromemonday #momo #flashback #utah #saltflats #fineportraiture #female #californiamodel

"Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina." -- Misty Copeland * BlueSky exclusive * @rubykye.bsky.social #studio #ballerina #fineart #female #figure #mississippimodel

"It's too cold outside for angels to fly." -- Ed Sheeran * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@__vivian__rose__ #utah #fineart #female #angelic #figure #mnmodel

"When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings." -- Rita Dove IG:@__vivian__rose__ #utah #momo #monochromemonday #fineart #female #angelic #figure #mnmodel

"When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers." -- Gordon Gee * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@rubykye_ #studio #concept #fabric #fineart #female #figure #mississippimodel

"Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your soul." -- Alice Walker IG:@rubykye_ #studio #concept #fabric #fineart #female #figure #mississippimodel

"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." -- Karolyn Grimes (as Zuzu Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life") ig:@__vivian__rose__ #utah #saltflats #fineart #female #angelic #figure #mnmodel

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." -- John Ruskin * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@__vivian__rose__ #saltflats #wind #fabric #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"Chess is a beautiful mistress." -- Bent Larsen * photo from today* IG:@__vivian__rose__ "Flairfem - Chess Duel" #studio #multiplicity #conceptart #female #figure #mnmodel

"If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in person." -- Ralph Bunche * BlueSky exclusive * @rubykye.bsky.social #wrapyourpresents #studio #paperpackground #concept #fineart #female #figure #mississippimodel

"Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year ... You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus." -- Chris Pine @rubykye.bsky.social #wrapyourpresents #studio #concept #female #figure #mississippimodel

"Beauty doesn't need ornaments." -- Munshi Premchand @rubykye.bsky.social #studio #concept #holiday #ornament #fineart #female #figure #mississippimodel

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." -- Abraham Lincoln * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@__vivian__rose__ as "Flairfem - Tailor's Seat III" #momo #monochromemonday #studio #concept #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain." Joseph Campbell * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@__vivian__rose__ as "Flairfem - Tailor's Seat II" #momo #monochromemonday #studio #concept #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." -- Warren Buffett -- IG:@__vivian__rose__ as "Flairfem - Tailor's Seat I" #momo #monochromemonday #studio #concept #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play." -- Arnold J. Toynbee * celebrating 1700 followers on BlueSky * IG:@ivoryflamemodel at Casa Pasart @pasart.bsky.social #monochrome #fineart #female #figure #ukmodel

"Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow." -- Norman Vincent Peale *BlueSky exclusive * @illyriawulf.bsky.social #happybirthday #fineart #glam #female #figure #derrière #mnmodel

"There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect." -- Ronald Reagan IG: @__vivian__rose__ #momo #monochomemonday #utah #slotcanyon #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things." -- Isaac Newton IG:@__vivian__rose__ #momo #monochomemonday #utah #slotcanyon #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"We live in a web of ideas, a fabric of our own making." -- Joseph Chilton Pearce "Ruby - Case Palla VI" @rubykye.bsky.social #studio #concept #fineart #female #figure #mississippimodel

"They come so far for healing, Traveling here to be with you." -- Sandra Sutter ("Aurora Borealis") IG:@__vivian__rose__ #happybirthday #auroraborealis #silhuette #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

„Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it." — Michelangelo * BlueSky exclusive * IG: __vivian__rose__ #utah #monochrome #fineart #female #figure #glam #mnmodel

"Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish." -- Michelangelo * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@charliekristine #happybirthday #mono #monochromemonday #studio #fabric #fineart #female #figure #txmodel

"In a digital age, I still love sending and receiving cards, hand-writing notes, and wrapping gifts." -- Matthew Williamson IG:@charliekristine #happybirthday #mono #monochromemonday #studio #fabric #fineart #female #figure #txmodel

"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection." -- Michelangelo * BlueSky exclusive * IG:__vivian_rose__ #utah #slotcanyon #shadows #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water." -- Loren Eiseley the magic that is Ivory Flame #happybirthday #yucatan #cenote #underwater #lightrays #fineart #female #figure #ukmodel

"No, no, I am but shadow of myself." -- William Shakespeare ("Henry VI - Part 1") * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@__vivian__rose__ #momo #monochromemonday #shadow #fineart #female #figure #mnmmodel

"Vivian - Esa Ipsa" #shadow #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." -- Albert Camus * BlueSky exclusive * During leaf season I appreciate all the help I can get. Thank you to @rubykye.bsky.social providing helping hands (and foot!) #studio #conceptart #fineart #female #figure #mississippimodel

"The only truly alien planet is Earth." -- J. G. Ballard * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@__vivian__rose__ #spacepirate #happyhalloween #cosplaygirl #sexycosplay #utah #saltflats #mnmodel

"Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air's salubrity." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Kara #flashbackfriday #dunes #beach #mnmodel

"We don't want to conquer space at all. We want to expand Earth endlessly. We don't want other worlds; we want a mirror. We seek contact and will never achieve it." (from "Solyaris", 1972) IG:@__vivian__rose__ #spacepirate #happyhalloween #cosplaygirl #sexycosplay #utah #saltflats #mnmodel

"Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns." -- Carl Sagan IG:@__vivian__rose__ #spacepirate #happyhalloween #cosplaygirl #sexycosplay #utah #saltflats #mnmodel

"It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant." -- Katarina Witt IG:@__vivian__rose__ #momo #monochromemonday #utah #slotcanyon #strength #elegance #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being." -- Annie Lennox * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@__vivian__rose__ #utah #saltflats #fineart #female #angelic #figure #mnmodel

"Angels can fly because they take themselves so lightly." -- G.K. Chesterton IG:@__vivian__rose__ #utah #saltflats #fineart #female #angelic #figure #mnmodel

"I bend but I do not break." -- Jean de La Fontaine * BlueSky exclusive * IG:@marushka_mia #studio #cube #fineart #female #figure #uamodel

"The truth isn't always a blinding light. Sometimes it's a deep and dazzling darkness, that illuminates - and burns - just as surely." -- Albert Einstein * photo from 2023 * IG:@marushka_mia #studio #cube #fineart #female #figure #uamodel

"Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome." -- Brené Brown * Bluesky exclusive * @__vivian__rose__ #utah #saltflats #female #figure #mnmodel

"A woman's body is a sacred temple. A work of art, and a life-giving vessel.” -- Suzy Kassem IG:@__vivian__rose__ #utah #saltflats #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

“I love the golden hour in the evening. Just as the sun is about to set and you get those lovely shadows and everything looks gold and yellow.” -- Stacy London IG:@__vivian__rose__ #utah ##sunset #goldenhour #silhouette #fineart #female #figure #mnmodel

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." -- Mahatma Gandhi * BlueSky exclusive * #happybirthday X:@fit.claire.irons #studio #fitmodel #fineart #female #figure #ohiomodel