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Erotica: The Fragrance

……….The Studio is pleased to announce that Tony Ward Productions, LLC has teamed up with Martine Brand of www.BrandIllustrations.com to develop packaging for EROTICA the fragrance by Tony Ward. We look forward to publishing this creative process and look forward as always to your suggestions and comments.

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The Fairy Of Pirate's Alley

Posted by Charlene Lanzel

……….I was living in New Orleans’ French Quarter for the winter season in 2007. I fell in love with the city and its past, and became curious of the history of Exchange Alley where I was living. My husband (Ronnie Magri) and I decided to do some research, and headed over to the Historical Society on Chartres Street. What we found was that the infamous painter Edgar Degas had once owned property across the alley from our building. I began studying Degas’ life and discovered he was an avid drinker of Absinthe. I had heard many tales of the mysterious wormwood elixir and longed to try it. After all, it seemed to be the official drink of some of history’s greatest artists!

The Devil Drinks Absinthe

Absinthe is said to evoke the spirit of “La Fee Verte” or “The Green Fairy”. I learned that Absinthe was being served at The Pirate’s Alley Cafe, just a few blocks away. So, my husband and I headed over for my first taste. These two painting’s, “The Devil Drinks Absinthe” and “The Fairy of Pirate’s Alley” are the documentation of that night. They are portraits of myself an my husband, sitting across the table from each other in Pirate’s Alley, experiencing the effects of the notorious drink. We have since become Absinthe snobs and enjoy trying different brands from around the world.

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……..I first came across Rachel at Flashdancer’s a popular gentleman’s club in the heart of New York City. She was dancing there and mixed in very comfortably with the other thirty or so women that were working the floor on that particular evening. . She was the prettiest woman in the place or so I thought. It was only revealed to me after several days of shooting, that at one time this beautiful woman was once a man.

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…….An artist is never far away from his work. While vacationing in Ibiza with his family, TW met Nancy at a night club while she was go go dancing the night away. The following day, they were shooting on the amazing beaches of the Spanish Island. To see the entire sitting and more Erotica from the Tony Ward archives, log on to: tonyward.com

Love Meter

Posted by John Gialuco

Lou-pop had been drawing cartoon characters for a few years and once in a while he would mention Bettie Page, a model and dancer during the 40’s and 50’s. When Lou showed me his latest scantily dressed Betty Boop drawings, he would have this sheepishly looking smile on his craggy face. I could see that he wanted approval for this risque moment. Some weeks later I brought him a group of nude photos I printed from Betty Page and Marlyn Monroe magazine spreads. He quickly stuck them under his 1940s something coffee table in his living room. Lou-pop had a lot of beautiful living room furniture form those earlier years.

I had peaked his desire to enter the soft porn artistic realm and he became more free spirited with his drawings. He eventually migrated to hard core porn in the months that followed. Louie’s favorite subject was Betty Boop, who for her time, was a sexually titillating cartoon character. Betty made her first appearance on August 9, 1930 in the cartoon, Dizzy Dishes.

One day I received a complete nude drawing of Marilyn Monroe in the mail from Lou, later to be followed by other nudes and a Betty Boop drawing in a sexual situation. Lou-pop was hitting home runs with his money shots. When my wife and I visited him, he would respectfully wait until Amy left the room, and then he would quickly pull out his latest naughty drawings and wait for my response, in which I was always encouraging him to do more of. He had a lot of fun with these heroines of his youth and was finally able to express his sexual love and desires for this much repressed era.

Our child within always needs acknowledgment throughout our lives. In time we would get a holiday card of Betty Boop or some other voluptuous blond in various tantric like positions from Louie. They always had a fun context and I found them to be very innocent as lovemaking usually is. Lou and Uncle Gus are examples of how we can age gracefully in our modern time. They used their expression of sexual desire as a way of adornment and compliments to women’s bodies. In our society’s schizoid integration of sex and morality, it seems that we must wait until our senior years to reveal our natural desire of affection for each other.

He started drawing around the age of 85, first interpreting TV Guide images, cartoons, ads and later progressing to the Smithsonian and other more refined magazines. Lou-pop had no art training during his life. Only the desire to express life as best as he could. I would call him an Outside artist. Louis Dominic Colagreco died on September 22, 2009 at the age of 93. RIP

Mr. John

Two Brunettes

Louie Porn

Nude Boop

Lou-Pop Porn

Sexometer

Lou-Pop

Posted By Melissa Norbeck

Women And Weapons

When I look at these photographs, I think 2 deadly weapons: women and guns………….
Also, they are 2 things that most men like: women and guns………..

Ready

They are definitely sexual, and in a way, playful……………

Yoko, Palomar Hotel, New Years Eve, 2009

…….The Studio wishes everyone love, peace and happiness in 2010…………TW

. Yoko’s lingerie Victoria’s Secret
. Makeup by Mac
. Makeup artist Ashley Bohl

Danny Brant

Posted By Danny Brant

I think when growing up, I received a lot of harassment which was beyond my control, for being androgynous. Since first grade, kids would ask me in the school yard if I was a boy or a girl. At that time I had short hair and obviously my mother dressed me in all little boys clothing. When your a child it hurts, and you don’t know why. I went through stages like the time I tried to cut my hair short or wear baggy clothing. It seemed no matter what I tried, I was still the pretty boy in baggy clothes. To me it was all dress up. When I got older, I decided that you can’t fight nature and I was happy when I reached puberty and was able to start experimenting with my look. My confidence isn’t just ego. Its mixed with vulnerability and fear. If I’m not sure who I am then the rest of the world can’t be either. I have no choice but to walk into a room and make sure all eyes are on me and make my presence known. I think confidence is the sexiest thing anyone can have. I’ve never dated a type. But I have dated many men that have had the balls to approach me. Being androgynous is difficult. The whole world wants to figure you out. If they can’t it scares them. People stare at me sometimes because they are fascinated and I love the attention. Straight men are confused that they are attracted to me, and women are envious of my poise and femininity. But I’m just me. I don’t want to live a restricted life anymore because I have no boundaries. Why should I live by the social stereotypes of either sex. Why should anyone? I let people see what they want me to be when they look at me. Everyone has both male and female qualities. I’m strong, protective of my loved ones, sensitive, sensual, aggressive, and I am Danny. Hear me Roar!

Danny Brant

I have many sides and interestingly enough it manifests itself in various types of hand writings. A male with all caps, that I use only when my hand is tired. Isn’t that funny that I let the man handwriting handle the hard stuff. I have a soft, flowery, romantic style that is feminine that I use the most. I have a bubble print which is more boyish. And I have a bubbly cursive that is more girlie, when I‘m writing notes to someone and want to be cutesy. I sometimes dot those I’s with hearts. My many sides include the man that opens doors for all my female friends. Who also enjoys buying someone a drink, and lifting heavier weights than big guys. Its my female side that gives bedroom eyes, lips that pout, tosses hair, and eats men for breakfast. I have days that I don’t want to shave. So I wear flats, with a button down, slightly open shirt so that everyone see my toned chest. On those days, I definitely feel more masculine, especially in my mannerisms. Then there are days when I get more dressed up and become more self conscious of certain things, but still have that extra something in my step. No matter what I’m me. Whether at the gym or on the treadmill, I walk with a bounce in my step, in my short shorts, so my pony tail sways from side to side. I walk into the locker room, take off my shirt, flex my abs, and feel a stern look come over my face to make sure everyone knows I’m all man.
For a long time I felt like a living doll when I was modeling, because I couldn’t be flawed. No one wanted to see the real me, they all picked a side. And I was forced to be that side with them, because that is all they wanted to see. And if they saw female, they’d ask why I hadn’t shaved my chest. If they saw male, they’d wonder why I had a purse with me. It was exhausting.

Being Danny Brant

I never knew my body until the past couple of years. I didn’t know how to fully enjoy the act of sex. I couldn’t relax and feel comfortable being in control. Sex was always about the other person being turned on. I rarely craved sex, because It was so one sided. And I was too concerned with looking sexy the whole time. It was once said, that even though Marilyn Monroe was the number 1 sex symbol, she did not know how to use her body during real sexual moments. That statement could have easily described me.
I’m learning to use my sexuality to enjoy myself rather than others. Where I once felt like a doll for the world, I’m beginning to treat men like my dolls. I’ve started to learn to take charge and that its okay to have sex, not just be sexy. I’m also overcoming the idea that casual sex is bad.

Danny With Chains

I recently met two amazing people. They have opened my eyes to a new freedom and sexuality that I haven’t experienced before. To reference the late great Marilyn Monroe, I am reminded of the working threesome she was in with two lavish young gay actors for a brief period. They both find me sexy. And appreciate my femininity, as much as my male body. Sometimes they call me she and sometimes they call me he. And I don’t care either way. I’ve never felt more accepted or sexy to MYSELF. Its easy to be sexy to someone else. Or to act sexy onstage or in a photograph. But when I’m with them I feel completely free of restrictions and boundaries. Which is what being androgynous is all about. One is an artist and photographer, the other is an actor and writer. They are so smart, and they know so much about things I never had the chance to know, because no one ever gave me the chance. I let everyone think that all I was, was pretty. And they believed that all I was, was pretty. Some refuse to stop at the surface. They see the inner beauty, my strength, my capabilities, my talents, my creativity, and they also see my vulnerability and my weaknesses. That is why I feel so different with them. I no longer need to have different roles, just one. Me. With them, I can be unshaven in sweats and hairy or I can be glamorous and in stilettos. When I’m with them, I no longer need to consciously monitor my behavior. I feel uninhibited. After being in a horrible marriage for 3 years, and trying to control every aspect of my life into something specific and trying to cut off parts of myself, this new feeling is amazing, because they already have each other. I don’t have that, all or nothing feeling that you can get when you like someone. I know I’ll never fully have either of them, so it alleviates the pressure of trying. I also know, they expect nothing more of me, than for me to be the way I am, so I don’t feel the need to be anything else. But I know they care about me and want me to be the best I can be and do whatever I want. The best part… is that when I sleep between them, I can turn to either side and be spooned. Isn’t that heaven? I may not have found out how to be a man or a women but I’m finally learning how to be free.

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