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Ray Max. Ex-lion Tamer. Now based in Rome. These are a few of the photographs I take.
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Janus. "Beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings."
Happy New Year to you!
(Double exposure Polaroid of Melanie. Somewhere in the Blue Ridge Foothills, North Carolina )

#double #beauty #believeinfilm #photography #callofthewest

©RayMax
One possible description of this black and white Polaroid image, showing some ink smudges: "The image presents two black-and-white portraits of a topless woman with a long ponytail. She wears a strappy leather collar and a similar harness that accentuate the figure. The left side shows her with arms raised, exuding confidence though her wrists might be tied. The right side captures a more reflective moment, hands resting on her chest and body."
January 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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"En attendant la dernière nuit d'une année foutu, mais à la fin c'est la vie, n'est-ce pas?
De plus, je feuillette le magnifique numéro 17 du magazine #lebateau.eroticmag
Voici les deux seules photos que je peux vous montrer sur IG 🔥💫 #night #ethiopiques #2020 #merdre "
En attendant la dernière nuit d'une année foutu, mais à la fin c'est la vie, n'est-ce pas? De plus, je feuillette le magnifique numéro 17 du magazine #lebateau.eroticmag Voici les deux seules photos que je peux vous montrer sur IG 🔥💫 #night #ethiopiques #2020 #merdre #callofthewest #RayMax
December 31, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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Memories from another place.
#leatherette #film #photography #prints

(More images from that set at my Patreon. Message me for prints)
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Black and white analog photo. In a room with an interesting tiled floor, a visitor, a woman, kneels on a leatherette couch displaying her back and the soles of her bare feet ©RayMax
December 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Aux Joies de l'Esprit.
Melanie

#lunchpoems #film #poetry #portrait #intimacy #believeinfilm #callofthewest #RayMax
Melanie, seen from above, lays nude across a bed holding a copy of a poetry book above her head. Black and white analogue photo
October 28, 2023 at 10:26 AM
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"Physical poetry" said Isabella during our first photo shoot, in Rome.
Later she recited a Wisława Szymborska poem.

You can find more images from this set at Patreon page, and lend support to my photography projects
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Isabella, physical poetry, dancer, fair skin, Rome, Sun, nude, beauty, stars, legs, finger, feet, hands, photography, believeinfilm, analogue, black and white, callofthewest, RayMax
February 28, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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That first time with Monty in Bushwick, NY.
#encounters #photography #film #portrait #callofthewest
©RayMax
A black and white portrait of Monty, with short dark hair. She is wearing a garment with a fur collar. The lighting is focused on their face, creating shadows on the right side. Her lips are slightly parted. ©RayMax
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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#tbt to my project, Nights Of Yu-Hsun, shot around Rome. Aka Floating Above Two Worlds And Belonging To None.

#sayitwithflowers #believeinfilm #portrait #callofthewest #RayMax
November 2, 2023 at 1:23 PM
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Print test. A Manhattan Autumn afternoon with Melanie.
More images from this set at my Patreon www.patreon.com/callofthewest

#Bookloversoftheworldunite #photography #film
©RayMax
Colour analog photo with light streaks of a nude woman resting peacefully over a pile of books strewn across a floor ©RayMax
November 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Anna one October afternoon in Warsaw
Colour photo of a nude woman sitting on a wooden chair, set against a dark curtain background. Her knees are drawn to the chest, bare feet are clasped in her hands. ©RayMax
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Welcoming the arrival of Autumn in Rome with an image from one of my favourite Warsaw shoots, and a touch of #silver
#portrait #shadow #touch #woman #dancer #intimate #topless #hands #hair #film #argentique #callofthewest #RayMax
October 5, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Sunset above Central Park with Melanie
©RayMax
#free #photography #free #photography #nude #film #analog #believeinfilm #portrait #callofthewest
Color photo of Melanie reclining nude on a rooftop in the warm sunset light, with a hint of Manhattan skyline in the background. She looks towards the viewer, her long hair is flowing
April 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Action de grâce.
flauer_in_de_san in the pinewoods and in the sand
(With a million hungry mosquitoes, too)
From a series you can find at my Patreon.

#tbt #rituals #woods #sea
#thanksgiving #beauty #believeinfilm #flowers #callofthewest #RayMax
Flauerindesan is nude on a beach by the pinewoods somewhere in Latium, Italy. Her eyes are closed, head tilted back, a dark flower in her mouth
November 23, 2023 at 12:29 PM
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Dream Home and Heartache

#photography #believeinfilm #filmphoto
©RayMax
A colour photo with rectangular swimming pool under a clear blue sky. In the foreground is a light-colored tiled deck, partially enveloped by a large triangular shadow. Beyond the pool, there is a range of rolling hills covered with dense foliage
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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That morning in Warsaw the cards said that was why I had left the Moon.
#tbt #warszawa #believeinfilm #artnude #callofthewest #RayMax
Black and white photo of a nude woman standing defiantly in a room in natural morning light, with tall flowers placed in a casserole in front of her
January 25, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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Lost and found and mood.
Melanie in Brooklyn.
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#loveoflife #film #blue #callofthewest #RayMax
October 4, 2023 at 5:34 PM
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Green Leatherette.
Al in Brooklyn, NY
#people #photography #film #nude #callofthewest
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March 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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New print tests. That time when my friend came to visit in Harlem to show me her new collar.
More here
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June 18, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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Melanie puts her feet up.
One of our first photo shoots, in Manhattan

#encounters #patterns #filmphotography #portrait #beauty #callofthewest #RayMax
Melanie is nude on the carpet, her eyes, hair, hands and soles showing
October 21, 2023 at 2:41 PM
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Nettie Harris and a bare light bulb at my then #hollywood apartment.
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Your support to my works is much appreciated at this time. At my Patreon you find hundreds of exclusive images, prints and an art book. Info in bio.
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#losangeles #film #natural #hair #encounters #raymax #callofthewest
October 11, 2023 at 1:56 PM
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#tb Leksi, Autumn lights, moving rêveries, Brooklyn.

Don't miss checking Leksi's #artwork and #designs #aleksandrakolanko on Instagram. You can also have a look at my Patreon, and lend some support to my projects :-)
October 12, 2023 at 2:32 PM
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That snow day in Brooklyn with Tmpls
#rêveries #photography #portrait #fineartnude #callofthewest #RayMax
Black and white portrait of topless Tmpls, winter lights, a smirk?, freckles
May 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Rêveries and sculpting at dusk with Elizabeth

#encounters #beauty #believeinfilm #callofthewest #RayMax
A black and white analogue image of a woman laying on the floor on her stomach, her body twisted to form a sculpture. We can see her face, her lips. One eye is covered by her long hair. One hand rests on her nude back. One slender foot with painted toenails is pushing on the wall behind her, where the shadow reflects the composition.
December 12, 2023 at 2:37 PM
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Fétiche.
#tb to an afternoon with a friend, a new camera lens, her black leatherette couch and a gimp mask which happened to be in my bag.

#portrait #leather #leatherette #mask #filmphotography #footsky #callofthewest #RayMax
Black and white analogue photo of a seated woman wearing a gimp mask, topless, hands holding her bare feet up in front of the camera
October 31, 2023 at 5:34 PM
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Melanie's Lunch Poems

#auxjoiesdelesprit #intimacy #believeinfilm #callofthewest #RayMax
Melanie stands nude against a blank wall enjoying a poetry book. Black and white analogue photograph
December 6, 2023 at 3:23 PM
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Moon's Milk.
Anna on film in Roma.

#fireofthemind #encounters #dancer #believeinfilm #callofthewest #RayMax
Black and white analogue photo of a dancer leaning with her back on a wall. She is topless, her body posture and her gaze suggest a contemplative state. Perhaps in her mind she is playing the philosophical lyrics and slightly hypnotic rhythm of a favourite song, and some recent events in her life
December 18, 2023 at 1:29 PM