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Rab Townsend
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Late 30s. Photographer, writer, composer. Woe-betide-thee prophet of the present day. He/him. Toronto.

These images are portents of doom: missives from the hidden world within our world. Feel shame and terror, please. But boost them if you like them.
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hatebunny.bsky.social
irritant deterrent.

Toronto. October 5th, 2024.
We do not welcome a man’s will. Instead, we test it.

model: instagram.com/the_inkedrab...

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #fineartnude #artisticnude #torontophotographer #altmodel #purple
A photo of art model The Inked Rabbit by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with artificial pink dreadlocks in a ponytail behind her. She is posing against a blue background. She is cast in vibrant purple and orange light. Her face is turned slightly to the right of frame, with the fingers of each hand pressing against her cheeks. Her expression is like that of an animal making a warning cry, with rage in her eyes and an open mouth as if screaming. Her chest is thrust out in a confident stance. She has various visible tattoos and piercings, as well as freckles on her cheeks. The image suggests an unwelcome interruption, and the angry reaction to it.
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
separate selves.

Toronto. October 4th, 2024.
Each body is always at its most present, while the mind may go elsewhere. It is a struggle to unify them.

model: instagram.com/constance.an...

#Photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #torontophotographer #nsfw #purple
A photo of art model Angel Constance by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude, south-east asian woman with dark hair blowing to the right, in a breeze. Her face and gaze are turned to the left of frame, with an expression of expectation and disdain. She has four distinct piercings on her visible left ear. She is posing against a blue background, while she is cast in a combination of vivid orange, cyan, and magenta light. Each elbow is stretched out to either of her sides, with the fingers of each hand resting gently at her right hip and just above her left hip respectively. The image suggests awareness of the body, but a vacancy that suggests the subject is lost in thought.
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
choosing bliss.

Toronto. September 29th, 2024.
Bliss is not simply ignorance. It is also a willful lie to the self. A decision to choose comfort over knowledge.

model: www.instagram.com/sayorisloan....

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #fineartnude #artisticnude #nsfw #torontophotographer #moody
A photo of art model Sayori Sloan by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude, asian woman with dark hair falling down her back, and blunt bangs. She is posing against a blue background. Her left arm is raised to cradle her head, with her hand resting in her hair as her head tilts to the side, to the right of frame. Her expression is serene, with eyes closed. Her left hand is held at waist-level, with fingers making a gentle gesture. She is lit with vibrant orange, magenta, and cyan light, casting bright highlights and dark shadows. She is jutting out her left hip in a wide stance. The image suggests a calm and welcome sensation, as if listening to pleasant music.
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
hatebunny.bsky.social
no weaker we.

Toronto. September 20th, 2024.
The strength of these bodies does not preclude our pain, but the strength of this pain must not make our bodies to pause.

model: www.instagram.com/molly_beth_m...

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #finartnude #artisticnude #nsfw #torontophotographer
A photo of art model Molly Beth by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, posing against an indigo background. Both her arms are raised, tugging on her hair from opposite directions. She is lit with vibrant orange, cyan, blue, and magenta light, casting shadows and highlights that reveal her muscle definition. A floral butterfly tattoo creeps over her left hip. Her face is directed to the right of frame, with an expression of anguish on the verge of tears. The image suggests a reckoning with a powerful emotion that affects the subject bodily.
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
self portrait.

Toronto. October 31st, 2025.
We are routinely in conflict with a mismatch of need and what is offered.

#photography #selfportrait #purple #slime #fineartphotography #darkart #torontophotographer
A self portrait by photographer Rab Townsend. The subject is a man with dark, slicked back hair and a goatee, posing topless from the waist up against an indigo background. He is cast in vibrant orange, magenta, and cyan light. A splatter of clear slime is clinging to his face. He is gazing to the right of frame, resting his chin in his left hand, with an expression of puzzlement and sadness.
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
what we want.

Toronto. August 9th, 2024.
We know nobody’s listening, it is only an affirmation of our feeble human desires.

model: www.instagram.com/love.from.vi...

#photography #purple #artmodel #nudemodel #fineartnude #artisticnude #nsfw #torontophotographer #nsfwart
A photo of art model Victoriah by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with long, flaxy blonde hair that is caught in a breeze and blowing to the right of frame. She is posing against a background of turquoise. She is cast in a combination of vivid magenta, blue, and cyan light, with some orange highlights. Her hands are clasped in the middle of her chest, with her forearms straight out on either side, as if in ritual prayer. Her gaze is cast down and slightly to the right of frame. The image evokes a kind of reverence, but with a maleficent undertone.
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
self portraits.

Toronto. October 31st, 2025.
who oppresses the oppressors?
"graphic" label, for slime, in case anyone has issues with slime.

#photography #selfportrait #purple #slime #fineartphotography #darkart #torontophotographer
A self portrait by photographer Rab Townsend. The subject is a man with dark, slicked back hair and a goatee, posing topless from the waist up against an indigo background. He is cast in vibrant orange, magenta, and cyan light. A splatter of clear and translucent slime is dripping down his face and chest. He has an expression of manic rage. A self portrait by photographer Rab Townsend. The subject is a man with dark, slicked back hair and a goatee, posing topless from the waist up against an indigo background. He is cast in vibrant orange, magenta, and cyan light. A splatter of clear and translucent slime is dripping down his face and chest. He has an expression of terror. A self portrait by photographer Rab Townsend. The subject is a man with dark, slicked back hair and a goatee, posing topless from the waist up against an indigo background. He is cast in vibrant orange, magenta, and cyan light. A splatter of clear and translucent slime is dripping down his face and chest. He has an expression of manic rage.
November 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
of consequence.

Toronto. August 6th, 2024.
We cannot know the infinite outcomes of our every little act, but there is no act without consequence.

model: @illyriawulf.bsky.social

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #torontophotographer #nsfw #purple #witchy
A photo of art model Illyria Wulf by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a tall, nude woman with very long, curly blonde hair. She is posing against a gradient background from violet to a dark purple. She is cast in a combination of orange, magenta, and cyan light. Both of her arms are crossing her torso at opposite angles, with her right arm crossing her chest, and her left arm crossing her waist. Her hands are facedown, and her gaze is fixed on the back of her left hand, near her hip. Her lidded eyes are cast downward and her lips are slightly parted. Her long hair tumbles down her left shoulder, tangling around her arm. The image suggests concentration on a bodily ritual.
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
take it all.

Toronto. July 24th, 2024.
These excesses available to delight and distract us are not true surplus. Someone is paying a cost.

model: @madamesophie.bsky.social

#photography #artmodel #fashionmodel #fashionphotography #purple #torontophotographer
A photo of art model Sofia Predrazzoli by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a woman with short, slicked back, dark hair. She is posing against a violet background, wearing a leather corset, that zips only halfway up, revealing a tattoo on her sternum. She is wearing sunglasses, and her face is turned to the right of frame, with her mouth open as if mid-shout. She is pulling the edges of the corset open with each hand, with elbows extended outward to her right and left. Her arms and hands are covered with tattoos, as is her right thigh. Her skin is lit with a combination of blue, cyan, and orange light. She is wearing lacey black underwear, peeking out beneath the corset. The image evokes a fun rockstar energy on a fashion shoot.
October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
expected interruptions.

Toronto. July 19th, 2024.
We live with an innocuous death, as furniture to us, until each room grows so crowded we can no longer move.

model: @nausicaayami.bsky.social

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #nsfw #Torontophotographer #moody
A photo of art model Nausicaa Yami by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with dark, shoulder length hair, flowing behind her in a breeze. She is posing against a background of turquoise. Her skin is cast in vibrant blue, magenta, and orange light. Her arms are raised, with her right bent upward and over her head to grasp at her left hand, which rests against the side of her jaw, with a protruding elbow to the right of frame. Her hips are angled, creating a curve from her right shoulder down her torso. Her face is turned slightly to the left of frame, as is her gaze. Her expression is one of distrust and apprehension, as if she has been disturbed in the midst of a dance or ritual by a menacing figure, out of frame.
October 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
one you.

Toronto. June 21st, 2024.
In communion with every self, across all times and places. The revelation is that one was all there ever was, and one is all there is.

model: @aliclairemodel.bsky.social

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #torontophotographer #nsfw
A photo of art model Ali Claire by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with curled, platinum blonde, shoulder length hair rolling down her back. She is posing against a background of blue-green. Her skin is cast in vibrant magenta, blue and orange light. Her body is oriented toward the left of frame with her right hand raised in front of her with an open palm. Her left hand rests on her hip, with her elbow pointing out behind her. Her head is bowed, with closed eyes, and an expression suggesting concentration. The image evokes a ritual or solemn prayer.
October 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
a hollow idea.

Toronto. May 6th, 2024.
In order to truly remember dance, you must dance. To remember love, you must love. The simple idea of either is hollow without its doing.

model: @muirinafae.bsky.social

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #torontophotographer #nsfw
A photo of art model Muirina Fae by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with long, dark hair hanging down her back. She is posing against a gradient background from indigo to a light blue. Her skin is cast in vibrant magenta, blue and cyan light, casting surreal shadows and highlights. A warm red-orange edge-light glows in her hair, neck, and upper arms. Her back is arched, and her head thrown back, with an anguished expression on her face. Her left hand is placed with a flat and open palm on her upper chest, with her elbow extended outward. Her right hand rests against the side of her face, with loose fingers and arm stretched and bent over her head. Her chest is thrust outward, emphasizing her ribcage. The image evokes a theatrical expression of pain or heartbreak, and a desire to feel the heart filled, but a hurt that it is not.
October 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
void breaths.

Toronto. April 16th, 2025.
And breathe deeply of this chaotic air, only to exhale fresh poisons.

model: @irapassion.bsky.social

#Photography #TorontoPhotographer #ArtModel #NudeModel #ArtisticNude #FineArtNude #Nsfw #purple
A photo of art model Ira Balan by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with shoulder-length black hair. Her hair is wet and clinging to her face and neck. She is posed against a turquoise background. She is cast in a combination of vivid orange and magenta light. She is faced to the left of frame, and leaning forward over a thick plume of smoke rising on the left side of the image, which catches and reflects the coloured light. Her right arm is raised as if drawing the smoke upward, while her left arm is bent, with her hand pressed to her thigh. She has sucked in her abdomen, emphasizing her ribs. Her chin is raised, and her eyes are closed, with a serene expression. The image evokes ritual and witchery.
October 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
horror homes.

Toronto. April 6th, 2025.
Traitors to ourselves, we cling to the familiarity of the horror, but we are no less horrified.

model: @alexiafx.bsky.social

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #torontophotographer #purple #witchy #nsfw
A photo of art model Alexia Flux by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with shoulder-length dark hair and blunt bangs framing her face. She is posing against a smooth gradient background of indigo. She is cast in vibrant orange, magenta, and blue light. Her hands are clasping her opposite shoulders, arms crossing her chest. Her back is tensed, stretching her torso back. Her gaze is cast to the right of frame, while her mouth is open in a silent scream. Her expression suggests a nearby horror, out of frame. The image is meant to evoke the ravages of living in fear upon the body.
October 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
need exhaustion.

Toronto. April 4th, 2025.
We are ever tired of the ritual, but there is always one more weighty gesture, heavier than fatigue.

model: instagram.com/flos.lunae.m...

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #nsfw #torontophotographer #purple #witchy
A photo of art model Flos Lunae by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with long, light brown hair, caught in motion, as it blows around her face. She is posing against a smooth gradient background of blue-green. Her skin is cast in vibrant orange, magenta, and blue light. Her hands are held tentatively and plaintively in front of her chest. Her lips are parted somewhat, and her piercing blue eyes are fixed to the left of frame in a soft, pleading expression. The mood image suggests an invitation made in a state of exhaustion, perhaps a soft plea for relief that the subject knows she will not get.
October 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
hatebunny.bsky.social
comes anyway.

Toronto. March 17th, 2025.
One can only resist the inevitable for as long as it is prepared to allow.

model: @carlylundy.bsky.social

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #fineartnude #artisticnude #nsfw #torontophotographer #purple
A photo of art model Carly Lundy by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with dark, wet hair that she is pulling back behind her head with both arms. Her right arm is bent forward, gripping the hair on the top of her head while her left hand rests on the back of her head. She is posed against a deep blue background. Her body is oriented toward the left of frame, as she bends forward slightly, flexing her abdomen. Her skin is oiled and cast in vivid magenta and cyan light, creating bright highlights. Her eyes are downcast and her lips are slightly parted, with an expression of melancholy and discomfort. The image suggests a struggle with an inevitable pain for which the model feels unprepared.
October 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
Astrid Kallsen | 2023-08-03
Now available on my patreon is a mildly spooky 30+ photoset of the talented Astrid Kallsen. It’s on the “Big Photo Tier” or available for direct purchase.

post: tinyurl.com/4arddp6b
model: @astridkallsen.bsky.social

#patreon #nsfw #photography #artisticnude #artmodel
A photo of art model Astrid Kallsen by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a woman with dark red hair, posing against a purple background. She is wearing a sheer white dress, through which her nipples are visible. She has draped the back of the dress over her head like a veil. Her gaze is directly into the camera, with a cold expression. Her hands are held over her chest, and her right index finger is stretched toward her collarbone. Her skin is cast in magenta and blue light. The mood of the image is ominous, as if the model is the vengeful ghost of a drowned bride. A photo of art model Astrid Kallsen by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a woman with dark red hair that is wet and clinging to her face and neck. She is posing against a purple background. She is wearing a sheer white dress, through which her nipples are visible. She has let the dress fall open, exposing her shoulders and clavicle. Her left arm is dropped to her side, while her right crosses her torso, with fingers gripping her left elbow. She is hunched forward somewhat, but her head is tilted back with closed eyes and parted lips. Her skin is cast in magenta and blue light. The mood of the image is ominous, as if the model is the vengeful ghost of a drowned bride.
October 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
our requirement.

Toronto. February 20th, 2025.
It is a duty so great that we cannot but plead to be unburdened, but the demand was ours.

model: instagram.com/darias.dream...

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #nsfw #torontophotographer #purple #redhead
A photo of art model Daria Sells by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with long and wavy red hair. Her hair is caught in motion, blown by a heavy wind. She is posed against a smooth gradient background of turquoise. Her skin is cast in shades of magenta, cyan, and blue, casting shadows and highlights. Her hands are resting on her thighs, with her left arm straight, and her right arm bent outward somewhat. Her gaze is turned to the left of frame, with an expression of distress, anguish, or pleading. Her skin is covered in goosebumps. The mood of the image suggests that the model is facing an expectation, the fulfillment of which will cause her great suffering, and she is pleading, despite knowing she must comply.
October 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
hatebunny.bsky.social
singularity of suffering.

Toronto. January 28th, 2025.
We discover how little we differ when we suffer together.

model: @jaybanmodel.bsky.social

#photography #artisticnude #artmodel #nudemodel #nsfw #fineartnude #torontophotographer #purple #witchyvibes
A photo of art model Jay Ban by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with long dark hair that is damp and stringy. She is posed against a smooth gradient background of dark to light blue. Her skin is cast in shades of orange, purple, and cyan. Her damp hair is tumbling down her back and to the side of her face, with strands obscuring her left eye. Her body is turned somewhat to the left of frame, but her gaze is directed into the camera. She is hunched forward somewhat, with her left arm drooping and her hand resting on her thigh. Her right arm is bent at her waist, across her torso, with her index finger and thumb resting on her left forearm. The veins in both hands are prominent. Her expression is somewhat curious, and perhaps numbed, with piercing blue eyes and barely parted lips. The image suggests a certain comfort in discomfort, and the implication that this is or will be a shared experience.
October 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
dreams of flight.

Toronto. January 27th, 2025.
We are in such a sleep as to dream that we are not buffeted by these storms. No, of course we are flying.

model: @siennahayes.bsky.social

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #nsfw #torontophotographer #purple
A photo of art model Sienna Hayes by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with dark, wavy, shoulder-length hair that is blowing around her face in a heavy wind. She is posed against a smooth gradient background of blue. Her skin is cast in a combination of magenta, orange, and blue light. The light casts dramatic shadows and highlights across her muscular torso. Both of her arms are raised over her head, framing her face. Her left arm is extended fully over her head, while her right arm is bent upward at a right angle from her shoulder. Her head is tilted to the side with eyes closed and a serene expression, as if she is dancing slowly, channeling a subdued energy, or perhaps entranced. Her right hip is thrust up, forming curves and angles. The mood of the image is of calm in a storm, allowing its violence to pass over without effect.
October 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
realistic performance.

Toronto. December 14th, 2024.
Performing our suffering makes it known, if not for applause, then for action.

model: instagram.com/christiana_o...

#photography #artisticnude #artmodel #nudemodel #fineartnude #nsfw #torontophotographer #witchy
A photo of art model Christiana Ouellette by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with long, wavy red hair. She is posed against a smooth gradient background of bluegreen to blue. Her skin is cast in a combination of magenta, orange, and blue light. Her head is thrown back as if anguish or a cry of pain, with her hands held next to either side of her face. Her right arm is bent upwards, while her left is bent at her chest. Her long red hair hangs down on the right. She is wearing a blue-green tulle tutu with a thick waistband. The image is dramatic, and it gives the sense of someone in pain or performing pain, perhaps inside her head.
September 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
winds cease.

Toronto. December 13th, 2024.
If we cannot force the winds of change to blow another way, we may seek to stop the wind entirely.

model: @katlynlacoste.bsky.social

#photography #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #nsfw #torontophotographer #purple #witchy
A photo of art model Katlyn Lacoste by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with dark, messy shoulder-length hair. She is posed against a smooth gradient background of indigo to blue. Her skin is cast in a combination of magenta, orange, and blue light. She is hunched forward, with her body angled slightly to the left of frame. Both if her arms are dangling in front of her limply. Her tangled hair hangs down to the left of her face. Her eyes are closed and her lips are parted. Her expression suggests exhaustion and numbness, as if seeking calm in the midst of a maelstrom.
September 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
unsafe havens.

Toronto. December 7th, 2024.
It is an isolation of our own making, and in the relative safety of that solitude, we discover that we are far from safe.

model: @alybeany.bsky.social

#photography #purple #artmodel #nudemodel #artisticnude #fineartnude #nsfw #torontophotographer
A photo of art model Alybeany by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude black woman with dark, curly hair past her shoulders. She is posed against a smooth gradient background of blue to magenta. Her skin is cast in a combination of magenta, cyan, and blue light. She is sitting on the floor, with her legs bent underneath her, and her hands pressed against the floor between her thighs. Her gaze is directed to the right of frame, with an expression of melancholy or quiet derision. She has a tattoo of text scrawled along the left side of her ribcage. The mood and pose suggest a quiet irritation at being alone, and waiting.
September 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
Share your favourite black and white movie.

Pygmalion (1938).
A gif from Pygmalion (1938), starring Wendy Hiller and Leslie Howard. It’s a scene toward the end, where Prof. Higgins leaps from his chair, crossing in front of Eliza Dolittle to say, “I can do without anybody!”
September 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
hatebunny.bsky.social
eradicating touch.

Toronto. November 7th, 2024.
These latter years aching for touch: each life spent dedicated to the eradication of care, and of need.

model: @nudistry.bsky.social

#photography #purple #artisticnude #artmodel #nudemodel #torontophotographer #fineartnude #nsfw #witchyvibes
A photo of art model Nudistry by photographer Rab Townsend. The model is a nude woman with long, dark hair. She is posed against a smooth gradient background of turquoise. Her skin is cast in a combination of vivid orange, cyan, blue, and magenta light. Her arms are posed tentatively at her sides, with raised shoulders. Her head is tilted back somewhat, with an expression of sudden sensation like a shudder. Her eyes are closed, and her lips are parted. Her hair is caught in motion, as if there is a slight breeze. Her chest is peppered with freckles. The pose and mood suggest a moment of rapture or before a transformation, and a bodily sensation.
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM