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Monique and I collaborated out of sheer mutual respect and at the time we'd met and first worked together, I was shooting strictly art nudes while she did nothing but commercial and the occasional glamour. The idea at the time was to create something that was a mash between my style and I guess the editorial, which, at the time I had a longing to do anyway (and I tried a few times trust me but I suppose I'm not good at trying my hand at other artists' styles). Most importantly it meant she wouldn't be taking her clothes off... And as much as I felt disdain at the absurdity of that concept, I still felt like I should work with her anyway. I wasn't necessarily sure the reason why at the time but perhaps because she was receptive to some of my sometimes rather bonky ideas....

Sometimes I like to think i'm just that charming, but not this time around... The nude scene below was actually her idea (at least to finally do a nude scene). I'm not entirely sure what inspired her to do this, but I like to think I had something to do with it. After all she bore the title "The last clothed model Marc Gabay photographed". So perhaps she'd decided it was time to move it along...