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Fine Art Publishing
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Poetry by A. H. Scott
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COULD IT BE HIS KISS?
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Could it be his kiss?
Well, it sure as Hell ain’t bliss
In his squint there’s something amiss
Could it be what’s in his kiss?
Or, far worse than delusion is what we dread
Tiny hands are nothing compared to the voices inside his head
The world loves you, Donald!
No matter how vicious you are to the powerless poor
The world loves you, Donald!
With a glint in his eye, smiling budgeter Mick “The Meat Cleaver” Mulvaney slickly slices the throat
The world loves you, Donald!
Reality TV is nothin’ we’re gonna laugh at now
Omarosa is the real deal, standin’ by your side
Could it be his kiss?
Maybe like an anesthetic, his magical pucker holds followers to sway in euphoric ecstasy
Any way the wind blows, can be like the truth or lies
Blow, baby, blow!
Surprise! Surprise! Surpise!
It’s Kellyanne “The Fact Whisperer” Conway, getting ready for her expanding 15 on the fly
The world loves you, Donald!
Daily detractors have met their match in Sean “The Man Tryin’ To Keep A Straight Face” Spicer
The world loves you, Donald!
And, who could forget that man of callous cannon, Steve “The Bureaucratic Blaster” Bannon
If their minds can match, why can’t their lips?
Could it be his kiss?
Wake up, world!
That conning pie hole ain’t worth the risk
Selling wolf tickets like they’re going out of style
What’s in his kiss?
Something ever so vile
That kinda affection he’s bringin’ forth is a poisonous mile
Kiss off!
Ban this!
Piss off!
Ban that!
Grease up and pucker hard
The world loves you, Donald!
And, the world is your dance card
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Painting by Taqiy Muhammad, Copyright 2017
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About The Author: A.H. Scott is a poet based in New York City and frequent contributor to Tony Ward Studio. To read additional articles by A. H. Scott, go here: http://tonywardstudio.com/blog/h-scott-trustworthiness/
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Photography by Tony Ward, Copyright 2017
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To access additional portraits from this series of black & white close ups, go here: https://tonyward.com/early-work/close-ups-1990s/
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Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2017
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DIARY: MY FIRST SHOOT WITH ALICE
Like many of the people we meet on social media we sometimes wonder if we will ever get a chance to meet our newly discovered cyber friends. Alice and I became acquainted on Facebook in the fall of 2014. Our communications took place over a period of several months. I mentioned in one of the correspondences that I was planning a visit to Paris to meet with my dealer, Pascal Vanhoecke who was storing a portfolio of prints at his gallery in Cachan. Alice and I looked forward to meeting in person, and so we arranged a photo shoot at the Alba Opera Hotel in the heart of Paris, where she was working as a receptionist. Alice’s friendship with the hotel’s owner enabled her to book a quaint room for me to stay in overlooking the old cobblestoned street in front of the hotel where Louis Armstrong lived for a year early in his career.
In anticipation of my visit, the accomodating hotel owner sectioned off a part of the hotel’s ground floor for us to photograph in. The full series of pictures from Alice at the Alba Opera Hotel can be seen exclusively by membership . To become a Club, Box or Executive member of TWE, sign up here: http://tonywarderotica.com/category/membership-account/
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To access additional diary entries, go here: http://tonywarderotica.com/diary-devils-bridge/
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Photography: Tony Ward, Copyright 2017
Model: Summer Thompkins
Featuring: K. Vaughn Scarves
Makeup: Emily Dimant
Assistant: Anthony Colagreco
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Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2017
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A CHANCE MEETING WITH J. ALEXANDER
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I first met J Alexander at Elite Model Agency in Paris in the Spring of 1994 during one of my many visits to Paris during that time period. While I was waiting in the lobby of the agency to meet with a booker to arrange test shoots with models, J walked in wearing all black. He happened to be visiting the agency at the same time and we struck up a conversation while waiting for our appointments. I had a sampling of my work with me and he glanced over my shoulder to gaze and offered a few compliments about the pictures. I was already familiar with his work as a model trainer, as he was already appearing on various fashion related television programs in the states, so I recognized him right away.
We exchanged contact information and a few days later he invited me to his apartment in Les Halles where we had lunch to further discuss the fashion business and how we might collaborate in some way. J. mentioned that he would be in the states relatively soon, so we agreed to meet up again once he arrived state side. During one of his trips to New York, I invited him down to Philly to train a few models from one of the Philly agencies I was working with. It was the first time that I saw J. work with an aspiring cat walker and I was quite impressed with his grace and delicacy in handling fragile model egos.
While I was working on the production of the book of Tableaux Vivants, I asked J. to model in a scene to be staged at a friend’s apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The title of the picture is “Center of Attention”.
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To see more pictures from the book of Tableaux Vivants, go here: https://tonyward.com/early-work/tableaux-vivants-1993-2000/