He feels that by being naked in nature we can connect to the beauty of our deepest selves and allow ourselves to become open and free. Focusing primarily on nudes for his personal work, he feels clothing acts as a barrier to keep us tied to society and all that it represents. He is very drawn to shooting in nature, with the body becoming at one with the environment. He has always had an attraction to the classics in black-and-white photography and wishes to create images that celebrate the glory of the human physique, showing both its strength and its delicacy.
Steven Menendez is a fine art, portrait, and fashion photographer based in New York.
