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Photographer Covers Models In Honey. The Result Is Pure Awesomeness

It always amazes me how photographers and artists come up with such bizarre and incredible ideas. Where do they get their inspiration? Take this exhibition for example, the premise: cover models in honey and photograph them.

Photographer Blake Little decided to cover his portrait models in gallons of sticky-sweet honey. Representing a diverse range of ages, ethnicity and body types, the result is similar to fossils being preserved in amber.

He wanted them to look frozen in place to evoke sensuality and drama, with their positions and limbs exaggerated by the molten material hanging from them. Continue reading for a video, more pictures and additional information.


Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness



Instead he covers them head-to-toe in a think layer of honey.



Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness


The amber substance makes them look almost statue like.


Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness


Little uses a variety of models.



Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness



… and turns their bodies into a dripping works of art.



Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness



To complete the photoshoot.



Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness



…Little used 900, 5-lb jugs of honey.



Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness



The honey diffuses the individual characteristics of each model.



Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness


…making the models almost unrecognisable.



Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness



Little chose to name the series Preservation…



…it’s not hard to see why…



Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness



The honey covers the models in a think layer of amber that makes them look like they’ve been fossilised.



Photographer Covers Models In Honey The Result Is Pure Awesomeness




Check out the video for a closer look at Little’s project…

Picture Credits: Black Little

If you’re reading this in California then you’re in luck… the series is the subject of a solo show at Kopeikin Gallery in Culver City, March 7th to April 18th 2015. Go check it out.