Artistic nude in an abandoned place/urbex (June 2025)
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A day in an abandoned place, we work with natural light and Cat Datura – an beautiful muse who comes from France.
This photographer then asked me to pose for him in a botanical garden: it was my first experience of posing, I was transported. Creating by just being myself, showing my emotions through my body, without words or artifice: that was innovative for the science student that I am!
Now I am 45 years young and really comfortable with body expression. Years of dancing have allowed me to find my artistic path. I like to create nude art as it is the raw expression of the body, using only light to dress we can reveal the soul of a person.
To see some uncensored images created by Cat with different photographers click this link.
You can also follow Cat on Instagram.
After some experiments mostly in studio, in 2019 I started producing nude images in a forest. Since then I produce mainly nude art.
In 2020 I realized that in order to be called a “photograph”, an image must be printed. So I started working on a project, nudeartzine, and produced more than 30 publications – each of them is a small monograph, dedicated to a single artist. Thanks to this project I was able to understand things that, alone, I would never have understood.
After the positive comments I received from the first “in the woods” workshop with Kim, I understood that I can truly offer ideas and inspiration to other people, regardless of whether they already produce nude art or not.
Available spots: 3.
Locations: an abandoned place that we cannot publicly disclose.
Dates: Saturday 14 June 2025.
I think it is more interesting for everyone to work in groups as small as possible to allow you to work together with the muse in a more relaxed way than the usual workshops (at least the ones I attended) or a simple “model sharing” (which I hate).
We’ll spend the whole day together and finish our workshop not before than 17:00.
We’ll do some theory first, maximum one hour, and then move on to practice in turns.
During the practical phase, while one of you works with the muse, the other(s) can delve into the topics they prefers with me asking whatever they want to know.
I have always worked for the quality and satisfaction of my clients (even when I was working in the software industry) and therefore I am convinced that the workshop will bring you many ideas and inspiration for your future work, as well as a beautiful series of images.
I’ll explain how I use natural light, what gear I’ve used to date, and how to plan sessions in the woods. We can also talk about many topics always related to my approach to the world of photography, in this regard I would like to know if there is something in particular that you would like to talk more about.
Here are some topics:
Communication with Cat can be in English and French: I can act as a translator if you need but if you speak English or French it would be optimal.
A 50% deposit is required to assure your participation, the balance must be paid not later than June 9th, 2025 by bank transfer – For any information please get in touch.
The price includes:
A full refund is foreseen only and exclusively in these cases:
Important: we CANNOT REFUND in any other case!
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The cover photo is © Punctum Photographie
About Cat Datura
Everything started in 2001, on the train of a small regional line in the west of France: “Miss, I have come to ask your permission to have already taken a photo of you” – That’s how it all began.This photographer then asked me to pose for him in a botanical garden: it was my first experience of posing, I was transported. Creating by just being myself, showing my emotions through my body, without words or artifice: that was innovative for the science student that I am!
Now I am 45 years young and really comfortable with body expression. Years of dancing have allowed me to find my artistic path. I like to create nude art as it is the raw expression of the body, using only light to dress we can reveal the soul of a person.
To see some uncensored images created by Cat with different photographers click this link.
You can also follow Cat on Instagram.
About me
I entered the world of photography in 2017, after seeing an exhibition by Francesca Salice. I am self taught. I started with the nude using silicone dolls as big as Barbie trying to reproduce them as if they were human beings – very often those who see the images believe they are real people.After some experiments mostly in studio, in 2019 I started producing nude images in a forest. Since then I produce mainly nude art.
In 2020 I realized that in order to be called a “photograph”, an image must be printed. So I started working on a project, nudeartzine, and produced more than 30 publications – each of them is a small monograph, dedicated to a single artist. Thanks to this project I was able to understand things that, alone, I would never have understood.
After the positive comments I received from the first “in the woods” workshop with Kim, I understood that I can truly offer ideas and inspiration to other people, regardless of whether they already produce nude art or not.
About the workshop
Maximum: 6 participants.Available spots: 3.
Locations: an abandoned place that we cannot publicly disclose.
Dates: Saturday 14 June 2025.
I think it is more interesting for everyone to work in groups as small as possible to allow you to work together with the muse in a more relaxed way than the usual workshops (at least the ones I attended) or a simple “model sharing” (which I hate).
Agenda
We will meet close the urbex location around 9:00, get a coffee and then start immediately.We’ll spend the whole day together and finish our workshop not before than 17:00.
We’ll do some theory first, maximum one hour, and then move on to practice in turns.
During the practical phase, while one of you works with the muse, the other(s) can delve into the topics they prefers with me asking whatever they want to know.
I have always worked for the quality and satisfaction of my clients (even when I was working in the software industry) and therefore I am convinced that the workshop will bring you many ideas and inspiration for your future work, as well as a beautiful series of images.
I’ll explain how I use natural light, what gear I’ve used to date, and how to plan sessions in the woods. We can also talk about many topics always related to my approach to the world of photography, in this regard I would like to know if there is something in particular that you would like to talk more about.
Here are some topics:
- My why: what prompted me to create artistic nude images and how it changed my life
- Picture selection: perhaps the hardest part
- Post–production: which tools to use and how to train
- Print: a photo isn’t a photo until you print it
- Social and sharing sites: my point of view
- Platforms to find models: which ones work and which ones don’t
- How to find new muses
- Professional ethics before, during and after the session
Communication with Cat can be in English and French: I can act as a translator if you need but if you speak English or French it would be optimal.
Costs
The price of the workshop is 100 Euro per person.A 50% deposit is required to assure your participation, the balance must be paid not later than June 9th, 2025 by bank transfer – For any information please get in touch.
The price includes:
- A day with Cat and myself in a wood on Lake Como and/or a day with Cat and myself in an abandoned place
- A video call lasting up to 60 minutes some time after the workshop – in any case by the end of January 2026 – for any questions and/or clarifications
A full refund is foreseen only and exclusively in these cases:
- Cat – for reasons beyond her control – is unable to travel, refund 100%
- Me – for reasons beyond my control – am unable to give the workshop, refund 100%
- Location – the location is not accessible anymore, refund 90%
Important: we CANNOT REFUND in any other case!
Back to the Workshops page
The cover photo is © Punctum Photographie
