Woolsrake Photography: Men, Naturally....
mature men, hairy muscle, blue-collar physiques

As a professional male nude and portrait photographer and artist, based in New York City since 1989, I have enjoyed capturing the male form in photography and painting for my entire life.

While my interests have focused my personal work on hairy chested athletes, mature workmen and "bearish" men, the models with whom I have worked throughout my career have varied widely.

The influences on my work range from the corn-fed laborers around me as I grew up in the Midwest, to the fury celebrities of my youth, to the glistening hulks in Bernini's fountains in Rome.

Many models come to me seeking portrait, nude and fantasy photographs for their personal and professional use. I pride myself in not only the quality of my work but also the rapport I have with my models. A great number of my models have never been photographed nude before and enjoy the first-time experience as much as do the professionals with whom I have worked.

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INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/woolsrake/
TUMBLR: tumblr.com/blog/woolsrake
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/woolsrake
MORE AT local-artists.org/users/jay-woolsrake
E-MAIL [email protected]

PUBLICATIONS

Books

2010 - Hair: Hairy Men in Gay Art, Bruno Gmunder (photos and intro essay)
2005 - Self-Exposure: The Male Nude Self-Portrait, Rizzoli/Universe (photos)

Calendars

2007 Bear Men Calendar, Village Lighthouse Press (12-month solo calendar)
2006 Bear Men Calendar, Village Lighthouse Press (12-month solo calendar)

Magazines

2003 - American Grizzly Magazine, Issue #26
2003 - American Bear Magazine, Issue #53
2003 - American Bear Magazine, Issue #55
2003 - American Bear Magazine, Issue #56
2003 - American Bear Magazine, Issue #57
2004 - American Bear Magazine, Issue #58
2004 - American Bear Magazine, Issue #59

EXHIBITIONS

2006 - Museum of Sex, New York, NY (Group)
2005 - Clamp Art, New York, NY (Group)
2004 - Uzi NY Gallery, New York, NY (Solo)
2004 - Bear Café, New York, NY (Solo)
2001 - Leslie-Lohman, Annual Group Photo Show, New York, NY (Group)
1999 - BigKugels Photographic, Brooklyn, NY (Solo)
1994 - Organization of Independent Artists' Salon, New York, NY (Group)
1993 - Sauce Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Group)
1993 - Tribeca Lab, New York, NY (Group)
1992 - Rosenburg Gallery, New York, NY (Group)
1992 - Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY (Group)
1991 - Rosenburg Gallery, New York, NY (Group)
1991 - Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY (Group)

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SEEKING MODELS & SPACE IN PROVIDENCE RI
Recently relocated and currently looking for male models, photography space, group life-drawing sessions, and general colleagues and friends in the field. Please feel free to shoot me an email at [email protected]

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