Food Omission Therapy 101

My eyes are a diet. I’m closing them….................. now

Dieting never looked so good

Hey Paul, where`d you get the cheesecake? Gotta go for 2 days, but I`ll be back for this one…

L8R,BB

Interesting work….love the costume…...and burgers!

Great work Paul! Love the tones and treatment..Hmm.. Definitely very interesting way to diet!

STUNNING work Paul!

She looks good enough to eat…......Oh, but I am not allowed to….......damn. Gorgeous model, stunning art.

Very nice.

Great Treatment!

great concept design Paul… nicely staged shot!

This is a cool image Paul. I don’t know precisely why, I think it’s the colors and the pose, but this reminds me of the work of my great idol, the Czech photographer Jan Saudek. Coming from me that’s about the biggest compliment I can give. ;)

Fantastic work and concept. Great light and colors.

how cool is this – thanks for the information and thanks for the image.

This is a beauty. Love the concept and execution!

mmmmmm…cheesecake!

Excellent.

Awesome shot mate!!

Gorgeous! Very interesting story, and great shot!

Very interesting Paul. A lot details and the woman very characteristic. Looks piquant. :)

Hmmm, Now I’m wondering if this actually works!!! hehehe!!
Where’s my cargo rope?
Wouldn’t be easier if I just tie up the fridge and pantry?? ;p!!
Well done mate, love your styling and unique finishing!

Excellent image Paul….......as usual the treatment and style is unique but the message her is very important, I hope people see and heed your warning.

omg…HOT!!!!!!!

Only issue I have is that the model in question is a very beautiful healthy weight and not in need of losing any…...of course if she is put to the runway waif boyish test, perhaps she’d not hold up, but put against the average woman, she’d be most women’s dream…
So I’m not convinced at all….

mmmm burgers, great shot as always Paul :P

great image treatment and message, im now craving kfc of all things!
oh yeah more hanging space g26 is speading across syd as mini xhibtns! chat soon

great image paul as always, very good take on a very serious subject, great model too

dayam that’s hot! awesome work paul!

I am naturally skinny’ and sometimes I get tired of people saying ‘you should eat more’....I was a model back in the 80s and am still the same weight…I love food and always eat healthily but am destined for better or worse to be ‘skinny’. I don’t agree with fad diets or trying to be a size that is unhealthy….by the way Paul it’s a great photo!

I think this is such an important statement and I am so happy you pull the attention towards this subject. I know from close experiences that these ridiculous ideas about how women should look do so much mental damage to a lot of women all over the world. It can ruin their life. It are hurtful ideas, based on a very one-sided and biased image of female shapes. The sad thing is it are not only the advertising and fashion world that keep this alive, even mothers torture their daughters with the idea of being too fat. You depicted the madness of this theme so strong and effective. And your picture also shows there is an element of violence and repression in these ideas. Initiatives like yours are so important. In this context I also feel so much respect for the “Dove campaign for Real Beauty”.

Wow great shot, styling is Amazing!!!!!

Awesome work guys !! Not she needs to diet though, An amazing story and just curious how long did he leave them gagged? looks like you all had alot of fun credits to jo for styling!!! very well done all of you!!! Who had the fun of doodling on the blackboard? anyways overall FANTASTIC Though this piece would not be without PVZ ;)

I’d like to see this in every womens magazine around the world… We are meant to eat… we are meant to have fat stores on our bodies for child bearing and feeding…and to be a lovely soft cushion to hold our loved ones close to our breast. French women have the right idea… eat what you want… dance…drink wine.. and be pampered.. no guilt no remorse.. sounds like heaven : ) A very powerful message Paul! and an awesome photograph! Wendy

great work Paul!!!! was FOT for real or are an excellent fabrication to deliver a point?
this would work very well alongside my piece Celebrity Spoon, in fact would be great
as a theme on the homepage ,,,,,,,, I Love what everyone says here, but also we forget
that diversity in body shape and size exists because we have a huge diversity in our own preferences of what is attractive :)

On the statement: Vent away Paul – you’re so right!
On the image: Excellent – very eye-catching. I like the constancy of your images. One can see straight away it’s yours by the style.

fantastic image

Oh, this looks really cool Paul! Well done!

oh my…you are so good at this
lost for words by now

fantastic image and message

beautiful capture

Great image…as always with your work. I love the anatomy drawings behind the model. Unfortunately, I’d probably just gnaw through the gag…. seriously though, I do agree with your message. Diet books/articles and most of those self help/ self diagnose psychosis ones as well, ought to all be banned. All are the same recycled mumbo-jumbo. I heard an author on the TV news yesterday morning that compared people’s deep seated phobias and insecurities to large beachballs but did she offer any way to deflate them?....of course not. Just the same old, same old. So, after that lengthy comment…sorry….I just wanted to say that I applaud you for bringing this all to the forefront with this amazing image. Great work!

Fantastic image Paul, really thought provoking. Agree totally with your message. It’s so much worse for women today than it was back in the 60s and 70s where there was no digital manipulation in the glossies. There’s always that image to live up to these days, even for the guys.

great image and treatment as everyone said..but I fail to see the humour as is in Humour captured group..or was this added by default?
I do look forward to some humorous images but they seem thin on the ground.
Anyway great image.

Very cool Paul !

Great work Paul. Nice concept, and Image

Diet shmiet…pass another bagel with lox please.

Great concept Paul …love the composition the colour … in other words…it’s sensational

Cheers,
Rock

What a team! Amazing work!:)

Looking at this model I would say the diet worked! This is a fascinating work. Excellent photography and message.

The image with the story are perfect.:)

hey paul – love the image – the colours – the style and most importantly the crucial message that women are most beautiful at their natural best!
...yes Doctor DOESN’T always know best!!!

Without the mythology behind the image, I initially thought it was a commentary on the trappings of our fast-food culture. Fantastic image/message either way. I keep coming back for just one more look.

G R E A T!

This is a very serious issue all over the world and I am especially grateful to see a man posting the message. Thank you and the image is awesome!

This is a very serious issue all over the world and I am especially grateful to see a man posting the message. Thank you and the image is awesome!

fantastic!one of my faves of yours. got a really good narrative which comes across so well. lighting is perfect and allround styling and composition is ace. awesome shot mate!!

I agree with Jo on this one! Great job!

great concept…well executed ..makes me think…great pic…what more can you ask ?!

another thinly veiled excuse to objectifying women and indulge some sicko sad sadist fantasy. it might give some of the old geezers here a hard on, it simply repulses me.

What I like about this is that rather than just taking a stunning looking women and making her look all sexy and vulnerable. You’ve taken a stunning looking woman, placed her in the context of a rather serious and sombre health issue and used the ‘sexy vulnerable’ part to make people pay attention. Sure, first we go “look boobs!” but that is just the first step. You are quick to take our hand and walk us into the deeper meaning. A perfect example of sex sells but for once it’s selling us a wake up call, a health alert, a finger to our pulse. I’m sold.

Love these pin up girl shots, fantastic again paul.

Love the blance here the green and the right amount of red work well . she is ready to give it all

Spectacular! What a twisted pinup!

I tried to comment on this earlier, but my words were gobbled up and alas, disappeared! Anyway, this is brilliant, Paul. I love how you’ve captured Sarah’s pained expression. The backdrop works perfectly – love the sketchy drawings of the human anatomy. The styling is great, and gives the piece a sexy feel. It’s fantastic that you’re sending out the right positive messages here regarding body image… it’s such a battle these days, so it’s refreshing to see this sort of exposure.

Now that’s what a REAL sexy woman looks like. Great image – works on so many levels…. Congrats!

Excellent in every aspect!

Paul – this rocks ! The colours and tones are so complimentary and subtle. You have such creative ability not only to pull this off but conceptualize it as well. Incredible.

this is great, i like how interesting your photos are, well done

excellent tones veru retro

Wow, There are you again ! Very strong image. Beautiful and funny and with a great message. Love the pose, costume and colors.
Anna

I used to be anorexic not eating for days on end and taking handfuls of laxatives after just eating an apple and being in serious agony with cramps and diarrhea so i know the dangers of eating disorders, all done in the name of beauty and acceptance. Yep you have my vote!

wow….beautiful composition…..lovely photo

Super once again Paul! M:>

This is outstanding Paul! Raw, sexy and beautiful!

Beautifully done!

This must rank as one of your best, the way the subtle tones and colours compliment and contrast with one another is sublime. The lighting is flawless and her pose and expression strike a fine balance considering the subject matter and the issues that this seeks to address…....Nice one Paul!

Wow Paul, what a fabulous way to show us all how stupid fad diets can be!!! Sara Lea is certainly the perfect model for proving how beautiful curves are in a woman!!!

FAT CHICKS RULE

Serendipity Paul. People will glance at this image and see a beautiful curvaceous woman and like what they see… then they will read your words and discover something else entirely wonderful. This is respect for the female form on every level that is important. F.O.T? Bullshit… I prefer F.Y.M.

Free Your Mind…....... and your arse will follow ;)

it could be a cavepainting of thousands years old..

clearly Dr Willheim Vän Flugelhorn of the Flugelhorn Universität Berlin was onto a good thing.

I know what I must buy next as a photography accessory: A black shag pile. And a white one. That’s how you get the best-looking models, right Paul? Hmmm, maybe a red one too…

This should be an advertisment for anorexia nervosa, peoples body images these days is out of control! I did a workshop with the great hollywood photograper Douglas Kirkland a couple of years ago, when he was questioned about the whole body image issue he said something along the lines of “it is us as photographers that are mainly causing the body issues that people have these days, we erase, slim and creat perfection, we photographers cannot blame the designers, i would never hire and assistant who wasnot a genuis with photoshop!” I actually thought about whats he said and i didnt agree with him, but hes such a legend i didnt want to say anything….the really ironic thing is hes most famous for shooting Marilyn Monroe!!!

I’ll start to-morrow!

Fantastic, Paul!

Just gorgeous what an amazing lighting effect to this one.
Beautifully done once again.

Absolutely brilliant work Paul!!!! You have a wonderful style!!

a) insane image
b) nice descrption of why.

brilliant…love the added touch of the fast food waitress…very subtle…

What amazing work you do Paul. The thought that has been put into this image just totally floors me, you have produced such a thought-provoking image here.

She’s incredibly hot! :) Damn!

Nice concept. Great image.

More importantly, great message.

Love the intention here!!! Great statement being made, LOVE IT!

Built from the concept into a Fantastic final image. A beautiful model, great pose and accompanying message.

awesome!!!!!

Fascinating story Paul, and the image, styling …. pure perfection;)

This is unique, even for modern pin up. Must get to Australia

yikes! ......delightful!

another great narrative pic…you’re not bad at this are you..?!!!!

this is great, beautiful composition and love the concept- so many girls obsessed wih their weight, my sisters bolemic it drives me crazy!

Whoo… really isnt
any different…from what the media is spilling out every second….but now one is self indulging in this use of method…so there was something to be said about this..and influence to start one of many really…. great story wonderful shot..THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH A LITTLE CURVE…for sure….cheers… Naturegirl…

An amazing image. powerful.

Fantastic!!!

Very importantly said! Great work and seductively staged

yikes sounds like the doc was and went nutz. the image is great though you can see the uncertainity in her eyes about this.

I like this shot.

mmmm, pass me the chocolate!
love this- a great design to it!

brilliant work .. stunning collaboration by everyone involved!!

love the image derived from the initial story.

great photo

great interpretation!

yay for burgers :)

F*ing terrible. I’m constantly outraged by the exploitation-for-profit (or even exploitation not for profit in fact) that tells people (men as well as women in my view) that they’re not good enough, makes them insecure and urges them to look like a fake “ideal” that will never exist. You can’t airbrush a person walking down the street, and if you could (some idiot is probably working on it) you wouldn’t want to.

Give me real people any day.

Cheers,
Erland.

Fantastic image Paul, beautifully developed and composed, your Cheesecake is a real honey.
Cheers,
Rock

Great shot. Gives me food for thhought

She looks absolutely adorable to me! Truly, a GREAT photo…meaning, totally UNFORGETTABLE! ;-)

Superb image

Oh my…... where do you come up with this stuff? hehehe – this is fantastic.

oh boy

i`m starving!

at first site i thought it was an indian tied in the woods. I said to my self hmmmm that looks good , When i enlarged it i said …... “nice work, but where’s the killer?” Lol i like this one very much.

great illustrated story

I like this very much, very provocative, (glad to see I’m not
the only one with themed art such as this). Love the bright
colors in contrast with what some consider a rather dark
past time. ;) Excellent use of medium.

Great work!

Maybe I’ll start eating dessert again….............wonderful image, sexy as hell. Where didja get that saucy outfit? I need to borrow it!

Oh, the drawn human body backdrop is a great touch! Very Elephant Man….......

Rare is the man who appreciates women as is, without being caught up in bullshit from media. God Bless you, Paul, for your vision.

I usually shy away from such type of photography because sex doesn’t really sell with me. While this could have propably also been said without this photograph? To me also demonstrates the fantasies and desires that hides behind such extreme mesures to look good and desirable. As for me, I used to suffer anorexia because I didn’t want to get fat. But I have rejected the chase of abusing myself. For what anyway?
I am what you would consider fat and I wouldn’t say happy with it. No one in the right mind likes being fat. But what ever we do to our body? It will pay us back in later years. It pays to be sensible and to be modest and look after our bodies and treat it with respect because no one else will. There is so much in that work that stands out wich represent all the worldly fleshly cravings and desire that people are hunting for and yet we all grow old and everything vanishes, except the image that you have created and imortalised :-))
Thank you Paul for giving me so much stimulating though provokind morning.
Syl

Holy!
What an amazing capture.
Great concept. PERFECT execution.
This frame is nothing short of a mind bender.
Sexy, provocative.
Never stop sharing your talent with the world, sir.

W I L D like the history behind the shot! Thanks for sharing!

I really really REALLY like this! and its idea. Very good!

WAY COOL….NOT TO MENTION ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULEMIA CAUSED BY MODERN DAY MAGAZINES….TRYING TO BRAINWASH WOMEN INTO THINKING THEY HAVE TO BE BONES TO BE ACCEPTABLE…ENOUGH ALREADY…I AGREE…AND GOOD FOR YOU….LOVE THIS!!!!

tru dat! brilliant shot(s). love your stuff.

Brilliant!

I didn’t even read the reasoning beside the work, it was too commanding to admire her image instead! Some would say, whatever the reason, and you could use the image to get people to agree upon something like a charity…

This is awesome !

wow! It’s fantastic that you’re sending out positive messages now regarding body image…lov it!

i still love this one…

I just saw the thumbnail of this image and KNEW it had to be yours. My God, what a wonderful message. Women all over the globe will be praying at your altar, myself included, for blasting the skinny bitch routine. The artwork, well, what can I say except, ‘Damn! Wish I was that thin!!” Gorgeous woman and fabulous post….

I dont blaim you. Go for it.

brilliant photo and a very important message.

for some reason, all of a sudden…. I have a hankerin’ for a hamburger.

the text in your tags sums it up for me…... retro sexy therapy!

Brilliant concept and image, Paul.

This wouldn’t work for me, I’d eat my way through the gag!
Methinks Flugelhorn had issues with women’s appearance more than they did themselves and although it might sound extreme to us now there are probably just as many dangerous and unhealthy fads these days. Good work Paul and a message that still needs giving.

Don’t know whether to laugh or cry with this one Paul. It’s wonderful work alright, and what a crazy Doc he was…I wonder if he had any male patients? It’s funny to think that old medical texts classically referred to patients in the feminine gender, and now that we’re getting more women enrolling to be doctors than men, one wonders how that might impact on clinical approaches..you got me thinkin’ with this amazing shot Paul.

maybe the apron should’ve read ‘hot dogs’ instead of ‘burgers’? evil laugh i like this one though. it’s quite raunchy.