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Blake Little: is a well-known commercial photographer and a friend. His portraits of the rich, powerful and the beautiful are often featured in most upscale urban magazines
and ads.

Blake has published his first photo book "Dichotomy" (State of Man Publishing/Colt Studio.), and in it he manages to achieve what other male nude books only aspired to; the architecture of being —the shadows men cast, and the space they occupy are depicted through Blake’s vision.

His observation of masculinity, sexual tension, and male bonding, are displayed for individual projection into his creative vision of manhood. He is exploring mythologies of manhood through his camera. The images are timeless.

Blake is exploring limits, boundaries. The power he brings into his images is only limited by the viewer internal vocabulary. This is not a simple book. This is a book that gets more complex the more you involve yourself into its myths.



	Blake in Hollywood sometime in the early 1980's. Blake in Chicago 2003.

	Dichotomy: The photography of Blake Little
	Blake Little: is a well-known commercial photographer and a friend. His portraits of the rich, powerful and the beautiful are often featured in most upscale urban magazines and ads. Blake has published his first photo book "Dichotomy" (State of Man Publishing/Colt Studio.), and in it he manages to achieve what other male nude books only aspired to; the architecture of being —the shadows men cast, and the space they occupy are depicted through Blake’s vision. His observation of masculinity, sexual tension, and male bonding, are displayed for individual projection into his creative vision of manhood. He is exploring mythologies of manhood through his camera. The images are timeless. Blake is exploring limits, boundaries. The power he brings into his images is only limited by the viewer internal vocabulary. This is not a simple book. This is a book that gets more complex the more you involve yourself into its myths.				One image in particular stands out in my mind: It is a photo of two muscular men within hoops. One man is black the other is white. They are not passive, nor are they in conflict. They seem secretive, one appears to be whispering into the others ear. For me this image is filled with questions. Is this a racial statement? Is this about entrapment, relationships, sexual, male bonding, or defining boundaries? It is a powerful image, but tender. The photo begs to be considered, to be thought about. Another complex image is of a muscular pair of legs cropped at the groin. As you survey the shot you soon discover that the powerful thighs are resting precisely on as small rubber ball. Why the ball? Is it a metaphor for the delicate balancing act men must rest upon? The sexuality of balance? Men needing to stay on top? The photos ask many questions. In these images Blake discovers his own vision of masculinity and the mysteries that comprise art and man. © 2003 a j epstein

Dichotomy: The photography of Blake Little