Is there anything quite like youth? My initial inspiration for this shoot was Richard Kern’s book “Soft.” I first viewed it while I was attending classes at SCAD. I love the book because it was sucha departure from most of his work that I was familiar with.

The girls featured were soft, and intimate in a way that was simply beautiful. While “End of Summer” is really nowhere (stylistically speaking) near the pictures in that book I think there is a fascination with youthful beauty that is concurrent.

Eclipse made this shoot work on so many levels; from the playful nature to the sexy, to the youth. It’s one of my favorite sets that I have shot recently.

-Robert Henry