Clayton Bastiani: The Alternative Light Project | MONOVISIONS

MonoVisions Black & White Photo Contest 2025

These pictures form part of an ongoing project exploring nude photography whereby the model is lit with alternative light sources – torches and lighting easily found in hardware stores. Rather than establish how the lighting will be beforehand, the lights are often given to the model to hold and move themselves. Through a mix of direction and collaboration we establish little experiments and see where the results take the project. Many thanks to the following models: Tigerbelle, Lizzie Bayliss, Rachelle Summers, Mischkah and Lulu Lockhart.

Clayton Bastiani is a fine art photographer based on The Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Website: www.claytonbastiani.com

‘The Alternative Light Project’ was the Black & White Nude Series of the Year Honorable Mention Winner in the MonoVisions Photography Awards 2017