Phoitographer Balm in Gilead with Nude Model Sugar Deet

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Get Intimate with a Passion for Art
(Balm in Gilead)

Balm in Gilead is a husband and wife team with photography by Rusty Shackelford and modeling & art by Christa J. Maier. Together they are a powerful force in the world of art modeling.

Their art fearlessly explores human sexuality against a backdrop of mythical settings and symbols. In their images, essential elements of humanity — such as passion, lust, shame, sexuality, birth and mortality — are all portrayed as epic movements of the human spirit.

Christa and Rusty are outspoken leaders in the Model Society community. They have cultivated creative relationships with many of the most expressive and talented art models in the world and are helping shape and support this emerging art movement.

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“Our hope is that through the painstaking efforts and love invested by ourselves and our subjects we are able to reflect a fraction of our respect and admiration not only for art, but for humanity, individuality, uniqueness and the human experience as a whole.”

Nude Art Model Miss Pixie and Photography by Balm in Gilead

“This is not an endeavor to create conventionally beautiful imagery, but a pursuit to enlighten ourselves and others in a profound and significant manner as to the context of our rich internal and external existence.”

Nesting artwork and photography by Balm in Gilead and Modeling by Jordan Bunniie

“I am intrigued by anything abstract, passionate, out of the ordinary … anything that awakens the senses, broadens the mind or touches the soul.”

Being: model photography by Balm in Gilead, modeling by NevaehLleh

“Balm in Gilead is the by-product of our combined years of soul searching and our unwavering belief in the power of human expression through art.”

Push Me Pull Me, artwork with Photographers Balm in Gilead and Art Models Aaron and Kitty

“I have a deep-seated love affair with art and will readily sacrifice my time, efforts, body and image in order to be a part of it and to help others’ realization of it … I adore, lust for, embrace, and am filled and fulfilled by the expression, the humanity, the vision of the projects of which I am a part.”

Star Bright with Photography by Balm in Gilead and Modeling by Marion Dae

“Art can allow our inner most vulnerabilities and truths to be heard and seen and expressed. And it is our belief and practice that the naked human form is a sacred vessel and tool that allows us to celebrate our humanity and the richness of the human experience with ourselves and one another.”

Be My Champion with Photography by Balm in Gilead and Modeling by Holly Loveday and Male Model Yonifx

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