Nothing Between

Alyssia McGoogan in grass, naked, shot by Alessandro Casagrande. It’s obvious why this works—the body is there, the light is perfect, there’s nothing between skin and landscape. But what makes it interesting is the comfort level, the fact that this doesn’t feel staged or self-conscious. It feels like they found the angle and didn’t overthink it.

Outdoor nude photography exists in this weird space where it’s obviously about sex but also totally isn’t. The eroticism is real but it’s not performing anything. It’s just documenting what happens when someone unbothered takes their clothes off outside and a photographer who understands light is paying attention. That’s the whole thing.

Casagrande’s work has no irony, no posturing. Just skin and grass and someone who knows what he’s doing.