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FOCUSING ON THE RAW BEAUTY AND SEXINESS EXUDED IN THE FEMALE FORM, PHOTOGRAPHER, FINE ARTIST, AND MIXED MEDIA CREATIVE JOE FRIEND PRODUCES PROVOCATIVE YET TASTEFUL IMAGES IN HIS ON-GOING SERIES “SEXY VANDALISM”. WITH HIS LENS, JOE STRIVES TO CAPTURE THE UNINTENDED MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE AND SEDUCTION THAT OTHERS OFTEN MISS OR OVERLOOK. THESE ORGANICALLY BEAUTIFUL AND UNINTENDED MOMENTS ARE THE INSTANT THAT IS CAPTURED WHEN ALL RESERVATIONS HAVE BEEN CAST ASIDE, LEAVING ONLY GENUINE AND SENSUAL POSES. BY DEFACING THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS SERIES, IT FORCES THE VIEWER TO APPRECIATE THE FEMALE FORM IN ALL ITS BEAUTY AND SEXUALITY WITHOUT ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF PERSONAL IDENTITY. THE DEFACEMENT WRAPS THE WOMEN IN A CLOAK OF ANONYMITY TO SEAL THEIR SINGULAR IDENTITIES AND ACCENTUATES THEIR ORGANIC FORM.