Photographer: Michael Joseph
Date: 1974 approx
Photo Width: 91 cm Height : 50.5cm
Paper : Width: 102 cm Height : 72 cm
Picture created by Michael of the Swedish model surrounded by sheep, printed from an original negative, signed by the photographer. Extract from the Complete Photography Course, book by Michael Joseph & Dave Saunders:
The nude in the sheep is probably my all-time ‘favourite’. It was for the International Wool Secretariat, and was one of the first advertising shots Paul Arden and I did together. The best exposure was in black and white with the black-faced sheep staring straight at her for one instant of a second, when the girl’s pose was just right and the sunlight was on her. A trillion to one chance as there was only one neg where the sunlight hit the girl perfectly. In the next neg the black sheep had disappeared into the crowd. That session took about two hours, two flocks of sheep and involved three shepherds holding the sheep in with mobile fencing, and a stylist with a walkie-talkie, who swooped in every time the girl’s hair looked blown. I was in a fur coat and fur hat, looking a bit like a mad Rod Stewart. She was on a 600 incline and the 600 sheep just filled the frame. – needed a 1000mm lens on a Pentax and shot from across the valley; it actually rained between us.
This print is unique and scheduled to appear in an upcoming exhibition. Please contact Iconic Images London for sizes and availibility of this picture.
A link to their website for similar pictures by the photographer can be accessed here: https://iconicimages.net/gallery/music-michael-joseph/
