Barefoot All The Way Up: March 2016

Monday, March 21, 2016

Dekilah at the Leland Hotel Ballroom

I had seen Dekilah's images for quite some time and had messaged her about doing a photo shoot. It worked out the she was at the Society of Models and Photographer (SMP-23) event in Detroit, Mi. on Saturday. We used the dilapidated ballroom and surprisingly the images look fresher than the ballroom. I avoided the stacks of empty beer cases, bottles, broken chairs, busted tables, falling plaster and shopping carts.

Model Dekilah Nazari (text me for her information)

Photography by Al Fess 216-401-5588

Model Dekilah Nazari (text me for her information)

Photography by Al Fess 216-401-5588

Mary Stone at the Leland Hotel

I was able to photograph Mary through a model and photographer group out of Detroit. They are called Society of Models and Photographers (SMP). They gather regularly and photograph at different locations around Detroit.

This particular photo shoot was call SMP-23. Mary is an uninhibited exihitionist. This tattooed young lady that is not afraid to show it all for the art of it and I, of course, willingly obliged.

The Leland Hotel, Detroit. Once a 4 star hotel and restaurant, the Detroit Leland Hotel opened in 1927. There is much history in this historic building. Hangout to the notorious mob the Purple Gang and getaway for Jimmy Hoffa, when Jimmy Hoffa disappeared all those years ago, The Leland was the first place they went to look for him.

IIf you would like to read more about this infamous hotel: http://www.lelandcityclub.net/history.php

Photography by: Al Fess 216-401-5588

Model: Mary Stone (text me for her information)