I photographed Alex last night. His lover of something like 28 years is no longer interested in an erotic life with him, so it’s been my mission to help Alex secure temporary companionship over the internet by taking pictures of him in various stages of undress. Alex and his lover have been collecting my work for years–I completed a huge commissioned work of them a few years ago that I might have to rework into 2 smaller pieces if they split up. I posed Alex as a della Francesca dandy and a Mantegna St. Sebastian. Alex is very sensual, the complement to his lover, who is slightly restrained with his affection and physicality. He responded to the lens as if it were caressing him. I stayed on my side of the camera.