romantic nude, landscape and still photography
To honour his friend and mentor David Hamilton, Max Stolzenberg has created a new video!
This is probably some of the most romantic photography ever done by Max.
Many of this photos have been done with David Hamiltons famous Minolta SRT-101 and X-700 analog camera, now in possession of Max.
The first part of “Romances d’Été” will be published on
Saturday the 25th. of November 2023 on Youtube.
We wish you a lot of pleasure with the newest pictures of Max Stolzenberg.
We invite you to see the first pictures of Ines whose beauty was perpetuated on celluloid by Max just a few days ago.
This is also your chance to get the number one of these, as we think, very beautiful pictures.
The first real rays of sunshine shone through the windows in Max’s villa.
Ines had already arrived early in the morning and from now on the clicking of Max’s old Minolta SRT-101 would be heard throughout the house.
Ines and Bilitis lying on the bed, reading in Olivier Mathieu’s novel “A Firenze muore un’estate”
The unbelievably soft light at this morning made the picture just look like a painting from centuries ago!
We invite you to read Olivier Mathieu’s novels yourself, especially his new work “Les Enfants des Aprems”.
You can get his books via his homepage.
Max is a great connoisseur and fan of classical painting.
So it is no wonder that Bilitis can be seen here in a pose familiar from Renaissance nudes.
All pictures from Max’s last shooting can be bought directly from us.
For prices and different sizes go to the shop.
You can also directly write to Bilitis who will help you through the process of ordering a picture from us.
We wish you a lot of fun with the pictures of Ines.
Just click on one of the images and enjoy!
All pictures are available in different sizes and strictly limited to 300 copies.
Each picture is autographed by the Max Stolzenberg himself, titled and dry stamped to ensure originality.
Some of the pictures on this site have never been published before and it might still be possible to get hold of the number 1 of 300 prints.
We also highly recommend to visit our atelier. Here you can convince yourself of the high quality, painting like, pictures and the wonderful workmanship of our limited prints.
Max uses only analog cameras and genuine film for his artwork!
Once again we celebrate the anniversary of the death of photographer David Hamilton, to whom Max owes much.
Max used to regularly show his pictures to the grand master of light and both worked on new methods to improve the style of romantic photography.
The following pictures have been shot in the beautiful South of France on real genuine film, the same way and with the same camera David used in the 1970’s.
Our special thanks go to Bilits, Stella and Yuna, who where fantastic models with the perfect feeling for the scene.
The text and poem below the pictures were provided by Olivier Mathieu.
They match perfectly with the pictures of Max and honour David Hamilton
Please click on the image to enlarge.
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David Hamilton starb am 25. November 2016. Wir werden Ihn nicht vergessen. Er war der große Meister des größten Geheimnisses, des weiblichen Geheimnisses. Hier ist ein Gedicht für David Hamilton und über das weibliche Mysterium.
David Hamilton est mort le 25 novembre 2016. Nous sommes quelques-uns à ne pas l’oublier. Il fut le grand maître du plus grand des mystères, le mystère féminin. Voici un poème pour David Hamilton et sur le mystère féminin.
David Hamilton died on November 25, 2016. We will not forget him. He was the great master of the greatest of mysteries, the feminine mystery. Here is a poem for David Hamilton and about the feminine mystery.
David Hamilton è morto il 25 novembre 2016. Alcuni di noi non lo dimenticano. Era il grande maestro del più grande dei misteri, il mistero femminile. Ecco una poesia per David Hamilton e sul mistero femminile.
Le mystère, infini, cède ou échappe en l’une
Ou l’autre, et se reforme: ainsi, quête d’exil.
Qu’il s’éloigne ou se donne au soleil, à la lune,
C’était moi, le mystère: aussi m’en souvient-il.
Telle fut ma recherche: amoureux des prisons,
Amant de liberté, poète ivre d’images,
Funambule fendant l’orage outre horizon
Et la boucle est bouclée, à la fin le naufrage.
Peut-être n’y eut-il ici aucun mystère
Autre que celui peint derrière mes paupières.
Au sein du temps donné, combien de moments ronds?
Combien de leurs échos chanteront les colombes?
Combien gésiront morts, étendus sous leurs tombes?
Sous leurs tombes, combien étendus gésiront?
The mystery, infinite, gives way or escapes in one of them.
Or the other, and reformed: thus, a quest for exile.
Whether he moves away or gives himself to the sun, to the moon,
I was the mystery: that’s why I remember it.
That was my search: prison lovers,
Lover of freedom, poet drunk with images,
Tightrope walker splitting the thunderstorm beyond the horizon
And the loop is closed, in the end the shipwreck.
Perhaps there was no mystery here.
Other than the one painted behind my eyelids.
Within a given time, how many round moments?
How many of their echoes will the doves sing?
How many will lie dead under their graves?
As always the pictures in the video and on our site are available in different sizes and strictly limited to 300 copies.
Each picture is autographed by the Max Stolzenberg himself, titled and dry stamped to ensure originality.
Some of the pictures have not been published before and it is still possible to get hold of the number 1 of 300 prints.
Pictures can be ordered here.
Just let Bilitis know which picture you want to buy and which size you want and she will arrange everything for you.
Prices and sizes can be found on our shop page.
We also highly recommend to visit sour atelier. Here you can convince yourself of the high quality, painting like, pictures and the wonderful workmanship of our limited prints.
Max uses only analog cameras and genuine film for his artwork!
Today we will fight the boredom of your isolation with a good shot of literature, a small video of a very interesting man and of course a lot of beautiful girls.
Do you know Roland Jaccard?
The Swiss writer?
Not only did he write books like “The Inner Exile”, “Freud” and “The Madness”, (yes, you’re right, he is a psychologist) which are also in Max’s library by the way, but he is also a big fan of Dawn Dunlap, the actress who played the role of Laura in “Laura, Shadows of a Summer” by David Hamilton.
Visit Roland Jaccard’s blog or read his column in the magazine “Causeur” and enjoy his refreshingly sarcastic, cynical and often nihilistic world view.
Roland Jaccard’s column on “Causeur”
He also has a YouTube channel where another of his short videos has just been published.
https://youtu.be/fKZdHpwcDdA
Although it’s not easy to take pictures of beautiful girls these days, Max has managed to get a real beauty in front of the lens.
Stella, so her name, was already planned for Max’s trip to Florence together with Manouk and Bilitis. But unfortunately, as everyone can imagine, this trip, which would have resulted in some really extraordinary pictures, had to be cancelled.
So we are left with only a few pictures that were taken during a first test shooting with Max.
We don’t want to withhold these pictures from you as a further measure against possible boredom or even depressions caused by isolation.
You can be sure that these are not the last pictures of Stella!
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Olivier Mathieu has written a very interesting book about Dawn Dunlap.
As we can see, this beautiful woman has obviously stayed in the minds of many men (and certainly also some women) until today.
Read here on the page of Olivier Mathieu and order his novel about Dawn Dunlap against the boredom of isolation.
It is also recommended to watch her film “Laura, shadows of a summer”, directed by David Hamilton.
“Reflections” was shot by Max just a couple of days ago while strolling through the meadows and woods together with Bilitis and Stella.
Max says:
“I hope you enjoyed today’s article on my blog.
Read in the books of Roland Jaccard and Olivier Mathieu and if you like my pictures order one or the other of them for your home and let yourself be carried away into a world of beauty and romantic dreams. You will be surprised how good that feels.
By the way, Stella is not only very pretty but also an extraordinary interesting personality. I am already very much looking forward to dedicate a really large photo gallery to her.
All pictures you see here can be ordered now. As always on best paper and of course personally titled, numbered and signed by me.
And since we are celebrating David Hamilton’s birthday today, we are giving a 15% discount on every order placed until April 15th at 23:59 (UTC+2).
Gladly Bilitis also accepts your special wishes.
Simply write to her.
Today we have good and bad news for you.
Max’s philosophy is that it’s better to hear the bad news first.
Well, here they are. Due to the current crisis we have to cancel all exhibitions until after the summer.
Max also had to cancel his trip to Florence over the Easter week.
This is heartbreaking as we wanted to visit Olivier Mathieu and we also wanted to meet with Corrado Pinci who was the assistant of star photographer Angelo Frontoni. Corrado and Max have planned to publish a book with romantic photographies together. All this is now delayed until the crisis has ended.
We strongly recommend to visit the blog of Olivier Mathieu.
His books, which are blessed with incredible writing skills, and his interesting blog will banish your boredom in isolation in no time.
It is also merely possible to go on a shooting trip for Max because of the extensive curfews. But we try our best and maybe there is a ray of hope soon.
The good news are, we have a very new and very beautiful jeune fille for you. Max met her before the crisis really started and they already did a short photo shoot together. We will not reveal her name yet, but soon there will be a post with the first pictures here.
We are also pleased to inform you that the online shop is open without restrictions. However, there may be slight delays in shipping the pictures due to the current situation.
So why not just buy one of Max’s beautiful pictures and decorate your home with it! Maybe this will help you to get over this unpleasant time of isolation.
The pictures you see in this post have been done by Max just before the crisis started. It was one of the first days with a bit of sun after several weeks of constant rain. We love these pictures very much. They truly look like landscapes from a fairy tale.
Our thoughts are with you in this hard times and we hope Max’s pictures bring some joy into your heart!
Take care of yourself and stay healthy!
Soon this time will be over and new hamiltonian times will dawn.