These books are centered on a single model—an extended look at one individual over the course of a session or series of sessions. The focus is on presence, variation, and the subtle shifts that emerge through sustained observation: changes in light, pose, mood, and attention. Each volume builds a more complete sense of the figure, not as a single image, but as an unfolding study over time.
Marcelino is a digital book documenting an early California photo session with a young Mexican-American model, photographed by Simonson in sunlit fields outside Los Angeles. Direct, sensual, and unguarded, the images reveal a formative moment in the artist’s long exploration of male beauty, trust, and presence.
Kaimana is a digital book documenting Simonson’s day-long photo session with a young Hawaiian model along the volcanic coastline and beaches of Oahu. Athletic, tattooed, and completely at home in the landscape, Kaimana brings a rare ease and vitality to images that combine male beauty, natural light, island atmosphere, and Simonson’s painterly sense of composition.
Shawn is a digital book collecting Simonson’s photographs of one of his most popular Hawaii models, shown in a range of relaxed, athletic, and nude studies. Warm, direct, and sensual, the book captures the natural ease between artist, model, and island setting.
Marcus, the Naked Brazilian is a digital book devoted to one of Simonson’s most important muses, bringing together photographs, drawings, and paintings created over nearly a decade of encounters in Brazil. Sensual, intimate, and expansive, the book traces the transformation of a powerful photographic subject into a recurring figure at the center of Simonson’s artistic imagination.
Jason is a digital book collecting more than 90 photographs from Simonson’s Hawaii session with a naturally charming, athletic Irish model from San Diego. Lush, playful, and sensual, the book captures Jason in poolside, garden, shower, and nude studies full of warmth and easy confidence.
