Forest’s Erotic Photos are Mystical, Mesmerizing, and Totally Unforgettable
Discover the queer photographer blending sensuality with surreal artistry.
For thirty-one-year-old photographer Forest, creating isn't a profession — it's a portal. Based in Los Angeles but originally from Wisconsin, Forest approaches image-making not with career ambition but with curiosity, intensity, and a desire to reach toward the ineffable.
Their vivid, experimental, and metaphysical images are less about capturing a moment and more about revealing what hovers beneath the surface of perception.
Raised in a creatively supportive environment, Forest's first artistic explorations were sparked by a mother who encouraged self-expression. But it was the experience of growing up gay and coming to terms with that identity during adolescence that truly shaped the emotional compass of their work.
"It was an opening for me," Forest says, "where I could see what was bigger than me — my nature, my being — unchangeable by force, and how beautiful that was." That sense of wonder pulses through Forest's photographs today.
Light Painting and the Mystical in Portraiture
The collection they've shared — a series years in the making — glows vibrantly through the underutilized light painting technique.
Forest describes that each image is made in real-time and hand-painted with illumination during long exposures, making the process "unpredictable and ephemeral."
"There's not really any consistency between takes," Forest explains, "so it takes a lot of patience and a willingness to potentially end up without any usable results." But the risk is part of the magic. The results are portraits that feel alive in a surreal, almost dreamlike way. Faces bloom in color and distortion, and bodies emerge in mystical glows — playful eroticism.
Process Over Perfection
Though Forest doesn't consider themselves a professional photographer, their commitment to craft is clear.
Although their creative exploration began with amateur filmmaking, they eventually evolved into photography, a medium that requires fewer people, smaller setups, and more flexibility. Photography allows for solitude, improvisation, and quiet exploration — elements essential to Forest’s work.
When asked what they hope people take away from the work, Forest doesn't offer a thesis — only a feeling. "If I feel enlivened by it — if it feels like an unexplored world — then that's what I want to share with people."
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