As many of you may have already noticed - most of my photos are gone.

It would be easy to assume that I have simply become too frustrated with some of the people who use this site (see my previous jurnal entry for full details). This is actually not the case. So I'll let the cat out of the bag shall I?

I AM SEVENTEEN.

Thats right - I was born on the 18th of September 1990.

I have had all of my nude photography erased due to the fact that I am underage.

But wait - before you all get freaked out and assume that I have psycological problems and dont understand what I'm doing, etc. - give me a chance to defend myself.

I love art. I love photography. I love the human body. I love it's beauty, it's power, the fact that it is so strong, yet so fragile.

I see nothing wrong the images that I put up. I modeled for them, shot them and edited them alone. I wanted to tell a story, portray emotion... I waned to prove that people do not need fancy props, photo editing programs, training, experince, ANYTHING - only themselves, only their own, simple, naked body... to create something exraordinary.

I do not see how in nine months time I will suddenly be ready for the big wide world of nude photography, but I am not going to lie about my age or who I am. I'm not going to pretend I'm 18 or continue on this way - as the organisers of this website clearly don't want me to. Hence I will not be puting the photos back up, and I will not continue posting more on DA.

I want to thank everyone so much for the beautiful and supportive comments, the favs everything - i appreciate it all so much.

Thankyou for sharing your work and ideas with me, it is all so incredibly amazing (for lack of a better word).

I will continue with all of my art in all its forms - and who knows? In September you might be hearing from me again...

Much love and many thanks to you all.


PS. My real e-mail is aj_margin@hotmail.com - if anyone wants to contact me, use that.