Photographer Turns The Table On His Subjects By Getting Naked To Take Their Portraits

No matter how it happens, sitting for a portrait session is an awkward thing. You have to act natural and relaxed while you worry about your shirt being dirty or your smile looking weird, all as someone you probably don't know very well points a camera at you, snapping away. It can be a stressful situation.

Photographer Trevor Christensen noticed this and took some extreme measures to level the playing field. In order to become just as insecure as his subjects, Trevor strips down to his birthday suit, photographing his sitters reactions to his nudity behind the camera.

"The photographer-subject paradigm is one of inequality... Instead of focusing on bringing the subject to a place of ease, where I am, this project brings me to a place of vulnerability," explains Christensen.

He calls his series, of course, "Nude Portraits." The photos, which Christensen continues to shoot and post on his Instagram and Twitter feeds, cleverly explore concepts of power dynamics and body image.