Part of the Petite Naturelle Collection.
On the streets of the great city of Barcelona – the city of wild architecture and all-night parties – there are cafes and shops filled with young Spanish women. Tan, brunette, trim, and always smiling, these senoritas are the ultimate picture of fresh female health and vivacity. And now Cathrine Bauer has captured one of their own in a glorious yet understated pictorial in the continuing Petite Naturelle series.
These collections have been gracing the pages of Met Art for over a year now. They always feature natural, amateur young models who go from a state of dress to undress in a series of photos. The girls are always happy looking and pretty, but in a “girl next door” sort of way. There is nothing super-model or glamorous about them, yet they are the kinds of girl you would fall in love with immediately if they were your waitress or in your class.
Cathrine Bauer follows perfectly in the petite naturelle tradition. The series starts with our young model, Steph A, posing naturally in her clothes. Now and then her panties are revealed. She is wearing short white bobby socks. She looks to have come from school, or from her job at the department store. The sun is shining, and she seems bright and joyous. There is truly nothing she’d rather be doing than posing for Ms. Bauer.
Yet this series also has its own stamp as an erotic set. Bauer has chosen a captivating room with purple and orange wallpaper in which to shoot her subject. The poses struck are unique and playful. The clothes come off in a way that makes it seem almost like a parody of a striptease, yet also infused with the kind of frenzy one finds in natural acts of passion. And all the while, the model is smiling and putting her fingers in her mouth and providing a show of absolute dainty delicatesse.
The petite naturelle series are some of the finest gems in the Met Art crown. By viewing them you really get to know the models personally. You feel as if they have invited you into their bedroom for a private strip show. This is your chance to get up close and personal with an aspiring nude model, yet of the very purest kind – a natural girl, simple and sweet, eager to be seen. And seen she shall be.
