On a high heat, fry the beef and mushrooms until brown, then remove from the pan and set aside.ģ Add the onions to the same pan and cook for about 5–10 minutes, stirring constantly, until they start to turn golden. In another bowl, mix together the garlic with the salt and pepper to make a paste.Ģ Spray a frying pan with a little oil. This is the moment in the book where I say we’re still hopelessly in love and the romance never died.ġ × 200g (7oz) pack of mushrooms, sliced – try to choose an exotic mixġ In one bowl, mix together the liquids.
There’s a glorious picture of us cuddled up on our games room wall – I’m looking into the camera with eyes full of love, he’s looking over my shoulder at my wallet sitting on the table.Īh, young love.
Who could blame him? I had name-brand crisps and a Wii he had a packet of fish fingers and a rent deficit. Fun fact: on the second date, Paul came back to my house in Newcastle, and never went back to his house in Portsmouth. It was only when Paul broke wind so loudly in his sleep that he woke me up that I knew he was the one for me. Our first date wasn’t especially memorable – I turned up at Paul’s house with a bunch of flowers because he wasn’t very well, and we proceeded to do exactly what you’d expect two young gay men in the first flush of lust to do. Serve with a shot of Listerine on the side, that’s all we will say. That said, we call this our date-wrecking beef for good reason. By cooking the garlic a little, you take away that honking smell and are left with a smooth, mellow flavour that lifts this otherwise simple dish. That inspired this recipe, which also uses a frightening amount of garlic but tastes absolutely fine. So here is the full gallery of images that I was able to create with Mike.There’s a terrific Nigella Lawson recipe that uses about 30 cloves of garlic and guarantees that people will be standing about two miles downwind of you for a good few days. It creates space for respect and mutuality. Something is achieved in making the objectification of the subject harder to do through that collaborative process. The images that were made are intimate, yes. What came from that was an opportunity of good collaboration with Mike. During my session with Mike, someone that I know personally, it was important to establish that line of professionalism. With each image created I am asking myself what the motivations are behind them. Even more thin as someone that has an overt attraction to large bodies and is that photographer. This is a thin line to straddle as a photographer. I’d like to differentiate the sides of presenting the large body as something of value and beauty and the actively parading our bodies as objects just out there to be looked at. I am looking forward to writing more about, specifically, certain aspects of self love. Through these shifts in attitude, levels of self respect, and an overall better valuation of our selves the negative positions of people around in our societies stand little to gain. So, if the attitudes in society are not quick to change, we must embrace some changes in our selves.
I am rather average and have been afforded a lot of public grace because of that detail. If you ever have the chance to meet me, you’ll quickly notice that I am not a large person myself. Like their gravity pulls them into place.Īs this project progresses and grows it is becoming clear what kinds of lessons come from embracing a world of, not only body positivity but, fat acceptance and elevation. See how these two large bodied men fit so very well together. Like planets and moons trapped in a pull of gravity.Įxplore this gallery of images from my session with Nick and Patric. When you see the connection and love that spills from a relationship, from a touch or embrace between Nick and Patric how taboo is it really? How sad is it? It’s not. In an outside world that is brimming with judgement and even resentment for people that are big, this type of connection can sometimes been seen as taboo. Nick and Patric met online like most couples do these days, but in an online world where it’s safe to be fat and to express one’s attraction to big. Maybe this is more just basic rules of attraction, but again just my truth. The desire to be close to and become embraced by someone that unspeakably pulls you in. Not to make light of fat or round shapes, but I am speaking a truth that I understand personally. Like planets, they can emulate a kind of gravity. For those that consider themselves chubby chasers, big bodied people are a magnet.