Ep. 3 of Figure Isms: Ingvild
Description
“If I could show the world that you can be anything, you can do anything, there’s no rules to when to do what…you really can do whatever you want to do.”
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My guest for episode three of Figure Isms is Ingvild. As we discuss her journey of being a nude art model, we touch on a range of topics that include her role in the movie business, her diorama work, getting over shame, being in a supportive relationship, and more. Throughout our conversation it's easy to get a sense of the importance creativity has been to Ingvild. To learn more about what this looks like to her follow the links below.
Show notes below!
Selected Links from the Episode
Connect with Ingvild: Website, Instagram 1, Instagram 2, Instagram 3
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Show Notes
Ingvild talks about being a costume designer for movies, an art nude model, and how she introduces her work to others. [2:04 ]
She describes how she grew up on the coast of Bodo, Norway; North of the Arctic Circle. [4:40 ]
As a child in the North she dreamt of modeling in the bigger city, which eventually led her to meet with Eileen Ford. [6:18 ]
Ingvild talks about when she was a teen, not feeling like she fit into the fashion world [10:06 ]
How did a science fiction convention play into Ingvild pivoting her creative outlet from movies to modeling? [11:05 ]
Ingvild tells us when she had her first artistic nude shoot. [13:10 ]
Among her many talents, she tells us about creating an erotic comic book. [13:40 ]
At the age of 38, she began her nude modeling work. [14:05 ]
How did Ingvild start exploring erotic art? [14:26 ]
We discuss why we keep our nude work separate from our families. [16:42 ]
Ingvild gives us a peek into her childhood diary. Can you guess who she wanted to be? [18:21 ]
Find out about her book collaboration, Polafornia, with Julie Loen and other projects. [19:50 ]
Ingvild talks about how fun it is to explore different sides of herself and to communicate real emotions. [22:04 ]
Unlike many, Ingvild is not interested in just taking pretty photos; she talks about confidence in doing more emotional and experimental modeling. [24:40 ]
Ingvild discusses how she maintains a level of artistry in her graphic work, being emotionally present, and her work with Gilles Berquet. [25:17 ]
She talks about her comfortability with nude work and how it allowed her to understand herself, explore more, and gave her a sense of confidence that she didn't possess as a teenager. [29:35 ]
I give a bit of my own back story and mental shift in accepting what photography I wanted to shoot. [31:06 ]
In exploring her erotic side she found her "playground," "I didn't think I had the courage to do these kinds of things until I started doing it." Ingvild talks about her shift to erotic expression. [32:46 ]
The beginning of her modeling work and how quickly it snowballed. [35:50 ]
The world of modeling for Ingvild includes: asylums, nude shoots in the snow, road trips ato America, and stalking a photographer in France. Her world is far from typical. [37:16 ]
She talks about the different aspects of what she loves in the world of modeling, including travel, and meeting like-minded people. [40:59 ]
To get an understanding of her passion for this work, she began turning down movie projects to facilitate her modeling pursuits. [42:35 ]
She talks about the culture of shame with sexuality, protesting that shame, and the process it has been in confidently owning her sexuality through her modeling work. [43:19 ]
Ingvild likes playing with the line in her erotic work, and some people misinterpret it. Find out here, why that doesn't bother her. [46:00 ]
Find out her response to the incredible photographer George Pitts (RIP) when he asks her about her moral take on porn. [47:50 ]
The difference between art and porn (hint: it's not the lighting!) [48:15 ]
"It's more important than ever to create art," Find out what demographic, surprisingly, responded positively to more explicit images in Ingvild's published book. [48:55 ]
Find out Ingvild's philosophy on life and how she would love to be a role model of it. [50:36 ]
My take on the importance of seeing sexuality in a more dimensional way, gaining a better understanding and confidence in it. [52:12 ]
The past ten years have been the most important in her life. Nothing limits her; she is more confident in who she is and the contributions she has as an artist. [53:19 ]
She discusses some of the mental difficulties she had to overcome in modeling over the years. [54:47 ]
Ingvild talks about her husband and the pride he has in her and her work, and the emotional support he has been, as not only her husband, but best friend. [58:09 ]
Ingvild talks about new artistic directions and possibilities, her travels to Moscow, and her miniatures. [1:01:32 ]
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