It is something a man alone can handle, maybe, part of the traveling experience, but I didn't want Luba to be in any kind of danger and set off this time on my own. So, caution first in my mind, I had to admit that the mood and pulse of this enormous land was drawing me back as if there were some illusive photograph I had always meant to take and I would find it in Brazil.

This time, the first precaution was to choose Florianopolis, not only one of the safest areas in Brazil, our headquarters here is worthy of an Israeli diplomat with armed guards discretely keeping an eye on our party around the clock. It must be a lousy job, being an armed fly on the wall while I am shooting naked girls, but someone has to do it and those security boys will just have to make the most of it.

Say Brazil and people familiar with the erotic side of the internet will think immediately of porn and prostitutes. This picture is an unfortunate misrepresentation of the country. It's true, the women in Brazil love being women. They know how to exploit their best features with their sexy clothes and body language.

But ask if they want to take off that next-to-nothing neon string bikini hardly big enough to cover their treasures and you will see the body language of King Kong in the new Peter Jackson movie. Not a pleasant experience I can tell you. Even dinosaurs are terrified of King Kong!

Like always, the prep is essential if you are going to be able to produce a good body of work in a short time. Private scouts, model agents, colleagues of mine, and all you supporters at Hegre-Art came into play before our arrival. We even had the largest newspaper in Sao Paulo write a story about my trip and announce a national online casting.

However, becoming pickier and pickier as the years go by, and always searching for models with that extra little je ne sais pas, as the French like to say, I knew this Brazilian expedition was still going to be a challenge. I have presented some of the submissions for day one.

Hopefully returning safely tomorrow

Petter

When the local fashion agencies refused to work with me due to my liking for nudity, I decided to get back to my roots and headed downtown to the streets searching for girls. This occupation is fraught with danger, a different kind of danger: screaming teenagers, slaps across the face, irate boyfriends, irate mothers - when the mothers are 35 they get pissed when you ask their daughters and not them to slip out of their clothes!

But when it works it's like discovering a new continent; you feel like Einstein with e = mc_ written on the blackboard. With a copy of our magazine The New Nude in my hand and my Portuguese speaking assistant Ben by my side translating, we browsed the streets with radar eyes and a little dream came true. Check out the results in today’s photos and decide for yourself.

Her name is Gislane, I love that name, and she will put a spell on you. She is without doubt one of the top five girls I have ever photographed (and I'm not saying who the other four are). And even if she is the only person I shoot in Brazil it will have been worth the trip. It's a good start, a really good start, and all because we bumped into each other, literally, at the entrance to the mall in downtown Florianopolis.

"Would you like to be in our magazine?"
"Yes."
"You can see, it's a nude magazine."
"I can't wait to get started."

We met first thing the following morning and I set out to take advantage of the different locations on Santa Catarina. We started out in the studio, then moved outside as the sun was going down in the pale winter sky and ended the session in our villa. Sixteen amazing hours of continuous shooting being fuelled on nothing but Red Bull and power bars.

Tomorrow I have an appointment with a girl who will let me witness a true Brazilian waxing. I have always wondered what it is all about and I can’t wait to see it, and of course share it with all of you.

Till Tomorrow

Petter

I promised I would share with you what a Brazilian wax is all about. And when I say all of you I really mean ALL, members and non-members of hegre-art.com alike.

You can download FOR FREE a 1 minute preview of the movie “Brazilian Wax” in today’s travel report update. It is incredible the amount of suffering women go through to be smooth, sleek, and hairless for us. I’m not kidding, this can be compared to foot binding, or installing rings on the neck, or plates in the lower lip.

All you have to do to get the FREE FILM is to send an e-mail to brazilianwax-on@hegre-art.com. From there we will send you a link to the movie in a variety of player formats. Members can of course view the film by clicking on the format they wish in the right column. I warn you, this clip may contain scenes that are not suitable for all audiences…be glad you are a man ;-).

I’d also like to encourage everyone to let me know their thoughts on this. Wax it!

Petter

In less then 24 hours we had thousands of downloads of the film just from non-members. I hope you enjoyed it.

I have had a lot of requests in recent weeks for higher quality versions of the film clips in my travel reports. While we are constantly upgrading the quality at Hegre-Art, film production and publishing are extremely time consuming. Files are huge and there is simply no time to deliver this “on the run” while I am out on the road. We're working on it, though, believe me.

The material you see on these pages is only a few hours old when it goes live and I know of no other nude site serving such fresh content.

Okay, enough of that. Due to the enormous response to our new discovery Gislane, I booked her for another session today. As you can see, she again performed like a star and as for the super Brazilian hunk in tight Speedos, he couldn't believe his luck when she posed naked in his arms. Check it out in today’s updates.

Finding suitable models willing to pose nude in Floripa has proved to be much harder than expected. Phase one usually goes rather smoothly. Models accept our invitation to come for a casting, but the day of the shooting or casting they all seem to vanish.

When we call them, their phones are either switched off or, more often, they say, “I am on the way to the hospital because I feel very sick.” I'm not sure why, but this seems like this is the standard model escape tactic around here. They are all on the verge of getting sick and the moment they make a booking to do some work, it pushes them over the edge into needing not just a doctor, but hospital treatment.

Anyway, by shear numbers alone we did manage to cast two more models today and have chosen “Day4_07.jpg” as tomorrow’s model. I hope she will not be attacked by any diseases over night.

You will find out tomorrow.

Petter

Her name is Keity, she is 21 years old and to my eyes she is a classic all Brazilian stunner with tanned silky skin and an ass even J Lo can only dream about.

The weather was overcast but constant with perfect shooting conditions. With the grey sky barely concealing the sun, it produced the light of a gigantic soft box, complimenting the texture and skin tones of our beautiful model.

New friends in Florianopolis, Adrian and Joaquim, let us use their gorgeous home for the location. They served a typical Brazilian lunch, and took us on a tour of the sights when the work was over. How can I thank these people enough? Adrian and Joaquim, thank you.

The trip to Brazil is soon coming to an end and so far there hasn't been a moment of danger. But like I said at the beginning, I have taken precautions.

Till Tomorrow

Petter

This photo safari didn't turn out to be easy, not with all those afflicted models, but it was more about quality then quantity. By working with fewer models, it gave me time to experiment. It produces, I believe, greater depth as the models grow more at ease. It is a dance, like the samba, and when the model and the camera are in perfect harmony, the session comes to life.

I have no doubt you will also appreciate the quality of our two main models from this trip, Gislane and Keity, both as beautiful and natural as Brazilian girls can get. I would like to thank all the scouts, colleagues, and you surfers for valuable tips on models and locations.

Take Care

Petter