Heather Firth
Heather Firth, artist, writer and sexuality educator native to Northern California, began leading workshops and relationship counseling for women, men and couples in 1972.
In 1981, Heather photographed her first two Earth Erotica images while trekking in the high mountain region of the Sinai Desert. However, she did not initially plan on making a series so accumulating the images was very sporadic until 1996.
Earth Erotica has evolved through years of extensive hiking, thousands of road miles, dawn- till-dark days "hunting" in the wilderness, plagues of biting bugs, stifling heat, bone-chilling cold, vast patience, and the evolution of spirit that comes from pushing through fears to realize a vision.
All images are composed and cropped through the lens in the field and neither photographs nor scenes are manipulated.
Heather's fine art nature photography, is published worldwide in actress Kim Cattrall's HBO/AETN documentary film and book Sexual Intelligence; DVD film Coming of Age: From Bud to Flower educational program for mothers and daughters; Internet video campaign for UK Bowel Health and E-zine Nerve.com. International magazines include: Dutch Playboy, Netherlands; People In Groove, Italy; Ming Pao Newspapers Ltd., Canada and more.
"As an artist and sexuality educator, I am thankful to originate a visual portrayal of sexuality as found in the landscape, natural to life and inseparable from the Divine forces that create our world.
I am ever grateful to fulfill my lifework and produce fine art that unabashedly and eloquently speaks directly to the human heart, imagination and psyche in a non-judgmental and universal language — Earth."
website: www.heatherfirth.com
3 May 2008