That's how I see my work. And Putu as well. Modelling is condemned these days in Bali as the work of prostitutes, the oldest profession, and Putu had a genuine desire to change that perception. It all backfired for both of us and, if I'd had any idea what the after effects of my trip were going to be, we probably would not have made the trip in the first place.

Shortly after we started publishing the photos in November, Putu, Diah and my scouts were rounded up by the police and taken in for interrogation. At hegre-art our servers experienced such extreme traffic we had to block all ips from the region. I had dozens of journalists contacting me from the local news media and my images were downloaded and published on Indonesian sites. Now, almost one year later, the situation has calmed down, but I was informed that Luba and I are now "red flagged" by immigration and that we could never return to the island again...