03.05.09
The Photo Shoot
I finally got my camera back, so I can now share with you the photos from my topless photo shoot in London. These are not the official pictures for the magazine, but rather the photos my wife took of me having my photo taken by Shuna of eggbeater. Shuna was not only awesome to work with, but she was a total wealth of knowledge about the kitchen culture of England as compared to the US.
But what I’m sure you tuned in for is to see pics of me making an ass of myself in public. Well, I never disappoint, do I?… So since you know the story of what happened already, I’ll just present this to you as a photo essay with commentary. Enjoy.
 Borough Market. I’m so glad there was nobody there to see me take my shirt off… |
 We went down a quieter alley for my first shots so as to get me used to the fact I would be posing topless. |
 As you can see, it doesn’t take me long to get used to the concept… |
 Some more shots against an old door frame exhibit the true whiteness of my back. |
 Moving up to the busy market area, we get set to take some more shots where there are more people around. |
 I wasn’t actually bothered by disrobing in front of a thousand people, so much as exposing myself in front of a 3-year-old girl… |
 The reason for shooting up here was because of the pork butcher sign, which I thought would make a cool background for a shot of my tattoo. |
 Just in case you want to know what I look like up close with my tattoo. And yes, I did shave my back for this. |
The real photos will most likely be available in the next issue of Meatpaper, so the time to subscribe is now! But of course, I will keep you all posted as to when the photos appear there. And of course, keep checking by inkedroguechefs.com as well for when that book comes out. I’ll probably be buying a few copies of both for myself…
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Takeaways said,
March 6, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Speechless…
Hope you didn’t get arrested for indecent exposure, haha!
Chef Matt said,
March 12, 2009 at 7:57 am
Takeaways - I got some odd looks, but nobody seemed to want to call the cops. When I first took my shirt off, and everyone started I just flashed them a big smile and said, “Happy Valentine’s Day!” It got enough of a laugh, and everyone seemed to pretty much ignore me after that. (Which is exactly what I wanted…)
Eize said,
March 16, 2009 at 1:15 am
Did you hear the wee one go “Mummy, that man is taking off his shirt.”
In the fourth pic, without Shuna taking pics, someone would have thought you were relieving yourself on that door.
Very brave of you, Chef Matt.