PHIL REZNIKOV 2018

# 500px.com/phil_reznikov
# vk.com/phil.reznikov

THE APPEAL OF FRECKLES

david
There are features that people traditionally tried to hide but that, over time, have ended up becoming precisely what makes a face attractive. Freckles are probably one of the best examples.

For years, the beauty industry got us used to faces with completely uniform skin: the same tone, the same texture, not a blemish, not a mark, practically no sign that there was an actual human being underneath all that makeup. And the funny thing is that when freckles appear scattered across the nose and cheeks, the exact opposite of what you might expect happens: instead of seeing them as an imperfection, a lot of people feel they actually make a face more attractive.





Maybe it’s precisely because they break up that uniformity. Freckles add little points of contrast, make your eyes wander across the face, and can especially highlight the eyes, cheekbones, or nose. They’re a kind of natural pattern that can make a face more recognizable and give it more personality.

There’s also that sense of naturalness. Freckles remind us that real skin isn’t a perfectly smooth surface created by a computer. It has pigmentation, pores, subtle differences in tone, and characteristics of its own. And very often, those little irregularities are exactly what make two equally beautiful faces feel completely different in terms of how interesting we find them.

In fact, in recent years we’ve reached the curious point where some people draw freckles on with makeup or turn to semi-permanent treatments to get something that others spent a good part of their lives trying to hide. The supposed imperfection has become a desirable feature.

And then there’s the part that’s impossible to measure. Attraction doesn’t work according to some mathematical chart where a pair of lips adds two points, a nose subtracts one, and twenty freckles add another three. Some features simply trigger something in the person looking at them.

That’s what happens to me with freckles. Especially when they’re concentrated around the nose and beneath the eyes. I’m not entirely sure why, but far from making a face look messy or taking away from its beauty, I think they give it character, naturalness, and an especially attractive touch.

In the end, maybe part of beauty lies precisely there: in those little characteristics that stop a perfect face from also becoming a completely forgettable one.

Because sometimes an imperfection doesn’t take anything away. It’s exactly what was needed to add something more.





# Watch videos




ExtraBall
Choose your Pokémon!

ExtraBall2

LES PETITS REGARDS. PART 2

Yesterday, we discovered the work of Les Petits Regards, the French photographer who has made intimacy and the female nude the centerpiece of a delicate, sensual, and deeply personal body of work.

In his photographs, the models never seem to be simply posing for the camera. They rest, observe, hide beneath the sheets, or allow the light to travel across their bodies while Anthony captures that fragile line between feeling observed and completely forgetting that someone is watching.

His photography proves that eroticism doesn’t need elaborate settings or impossible poses. Sometimes, all it takes is a quiet room, an open window, a naked body, and a camera that knows how to wait for the right moment.

As promised, today we’re sharing the rest of the photographs we had saved for later. Part two of Les Petits Regards, because some sessions deserve to be enjoyed without rushing… and because keeping all these photos to ourselves would have been rather selfish.





# View photographs




ExtraBall
Everything reminds me of her.

ExtraBall2

SIMON BOLZ 2026. PART ONE

The last time we dedicated a post to Simon Bolz was back in 2022. Since then, the German photographer has continued working, releasing new shoots and expanding a body of work that, by now, has a perfectly recognizable style.

For his return to ALRNCN, we’ve selected some of the photographs he has published since 2023. Images in which he once again combines nudity, female beauty, and meticulous art direction, paying just as much attention to the model as he does to the lighting, framing, and setting around her.

Because in Bolz’s work, nudity never appears in isolation. Every location, every shadow, and every element of the composition helps create an atmosphere that turns each photograph into something more than just an attractive body in front of a camera.

Simon Bolz returns to ALRNCN with a new selection of his latest work.



# View the photographs




ExtraBall
Counting down the minutes until she gets home and can take off her bra.

ExtraBall2

SIMON BOLZ 2026. PART TWO

We continue our journey through Simon Bolz’s recent work with a second selection of photographs published over the past few years.

While the previous installment brought his name back to these pages after a long absence, today we can focus directly on what best defines his work: an elegant, suggestive, and visually meticulous way of portraying the female body.

Bolz knows that a good nude photograph doesn’t depend solely on who’s posing in front of the lens. What is merely suggested also matters, along with the model’s attitude, the lighting, and that balance between naturalness and staging that makes every image appear spontaneous, even though nothing has been left to chance.

This second installment completes our selection of his work since 2023 and confirms that, despite the years that have passed since his last appearance on ALRNCN, Simon Bolz still has more than enough reasons to take his place on these pages once again.



# View the photographs




ExtraBall
Taking a pee in the mountains.

ExtraBall2

THE INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY: LAYLAMARLENA

Layla Conti
33 ☀️ italiana en Mallorca
Gym • Lingerie • Sea



# View photos


You can also follow us on our INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT




ExtraBall
Gym / Work / Going out / Jerking off

ExtraBall2

THE INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY: HADELINEMOPE

Madeline Hope
carolina girl. bama fan



# View photos


You can also follow us on our INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT




ExtraBall
One in three people checks their phone more than 100 times a day.

ExtraBall2