I was up in North Bay working for the Union of Ontario Indians HIV/AIDS program. My good friend Jody Cotter came calling looking for a model on a Billboard to be posted on Highway 17 just a few kilometres west of North Bay on the Nippissing First Nation Territory.
I think I found my true calling! How do you say....oh yes, supermodel. Maybe not super, but definitely spirited. What a cool experience. Our photographer, Ed Regan, really brought out the best in us. With phases like...
"Look through the camera."
"I'm not feeling it Stan, I feel like you can give me more."
"Come on tiger, give it to me."
"Light it up man."
Okay, I think he brought out the best in them. I actually had a hard time. I usually go into every situation confident, that I can do the job, but this time it found it hard to really work it in front of a camera. It wasn't the condom that I was holding; those bad boys are my friends. I don't know what it was; but I found it difficult to unleash the blue steal.
My initial feeling about in my involvement in the billboard was...concern. Concern for all those drivers, they better widen the lanes or have some emergency vehicles standing by, because it's going to get dangerous. Speed + Me + Sex = Chaos.
But seriously, I was honoured and excited. I've been thinking for quite some time that there is going to be some serious spread of HIV/AIDS up north if people continue having unprotected sex.
Since we just shot last week, the pics are not out yet. When they are, you will see them here first.
So keep checking me out. You never know, you may learn something.
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