Abigail Ekue is a portrait and editorial photographer focusing on gender, social representation, sexuality and body neutrality. Her work has been published in PAPER, The Huffington Post, Time Out New York, L'Oeil de la Photographie, WideWalls, The Naked and the Lens (2nd Edition), The Creators Project along with various publications in the US, UK, France, Mexico, Switzerland, Germany and India. Exhibits include the Museum of the City of New York, Musée du Louvre, the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas, and BKhz Gallery (Johannesburg). Work from Bare Men was personally requested for the Lusted Men collection. Her nude and erotic photography has been cited in various graduate thesis on vulnerable masculinity, research on the differences in the depiction of males versus females in fashion photography and the modern view of erotic art in print publications in the digital era. Abigail Ekue is the subject of an episode of a docuseries produced by Zoomin TV, Behind the Lens: Bare Men. She made her curatorial debut in 2019 with Bare Men: The Group Show in New York.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Bare Men, Artist of the Month, Erotic Heritage Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2016 Bare Men Pop-Up Exhibit, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Man. Toy., The Body Archive Gallery, New York, NY
CURATION
2019 Bare Men: The Group Show, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Liberated Forms 2024, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA (Best in Show)
2021 Lusted Men, La Nombreuse, Brussels, BE
Lusted Men, PhotoSaintGermain, Paris, FR
2020 Lusted Men, Marché de l'illustration impertinente, Hasard Ludique, Paris, FR
Empirical Nonsense Daily (END), Empirical Nonsense, New York, NY (online)
2019 Metamorphosis, BKhz Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2018 ANYONE / ANYWHERE III: BODIES, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Autumnal Group Show; artHouse.nyc, SoHo, NY
“You’ve Got Mail!” Summer Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Body Collection; Exposure Award, Musée du Louvre, Paris, FR
2013 The Story of the Creative; See Me, Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
MEDIA
2020 “Bare Men and Black Creatives”, Kindred Spirits, Chelcie S. Porter, Episode 2
2019 “Bare Men with Abigail Ekue”, Artgasm with Allison Moon
2018 Behind the Lens: Bare Men, Zoomin.TV
2016 La fotógrafa Abigail Ekue habla con W Fin de Semana, W Radio Colombia
The Filmmakers Show, Madhouse TV
PRESS
2021 "De naakte man door de lens van de vrouw", Linda Bais, FOCUS Magazine, No 12, December 2021 (NL)
2020 “Bare Men: The Group Show”, Attitude Loves, Attitude Magazine (UK), July 2020
“Hommes Nus: L’Exposition de Groupe” / Bare Men: The Group Show, L’Oeil de la Photographie (FR)
“This New York gallery is hosting an online exhibition of male nudes”, Howard Halle, Time Out New York
2019 “Nude Photography 101: Everything You Need to Know About Nude Photography”, Smart Photo Courses
“The Photography of Abigail Ekue” (interview), Casey Bell, Go Naked Magazine, Issue 26
2018 “In A Personal Light: Issac by Abigail Ekue”, Tye Briggs, Favorite Hunks & Other Things
2017 “Op kruistocht met de camera” (feature and spread), Wim Spijkers, Oh: Lekker voor vrouwen (NL), Issue #10
“An Interview with Abigail Ekue”, Erotic Review (UK)
“Abigail Ekue: Men Behaving Nakedly”, Erotic Review (UK)
“Bare Men Exhibit in Las Vegas”, Queerguru
“Inside One Female Photographer's Mission to Normalize the Nude Male Body”, Priscilla Frank, The Huffington Post
“Revealing a Social Media Strategy for Erotic Art”, Artist Interview, Follow Magazine (AU)
“Abigail Ekue – The Female Gaze”, Itchy Silk
2016 “27 Powerful Photo Stories That Captured Our Attention This Year”, Katherine Brooks, The Huffington Post
“Nackte Männer”, “Hinter den Kulissen” (interview and spread), Janina Gatzky, Séparée (DE), No. 11
“Las imperfecciones del cuerpo son el nuevo erotismo del detalle”, Julieta Sanguino, Cultura Colectiva (MX)
“Bare Men: Artist Captures Nude Men of All Ages, Shapes, and Sexuality in This Beautiful Photo Series”, Debiparna Chakraborty, Vagabomb (IN)
“Abigail Ekue's Bare Men”, Queerguru
Exclusive Interview: Abigail Ekue, HUF Magazine, Issue 54
“[NSFW] A Photographer Depicts Men at Their Most Vulnerable”, Diana Shi, The Creators Project
“A Woman Photographed 500 Naked Men To Normalize The Nude Male Body”, Priscilla Frank, The Huffington Post
“500 Männer, 500 Körper”, Hanno Stecher, Männer Magazine (DE)
"NSFW: See Images From “Bare Men”, a New Photo Book on Male Nudity", Suzannah Weiss, PAPER
“The Real Beauty of the Naked Male Body”, Vasilis Thanopoulos, Antivirus Magazine (GR)
“Bare Men Fotografien von Abigail Ekue” (interview and spread), Feigenblatt (DE), No. 30 - Scham
“These 15 Photos Celebrate Real Men in All Their Raw Glory”, Shalin Jacob, ScoopWhoop (IN)
“New York : Abigail Ekue, Bare Men”, L’Oeil de la Photographie (FR)
“Subverting the Censorship of Male Nude Photography, Abigail Ekue Brings Bare Men to a Pop-Up Show”, Natalie P, WideWalls (CH)
“Bare Men” Photography Book by Abigail Ekue | NSFW Images”, Accidental Bear
2015 “I’m Totally Into This Photo Series of Naked Men”, Lola Lovely, Erotic Scribes
“13 Vulnerable Photos of the Most Average Naked Men You’ll Ever See”, Christine Schoenwald, Your Tango
“12 Honest, Vulnerable (NSFW) Photos of Naked Men”, Sara Coughlin, Refinery29
“The Intimacy of the Male Nude – The Bare Men Series by Abigail Ekue”, Provoke! (NSFW), Angie Koridc, WideWalls (CH)
2014 “Abigail Ekue: Bare Men”, Erotic Review (UK)
“Bare Men”, Mouth&Mouth Magazine
2009 “The Dildo: A Photo Exhibit”, Parle Magazine
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Pornografiche. The Image of Desire in Independent Magazines Dedicated to Sexual Pleasure, Pietro Dal Maso, University of IUAV of Venice
2017 Uncovered: An Exploration of the Controversy Surrounding the Male Nude in Contemporary Photography, Sophie Haigh, BA (Hons) Fashion Communication,
Northumbria University, UK
Photographing The Vulnerable Male, Lucy Wigglesworth, BA History of Art, Department of History of Art, University of Bristol, UK
2016 “Bare Men” (spread), Math Magazine, Issue Three
2015 The Naked and the Lens, Second Edition: A Guide for Nude Photography, Lou Benjamin, Focal Press
2014 Succulent SexCraft: Your Hands-On Guide to Erotic Play and Practice, Sheri Winston, Mango Garden Press
“Bare Men” (spread), Pleasurez Erotic Magazine (DK), Fall 2014 Issue
“Meet Abigail Ekue our first female photographer”, Featured Photographer, GoNaked Magazine, November Issue
2013 “Talk to Me About Shame”, Chris Corbo, Time Out New York
2012 “Go Hard”, Corset Magazine, Issue #4 – Kink & BDSM
2011 “The Sensual Tableau Vivant”, Abby Wilcox, Live FAST Magazine
BOOKS
2019 Bare Men: The Group Show, exhibit catalog
Bare Men: Chapter Three (ebook)
Bare Men: Chapter Two (ebook)
Bare Men: Chapter One (ebook)
2018 Bare Men: MONOCHROME (ebook)
2017 Bare Men: January to June (ebook)
2016 Bare Men: The B Roll (ebook)
Bare Men (hardcover limited collector's edition)
Complete Photography CV on abigailekuephotography.com