This isn't about the cheap thrills of skin magazines or the clinical sterility of fashion shoots. This is about finding the poetry in the human form, about capturing the kind of beauty that makes you forget to breathe.

The next day's photo shoot was a masterclass in amateur hour. Isabella showed up at the hotel looking like she'd navigated through the Amazon rather than walking five blocks down a city street. My camera work was about as steady as a junkie's hands at midnight, and exposure settings looked like they were chosen by a blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a light meter.

Now she's back in Milwaukee, 28 years old, designing graphics for local businesses who still think Facebook is cutting-edge marketing. By day she arranges pixels into pleasing patterns for cheese shops and beer gardens. But at night, when the city shows its true face, she transforms into Shailo

Camera: Sony Alpha 7R III Lens: ZEISS Batis 85mm f/1.8 The Thai sun was doing its usual death-march across the sky when I realized...

Christ, these Bangkok models – they're a different breed entirely. This one, Rose, moves through photoshoots like a seasoned mercenary through war zones, except her ammunition is pouts and poses that would make a Victoria's Secret angel look like an amateur.

Beautiful Art Nude Model From Russia. Twenty-three years old with the kind of Slavic beauty that makes men forget their bank accounts exist.

Cutest Girl in Pattaya Soi 6, The girl appeared like some twisted mirage in this neon-drenched hellscape of Pattaya – Soi 6, with the kind of innocence that shouldn't exist in a place where souls go to die.