https://nsfwow.com NSFWar of the Worlds Mon, 01 Sep 2025 17:17:03 +0000 https://nsfwow.com en https://nsfwow.com/Splash-Page Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:10:03 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/Splash-Page NSFWar of the Worldsnsfwow.com Photographs by Russell U. Richards “I think of the NSFWar of the Worlds photo series as my unrealized sci-fi/ exploitation movie. The kind of movie that, once upon a time, you’d guiltily rent from the video store based entirely upon the lurid cover art, that featured action-packed storylines, freaky monsters, gratuitous nudity and creative practical effects. A movie set in a world where cities lay in ruins and camouflaged naked warrior women battle tentacled alien overlords.” -RUR NSFWar of the Worlds is an ongoing photo series- more images coming soon! https://nsfwow.com/Bodies-of-Work-exhibition-2024 Mon, 01 Sep 2025 17:17:03 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/Bodies-of-Work-exhibition-2024 Bodies of WorkBodypaintings and photography by Russell U. Richards at the McGuffey Art CenterOct 1- Nov 17, 2024 <img width="1440" height="1080" width_o="1440" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26feb87b368440b6c4b5b9e21c06d75069f1edbea000f96105a6ad43c3912fdb/McG-opening-2024-1.jpg" data-mid="237707829" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26feb87b368440b6c4b5b9e21c06d75069f1edbea000f96105a6ad43c3912fdb/McG-opening-2024-1.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1080" width_o="1440" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd141398dce6997eee923da6b6affdc2310c269d42b258408cd6ff9eb2ae6e64/McG-opening-2024-2.jpg" data-mid="237707828" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd141398dce6997eee923da6b6affdc2310c269d42b258408cd6ff9eb2ae6e64/McG-opening-2024-2.jpg" /> Scenes from the opening reception of my show Bodies of Work, which ran from Oct 1- Nov 17, 2024 at the McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville VA.In addition to large-scale photographs, this was an opportunity to exhibit some of the miniatures, props and process photos from the creation of NSFWar of the Worlds and other fantasy/ bodypaint artworks. <img width="1080" height="1294" width_o="1080" height_o="1294" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f3453fd27983d1fcde2c59d0114540bba22319214b43cbb663418dbbf036b41/BOW-web-invite-abbreviated-more.jpg" data-mid="237708049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f3453fd27983d1fcde2c59d0114540bba22319214b43cbb663418dbbf036b41/BOW-web-invite-abbreviated-more.jpg" /> Bodies of Work Bodypainting is the world’s oldest art form. Long before modern humans arrived on the scene, and hundreds of thousands of years before the first cave paintings, early people were already painting their bodies with clay and other natural pigments, and every culture in history has practiced some kind of bodypainting. Sometimes when creating one of my artworks on a (very patient) naked person, I imagine being part of a long, unbroken timeline of body art-making, going back to the world’s first artists. I’ve tried to express that idea in the piece Origins. Because bodypaintings are ephemeral, I design them with photography in mind. Bodies of Work is a selection of large-format photos from my ongoing science fiction NSFWar of the Worlds series (that was recently exhibited at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas), my Flower series, and various other projects. Many of these photographs are composites of multiple images. Like old-school practical effects in a movie, the “live action” component- a bodypainted model- is photographed in the studio or on location, miniatures and other elements are shot separately, and all of the pieces are carefully assembled in Photoshop to create the resultant artwork. I painted the “graffiti” backgrounds and the models, built the props, monsters, miniature spacecraft and buildings by hand, and photographed and Photoshopped all of it. Generative AI is not used in these images. Without my wonderful models, these Bodies of Work would not exist. I’m grateful to have found such fun, creative collaborators, who are somehow always willing to do the outlandish things I ask of them. -RUR https://nsfwow.com/She-slayed-the-fuck-out-of-it Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:10:04 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/She-slayed-the-fuck-out-of-it She slayed the fuck out of it photograph, 2019 <img width="864" height="1296" width_o="864" height_o="1296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdcee7964775fde61392fb77b4d783c5cd17ee59bc38e4f60762ce861ec68300/sheslayedthefuckoutofit-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="92600403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/864/i/fdcee7964775fde61392fb77b4d783c5cd17ee59bc38e4f60762ce861ec68300/sheslayedthefuckoutofit-lo-res.jpg" /> She slayed the fuck out of itsigned limited edition 30 x 45” photo print $500 signed open edition 16 x 24” photo print $200 Next ︎ https://nsfwow.com/Black-Dragon Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:15:50 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/Black-Dragon Black Dragoncomposite photograph, 2020 <img width="864" height="1296" width_o="864" height_o="1296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/518d0b77c51d3df330c6c8af9207b4988463e570b9485d1ac28b683151b02f25/Black-Dragon-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="92251339" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/864/i/518d0b77c51d3df330c6c8af9207b4988463e570b9485d1ac28b683151b02f25/Black-Dragon-lo-res.jpg" /> Black Dragonsigned limited edition 30 x 45” photo print $500 signed open edition 16 x 24” photo print $200 Next ︎ https://nsfwow.com/Space-Seed Wed, 20 Jul 2022 02:44:29 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/Space-Seed Space Seedcomposite photograph, 2022 <img width="1728" height="1152" width_o="1728" height_o="1152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3270fba248b0e5631637eb90c134d6085907df35fa2dd08b0ddfa22b3a25065/Hot-Zone-for-web.jpg" data-mid="148272192" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3270fba248b0e5631637eb90c134d6085907df35fa2dd08b0ddfa22b3a25065/Hot-Zone-for-web.jpg" /> Space Seedsigned limited edition 45 x 30” photo print $500 signed open edition 24 x 16” photo print $200 Next ︎ https://nsfwow.com/Trophy Wed, 25 Oct 2023 05:02:26 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/Trophy Trophycomposite photograph, 2023 <img width="864" height="1296" width_o="864" height_o="1296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2e7cbf191e2c697b75f3a02003d5ccd5bbd918c70c84a45289f8efe711bf9f9/Trophy-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="238250209" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/864/i/b2e7cbf191e2c697b75f3a02003d5ccd5bbd918c70c84a45289f8efe711bf9f9/Trophy-lo-res.jpg" /> Trophysigned limited edition 30 x 45” photo print $500 signed open edition 16 x 24” photo print $200 Next ︎ https://nsfwow.com/killthemosquitomachine Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:03:55 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/killthemosquitomachine #killthemosquitomachinecomposite photograph, 2019 <img width="1152" height="864" width_o="1152" height_o="864" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf339065601cde9eaac97a8b37b1b6652de85ac876325f9301d59cf74d66bb9b/-killthemosquitomachine-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="92872131" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf339065601cde9eaac97a8b37b1b6652de85ac876325f9301d59cf74d66bb9b/-killthemosquitomachine-lo-res.jpg" /> #killthemosquitomachinesigned limited edition 36 x 27” photo print $400 signed open edition 24 x 18” photo print $200 Next ︎ https://nsfwow.com/Attack-of-the-Cybernetic-Pizza-Delivery-Overlords Tue, 15 Dec 2020 22:31:33 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/Attack-of-the-Cybernetic-Pizza-Delivery-Overlords Attack of the Cybernetic Pizza Delivery Overlordscomposite photograph, 2020 <img width="864" height="1296" width_o="864" height_o="1296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b27aebd0da4825d3c736cae50cf043b71b27d3587e69730a7d71d781ba220d16/attackofthecybernetic-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="92872098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/864/i/b27aebd0da4825d3c736cae50cf043b71b27d3587e69730a7d71d781ba220d16/attackofthecybernetic-lo-res.jpg" /> Attack of the Cybernetic Pizza Delivery Overlordssigned limited edition 30 x 45” photo print $500 signed open edition 16 x 24” photo print $200 Next ︎ https://nsfwow.com/cr33porBCn Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:10:04 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/cr33porBCn #cr33porBCncomposite photograph, 2019 <img width="1296" height="864" width_o="1296" height_o="864" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ee96f8929b4208e9a47156190484e6cbb3c1e6544fbe27f10809cc6d3f4b39d/cr33porBCn-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="92872052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ee96f8929b4208e9a47156190484e6cbb3c1e6544fbe27f10809cc6d3f4b39d/cr33porBCn-lo-res.jpg" /> cr33porBCnsigned limited edition 45 x 30” photo print $500 signed open edition 24 x 16” photo print $200 Next ︎ https://nsfwow.com/NSFWar-at-the-Erotic-Heritage-Museum Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:50:46 +0000 NSFWar of the Worlds https://nsfwow.com/NSFWar-at-the-Erotic-Heritage-Museum NSFWar of the Worlds&nbsp; at the Erotic Heritage MuseumJan 2021- May 2022, Las Vegas NV <img width="1008" height="756" width_o="1008" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e3f3ba2fd97a95c51eb183156571de0edd7bca63806391b0420ba0f3c22c0f3/EHM-EXTERIOR-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="148275988" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e3f3ba2fd97a95c51eb183156571de0edd7bca63806391b0420ba0f3c22c0f3/EHM-EXTERIOR-lo-res.jpg" /> <img width="1008" height="757" width_o="1008" height_o="757" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a1766afa0a862c075218816f9609f5cfdf2837035d98b20ba2db1fc83beccd9/me-at-EHM-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="238259163" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a1766afa0a862c075218816f9609f5cfdf2837035d98b20ba2db1fc83beccd9/me-at-EHM-lo-res.jpg" /> <img width="1008" height="756" width_o="1008" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3ce42d091d6a5d5fbafea6be4bac2c40efd4f463598a7928734d8b8ed2c77dc/EHM-show-2-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="148275984" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3ce42d091d6a5d5fbafea6be4bac2c40efd4f463598a7928734d8b8ed2c77dc/EHM-show-2-lo-res.jpg" /> <img width="1008" height="756" width_o="1008" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b5fa004030258194fe497e1871262154cd383a540e6e209167800eaf07b5594/Considering-art-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="148275986" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b5fa004030258194fe497e1871262154cd383a540e6e209167800eaf07b5594/Considering-art-lo-res.jpg" /> <img width="1008" height="756" width_o="1008" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9a840e240abc602a3e21dc60a42a18db683b8502f47257cc9d0aa932275cd29/EHM-sex-ads-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="148275987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9a840e240abc602a3e21dc60a42a18db683b8502f47257cc9d0aa932275cd29/EHM-sex-ads-lo-res.jpg" /> <img width="1008" height="756" width_o="1008" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/122df4e8339b5bf0f695e5ea6c500ab7ee08f731029d6e1da726d74ea444c004/two-at-EHM-lo-res.jpg" data-mid="238259162" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/122df4e8339b5bf0f695e5ea6c500ab7ee08f731029d6e1da726d74ea444c004/two-at-EHM-lo-res.jpg" /> I finally got to Las Vegas to catch THE LAST DAY of my year-and-a-half long&nbsp;NSFWar of the Worlds exhibit at the Erotic Heritage Museum. The museum’s art curators chose Attack of the Cybernetic Pizza Delivery Overlords and Take that you slimy pile of slug shit to add to their permanent collection.