Bryce Napier
Photographer and image creator since 1994, in a new phase of intimate photography that attempts to explore the depths of femininity, in all its dimensions, with empathy and humor.
- Flashing back to last summer with @kristyjessica.bsky.social as I was scrolling through past photoshoots to see if anything would be cool as faux album art. #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
- After working through a highly conceptual, post-process focused project with @anastasiamaye.bsky.social, we had time left over, so we played with the idea of high fashion posing in a low fashion outfit. A sweet bonus from burning clock, letting her move as she wanted. #artnude #intimatephotography
- "Good Morning!" Starting off strong in 2026. I was able whittle my vision down to a palatable two words: imperfectly sexy. Like when that cute nightie you wore gets twisted around while you sleep. Relatable, human, but still adorably sexy. Model: Lavish Crystal #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
- Happy new year! Haven't put up a photo in a while. It felt a little weird cross-pollinating my comments on a local radio event, so I let my account sit for a bit. This is Mighty Earthling from November of last year, right at my house. #artnude #intimatephotography
- Do I actually think Blind Melon’s cover of the Schoolhouse Rock song “3 Is A Magic Number” is one of the ten best covers in history? No. But it was on my list because, you know, fun. I have to remember I can just cue it up if it doesn’t make the #xpncountdown one-vote mix tape. But it’s not as fun.
- That’ll have to be the consolation prize that Kirtsy MacColl’s “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby” didn’t make the #xpncountdown (but surely got more than just my wife’s vote). Nice Smiths cover.
- Still time for Motley Crue’s “Smokin’ In The Boys Room” to sneak in there. #xpncountdown
- Nice uptick in Kinks covers in the past hour. #xpncountdown
- Siouxsie’s Prudence. The last of my picks I expect to hear. On my wife’s list as well. #xpncountdown
- I love that Social Distortion could turn up this high on the #xpncountdown, as it doesn’t seem a very XPN song. But then, I didn’t live here in the ‘90s. Maybe it was big.
- Mostly I feel music is out there to be enjoyed, but I’m weirdly possessive of Talk Talk, so I hated that cover of It’s My Life when it came out, convinced I would have to share this thing I loved with the filthy casuals. In the end, most people didn’t know or care it was a cover. #xpncountdown
- I’m experiencing a little whiplash in going from from hoping my picks make the #xpncountdown to hoping I’m the only person that voted for it.
- Run-DMC almost goes top 100 despite being the example of what doesn’t count as a cover. I have to say, I kind of approve, because I mean come ON, but still. Chaos. #xpncountdown
- Maybe what I really wanted in my heart was 885 ska covers, with an occasional thrash/punk one thrown in. I don’t even particularly like Reel Big Fish, but this is the bash-em-out my expectations were primed for. #xpncountdown
- I thought a higher percentage of the #xpncountdown would be like that cover of Come On Eileen—not so much turning tunes into torch songs or frameworks for a prog jam, but just ripping through an old familiar song, where it’s fun, almost independently of whether it’s good.
- Camper! I’m, like, 80% confident this was on my list. One of my 11s if not. CvB forever, baby! #xpncountdown
- David Gray’s gut-wrenching transformation of a pretty terrible (sorry) Soft Cell song should have been higher, because I 100% would have included it on my ballot had I thought of it while voting. #xpncountdown
- Mystery solved. #xpncountdown
- This makes me curious if we’ll see 10,000 Maniacs’ “Peace Train,” after the band disowned it and had it removed from subsequent printings of In My Tribe. #xpncountdown
- Thumbs up for some Quiet Riot, but I did have a fleeting instant where I thought ‘Was Toni Basil’s Mickey a cover?’ #xpncountdown
- Robyn! Very nice. Not on my list, but very much appreciated. #xpncountdown
- Luka Bloom doing LLCoolJ gives me hope that maybe my quirkier choices aren’t quite dead in the water. #xpncountdown
- One certainly begins to suspect that the Deadheads who voted gamed the system by voting a straight ticket of Dead/Garcia covers. #xpncountdown
- Got a call out of the blue from a friend in Japan I haven’t talked to in a few years while Poolside was playing. Seemed rude to say ‘Can we wrap this up? I’m listening to the #xpncountdown.’ So I didn’t. But oh, how the FOMO built.
- Yes, Sting has always been halfway up his own ass. But damn if those first couple of solo records, and especially Nothing Like The Sun, weren’t excellent records. #xpncountdown
- This makes me curious if we’ll see 10,000 Maniacs’ “Peace Train,” after the band disowned it and had it removed from subsequent printings of In My Tribe. #xpncountdown
- Love me some Cheap Trick, and I’ll gladly take this. But please let’s not unearth their awful “Don’t Be Cruel” cover from that late-80s lost-their-identity phase. #xpncountdown
- Well, no song wanted to follow “Sinnerman,” but I’m chagrined that it’s a Love & Rockets song I like and own, and now feel a little silly about. #xpncountdown (I didn’t vote for it, though.)
- Whenever I check out at the store with an odd selection, I wonder if anyone in the history of shopping has had that exact combination—like lip balm, napkins, and a can of beans. Wondering the same about the #xpncountdown. Beyonce, Phish, Dead Kennedys and Phil C in the last hour. Unprecedented?
- And a nice recovery with The Specials. In a concise 2:52. #xpncountdown
- Love the jittery energy the Futureheads bring to this cover of Hounds Of Love. Was either on my list (2 of 10 so far?) or was supposed to be. #xpncountdown
- Every year I forget to make a separate copy of my #xpncountdown list for reference. I think I put Ub40’s version of “Kingston Town,” maybe? Nice to hear some Ub40, though.
- "Naughty Seamstress" Assembling a year-end review for that other platform, but it's hard to find IG-appropriate stuff from some sessions. I'm cooking up plans for next year, and I'm hoping @mandiimonarch.bsky.social and @riahjolynn.bsky.social will be part of them. #artnude #intimatephotography
- "Joie de vivre" This was the last shot I took during my session with Sandrah. I love that a woman in her 40s decided to start jumping on the bed. I snapped it, looked at it (since you never know what you'll get in energetic poses), and said "Yup, that's the one." #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
- "Peeks & Valleys" Mostly I threw this up here so I didn't forget that I thought of this title for it, which made me laugh. With Kristy Jessica (@kristyjessica.bsky.social)in Utah. #artnude #intimatephotography
- "Panties In A Bunch" The lovely Inna, from a shoot at a Philadelphia riverfront apartment. I love to take shots that are elegant and empowering, perhaps even insightful, but I've had fun this year with shots that acknowledge that a nude woman is also just so sexy. #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
