Remember, I was to be in Las Vegas for three weeks. My plan with Ivizia & Tana was to shoot a sexy burlesque number at first light, and then a desert scene with Ivizia back in the nun suit from Murmur to add to the St. Magdalene Series.
The location for this shoot was to be in and around Valley of Fire. We woke up at 3 AM, left Vegas at around 3:45, using the camping entrance to get into the park. We thought we’d be fine since it was the crack of dawn and too early for Ranger Rick patrols. No, I didn’t have a photography permit. Ninja style: that’s how I roll.
Well, we weren’t ninja enough. Ranger Rick cut the burlesque shoot short and escorted us out of the park. At least Tana & Ivizia weren’t naked yet, and at least Ranger Rick didn’t fine me for “non-recreational photography on State Lands.” Hey Ranger Rick: it’s pretty recreational to us, dick! That’s all right, I’ve got future plans for Valley of Fire…
So, after escorting us out of the park, Ranger Rick turned around and I said, “Fuck that, we’ve got plenty of desert out here that can serve as a good backdrop.” As we sped down the wavy two lane highway we watched for little dirt roads that went off into the desert. We’d seen a few on the way in, so we were trying to remember which one looked the most promising. Hey! This one looks good! And so we turned off down what turned out to be a wash with very, very soft sand. It kind of disappeared after about 500 yards, so it was time to turn around and try again. Well, I reversed too far up a little berm apparently, and the truck high-centered.
Wish we had seen more of Juliette Cecile! Was she ever published anywhere in the mag?