有种惊艳叫残缺美

镜头中的他们，有着强壮有力的肌肉，不可一世的自信，帅气俊朗的外表...这不是什么时装杂志男模大片，而是美国伤残军人的一组性感写真。他们并未因身体的残缺而感到难堪沮丧，反而展示出一种摄人心魄的力度与美感...
这组照片名为“永远的忠诚”，作者是一位名为迈克尔•斯托克斯的美国摄影师。照片包括了14名参加过伊拉克战争、海湾战争和阿富汗战争的美国陆海空军士兵的写真。迈克尔目前正在众筹网站Kickstarter上募资，打算将这些写真结集出版。
故事始于2012年，当时一位名叫亚历克斯的阿富汗战争伤残士兵找到了迈克尔，希望他能为自己拍照。迈克尔发现虽然亚历克斯腿有伤残，但镜头下的他却丝毫没有哀伤和颓废，反而充满了坚强和力量。
后来亚历克斯成为了模特，而迈克尔也找到了新的事业发展方向：为退伍伤残士兵拍摄性感写真。
LA-based fitness photographer Michael Stokes is putting a different spin on how wounded veterans are depicted. He's raising money on Kickstarter for a book called
"Always Loyal" that features stunning photos of 14 U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps veterans of the Iraq War, Gulf War, and War in Afghanistan.
Stokes told The Huffington Post that an interaction about two years ago with a veteran wounded in Afghanistan inspired the idea for his new book.
"I met this veteran, Alex Minsky, and talked to him about different approaches to a portrait session," said Stokes. "I had already studied as many amputee photos that I could find. I noticed that most of them emphasized the lost limb, and that the mood was often sorrowful.
That was not the vibe I was getting from him, so I decided to simply photograph him as if he were not an amputee, photograph him exactly the same way I would any of my fitness models."
The result? Minsky found fame as a model, and a new passion was born for Stokes.