All images by Jason Bach. Used with permission.

“We live in a world where media & film censorship favors violence over the beauty of the naked form.” says photographer Jason Bach about how he got into intimate portraiture. “To me, its an appalling concept and should be reversed – we should be embracing and teaching younger generations that sexuality and nudity is natural and a much more positive representation of humanity than what violence offers.” You see, Jason isn’t one of those guys on the social interwebs using nudity to become Instafamous–he creates genuinely intimate, sensual and beautiful work.

Jason Bach is a wedding and commercial photographer who owns his studio The Photogenic Lab based in Denver, CO. He labels his distinctive style as “playful, innovative images that wrap stories into single moments.” Indeed, it makes a lot of sense. And when it comes to creating intimate scenes, he says that it’s all about the serious nature behind the work.

Phoblographer: Talk to us about how you got into photography.

Jason: It was an on again off again love affair beginning in my early childhood when my parents gave me my first Pentax film camera as a birthday present. I was always trying to take all the art classes, to the point that my high school made extra art class periods for me because I ran through them all by junior year high school. My first and only actual photography class was in high school and that was my introduction to film and processing prints. After that I had a gap where I studied computer science and let a career in that scratch my technical itch for a few years.

I fell back in love with photography after getting my hands on my brother’s old Nikon DSLR for a few weeks. It brought back this need to understand the principles and become creative again. I went back to school to get a MA in Media, Film, & Journalism at University of Denver, which led me down a career path in commercial video production, which taught me much about understanding light, how to look for it, and shape it if need be.

After working as a camera operator and DP for a bit, I turned my attention back to stills photography and decided to give weddings & lifestyle a go, but only if I could bring a more artistic non-traditional style to my creativity and client delivery. I founded The Photogenic Lab soon after.

Phoblographer: What made you attracted to creating intimate portraits?

Jason: Several reasons actually. We live in a world where media & film censorship favors violence over the beauty of the naked form. To me, it’s an appalling concept and should be reversed – we should be embracing and teaching younger generations that sexuality and nudity is natural and a much more positive representation of humanity than what violence offers.

However, I don’t want that to be confused with sexualizing the male or female form. I think one can admire the beauty of intimate display without overtly manifesting sexual desire for it. I love creating intimate portraits that can elicit either of these emotions from a viewer. Much of it also has to do with the subject and how they want to portray themselves as well.

Phoblographer: When you go about doing this work, what kind of prep do you do beforehand? Is there concept planning? What about locations?

Jason: Sometimes it’s not planned at all and totally spontaneous while other times every detail has been planned out for location, wardrobe, model, etc. I try and use the subjects house or a friend’s location if available. Lately I’ve been scouting on Airbnb for fun locations to use with owners permission of course. As for as concepts are concerned, it’s something I want to explore more of. For now, I’ve just been concentrating on my style and figuring out what works and what doesn’t.

Phoblographer: This type of work obviously gives off a very intimate feel, so what elements and ideas are always in your head to ensure that that’s what comes through in the end result?

Jason: Normally when I shoot weddings an...