Every body is beautiful.
Bull City Boudoir is an unapologetically inclusive, body-positive, sex-positive, identity-focused intimate photography service, based in Durham, North Carolina. We celebrate you for who you are.
“Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.”
– Oscar Wilde
Our Philosophy
All you. No Bull.
Celebrating the beauty of our bodies is in our DNA.
Did you know that the oldest human artwork are a couple of 30,000 year old nude figures?
While we haven’t been around that long, we have spent more than a decade de-stigmatizing artwork made with the human body. We believe in the healing power of art and the inherent beauty of being unique.
We celebrate the awe-inspiring diversity of humanity by making beautiful, cherished results with any consenting adult with a body – all shapes, sizes, shades, and sexualities.
“I did it for myself. Stepping out of my comfort zone to love my body and her many flaws and shapes that tell the story of my life. Seeing myself from that point of view, I felt beautiful… which I haven’t in a long time.”
Kristen R.
Our Team
J. Ivonne Argetta
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND STYLING CONSULTANT
I am a serial entrepreneur whose businesses have always focused on lifting communities — whether it was the lavanderia I opened in my hometown to make life easier on working families or the microlending organization I built to break generational cycles of poverty by helping make dreams attainable.
- I was a teenage beauty pageant winner, wearing clothes I designed myself,
- I was the first person in my family to graduate college (Go, Tarheels!),
- I have lived in half a dozen countries, visited every continent except Antarctica (as soon as it warms up), and speak five languages;
- My motto in life is “No mud, no lotus.”
Dan Smith
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER AND CAMERA TRANSPORTER
I love the moment when someone sees a photo of themselves, does a double-take, says “Wow!” and asks “is that really me?” There is such power in the ability of photography to have an incisive impact on our perspective — especially the way we regard ourselves and each other.
- My children and I were all born in the same building, but three different hospitals,
- I hold a Masters of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University (Go, Blue Devils!),
- I hold the distinction of prompting NPR to post a “NSFW” warning on it’s website,
- I’ve had behind the scenes access at the White House, the Smithsonian, the Venice Biennale, the Pentagon, and the Paris Airshow.
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Languages spoken
120,000+
Images made since 1998
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Average number of laughs per hour