By Carly Stern For Dailymail. Some wounded war veterans, above all else, just want to feel normal again. And when photographer Michael Stokes , 52, gets down to business, they do. That's because Michael doesn't shoot traditional solemn photos, posing amputee soldiers looking grave in their uniforms and prosthetics. Instead, the Los Angeles, California, resident spotlights these men and women in all their naked and nearly-naked glory with sexy, confident shoots that certainly say: 'I've still got it. Scroll down for video.
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Your account is not active. We have sent an email to the address you provided with an activation link. Check your inbox, and click on the link to activate your account. Michael Stokes, a fine arts photographer in California, takes a bold new approach to veteran portrait photography by taking powerful and sexually charged photos of confident veterans posing proudly with their amputated body parts and prosthetics. The project began with Alex Minsky, a U.
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A Pensacola-area Marine who lost her leg during combat in Afghanistan and posed nude for the cover of ESPN Magazine's Body issue is being praised by other female veterans. Ennis poses nude in the photo while climbing a rock formation, her tattooed back and prosthetic leg prominently displayed. The Body Issues is a tribute to athletes' physiques and physical strength. Everyone featured in the magazine posed without clothing. Ennis lost her leg in while serving as an aerial door gunner in a Sea Stallion helicopter that crashed over Helmand Province in Afghanistan after it was targeted by enemy forces.
Now, photographer Michael Stokes , 52, is finally releasing Always Loyal , his much-anticipated hardcover book on November 15, featuring both male and female amputee veterans posing in sexy, confident shoots rather than in the more-prevalent solemn-style of photos. The book will contain plenty of new images from the series he began more than three years ago. Scroll down for video.