Clifford Prince King: the fluidity of flames

Late nights and early mornings, their bodies intertwined. The coming heat ignites first inside, then outside – Clifford Prince King’s humanity staged for Lampoon, Boiling issue

Clifford Prince King for Lampoon, Boiling issue – Human fluidity and the flames of passion

Title: Lilies, Smoke, and Amber

The silence between lovers. Winter months are coming to an end. Spring showcasing what was discovered. Spirits on fire, an urge to shout and solidify their bond. Late nights and early mornings, their bodies intertwined. 

Clifford Prince King weaves a story of love, humanity and fluidity. A story of two lovers who relate to each other in the fervor of their inner flames, burned by the passion of bodies that need to intertwine. The simmer of a summer that is a promise. The coming heat ignites first inside, then outside.

Photographer Clifford Prince King

Clifford Prince King documents his intimate relationships in traditional, everyday settings. In these instances, communion begins to morph into an offering of memory; it is how he honors and celebrates the reality of layered personhood. Within King’s images are nods to the beyond. Shared offerings to the past manifest in codes hidden in plain sight, known only to those who sit within a shared place of knowledge.

Team Credits:

Photography: Clifford Prince King
Models: Ray and Journey
Makeup: Sherrod Taylor

Editorial Team

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