Chicago – Legendary photographer Ellen Stagg is up for more AltStar Awards, and she needs her fans and industry friends to help her win one or both awards she’s up for.
Recently, the AltStar Awards announced their 2024 nominees, and Ellen Stagg made the coveted list twice. She’s up for Best Alternative Erotica Photographer for her photos, work for Hustler and Taboo, and much more. Ellen’s second nomination is for Best Alt Visual Arts Book for her latest book, “Free to Be Naked,” which features erotic nudes she’s shot over the past three years.
To win the exquisite crystal trophy for one or both awards, fans and industry peeps must #rockthevote every day until voting closes. To vote Best Alternative Erotica Photographer altporn.net/019-vote-altstar-awards-2024-best-alternative-erotica-photographer, look for her name, click the bubble next to it, and hit the SUBMIT VOTE button! Do the same for Best Alt Visual Arts Book for “Free to Be Naked,” but use the link of altporn.net/017-vote-altstar-awards-2024-best-alt-visual-arts-book and look for the title of the book.
To thank her fans and everyone who votes for her, she’s doing a giveaway. One lucky person will win a free copy of her nominated book, “Free to Be Naked.” Prove you voted for Ellen by taking a screenshot of your vote and emailing it to her at [email protected]. You can vote every day, and the more times you vote, the more chances you have of winning.
“I’m so excited to be up for these two prestigious awards, and if I had to pick the one that I really want to win, it would be Best Alt Visual Arts Book for ‘Free to Be Naked.’ I put my heart and soul into this book, and it’s selling well,” says Ellen Stagg.
The 2024 AltStar Awards ceremony is on Sunday, June 9th, in Las Vegas with Jeffrey Damnit and Malice McMunn hosting. For more details about the awards show, pool party, and convention, along with a complete list of nominees, go to altporn.net/news/2024/04/25/2024-altstarawards-nominees.
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ABOUT ELLEN STAGG
Famed photographer Ellen Stagg describes her work as photographing women of all levels of dress undress, empowering women, and celebrating and collaborating with them through her photography.
Ellen’s lifelong interest in photography began in high school in Connecticut with a senior-level photography course. She attended the prestigious School of Visual Arts, graduating with a BFA. At the end of her junior year at SVA, Stagg signed with her first agent and immediately began shooting commercial content for magazines, advertising, fashion, and exclusive clientele. Ellen’s fashion and commercial work has appeared in Life, Vibe, Interview, Maxim, Flaunt, I-D, Inked, Penthouse, Time Out, Teen Vogue, and film and TV. Her subjects, drawn from acting, music, and sports, include Scarlett Johansson, Moby, Tony Hawk, Heidi Fleiss, Redman, Good Charlotte, and Geena Rocero. A complete list of her clients is at EllenStagg.com.
The turning point in her career came when Ellen met porn star/actress Justine Joli, who was searching for a photographer to create content for her site. Through Joli, she met other women from the industry and continued to explore more erotic subject matter but ran into difficulty while looking for places to showcase her work. Deemed too “porn” for her commercial work and too “artsy” for porn sites, Ellen started her own website, Staggstreet.com, which brought her more notoriety and opened doors for TV work and art exhibits.
Ellen was spotlighted in a ten-episode web series shot by The Independent Film Channel called “The Stagg Party”. Filmed and directed by Joe Swanberg, the series was shot in Brooklyn and Los Angeles and received critical kudos. She then moved on to shoot/produce and star in 2 seasons of Playboy TV’s “Badass,” photographing models doing badass activities like cliff diving, riding horses, and driving a tracker, all in the nude while Ellen interviewed them. Ellen also starred in KarmaloopTV KarmaloopTV.com, “Behind the Lens,” shooting and interviewing her models, including Stoya, Lily Labeau, Shay Laren, Kacie Marie and more.
Ellen has exhibited her fine art film images at art galleries worldwide. She has shown her work at Fuse Gallery, Parlor Gallery, Stephen Romano, Morbid Anatomy, Gallery, Brooklyn, Mighty Tanaka, and Scope Art Fair. Her work is regularly featured on the covers and pages of Hustler and Taboo magazines. Ellen received three wins and numerous nominations from the AltStar Awards. Follow her adventures on Twitter/X & IG at @EllenStagg.