Photos by Mark Velasquez

If you're looking to drool over the portfolio of a photographer who specializes in high-gloss cheesecake shots of oiled, naked supermodels ... well, Mark Velasquez isn't that kind of photographer. Which isn't to say that a lot of his work isn't sexy—for proof, see his "Pin-ups", "Secret Thoughts", and "Mother Nature" projects—but we're more interested in the part of his portfolio he labels "Eccentric" and describes as the place where he "step(s) outside the accepted norm of what constitutes beauty, high fashion, and basic common decency". Sure, photos of drunk pageant queens and pregnant trailer trash might not be everyone's cup of Jack Daniels where erotic photography is concerned, but you can't help but appreciate his sense of humor—and the fact that his models look like they're having as good time posing for him as he is taking their picture. And besides, one cannot live on high-gloss cheesecake alone.

· Mark Velasquez Photography (markvelasquez.com - thanks Dana)

Previously: Katie West's Self Portraits, Toxxxy (And Friends), Goofy Nudes, Monster Cheesecake, Photos by Danilo Pasquali, Nudes Without Dignity: A Look Back