Bryce Napier
@brycenapier.bsky.social
Photographer and image creator since 1994, in a new phase of intimate photography that attempts to explore the depths of femininity, in all its dimensions, with empathy and humor.
Maybe what I really wanted in my heart was 885 ska covers, with an occasional thrash/punk one thrown in. I don’t even particularly like Reel Big Fish, but this is the bash-em-out my expectations were primed for. #xpncountdown
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Maybe what I really wanted in my heart was 885 ska covers, with an occasional thrash/punk one thrown in. I don’t even particularly like Reel Big Fish, but this is the bash-em-out my expectations were primed for. #xpncountdown
I thought a higher percentage of the #xpncountdown would be like that cover of Come On Eileen—not so much turning tunes into torch songs or frameworks for a prog jam, but just ripping through an old familiar song, where it’s fun, almost independently of whether it’s good.
December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I thought a higher percentage of the #xpncountdown would be like that cover of Come On Eileen—not so much turning tunes into torch songs or frameworks for a prog jam, but just ripping through an old familiar song, where it’s fun, almost independently of whether it’s good.
Camper! I’m, like, 80% confident this was on my list. One of my 11s if not. CvB forever, baby! #xpncountdown
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Camper! I’m, like, 80% confident this was on my list. One of my 11s if not. CvB forever, baby! #xpncountdown
David Gray’s gut-wrenching transformation of a pretty terrible (sorry) Soft Cell song should have been higher, because I 100% would have included it on my ballot had I thought of it while voting. #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
David Gray’s gut-wrenching transformation of a pretty terrible (sorry) Soft Cell song should have been higher, because I 100% would have included it on my ballot had I thought of it while voting. #xpncountdown
Mystery solved. #xpncountdown
This makes me curious if we’ll see 10,000 Maniacs’ “Peace Train,” after the band disowned it and had it removed from subsequent printings of In My Tribe. #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Mystery solved. #xpncountdown
Thumbs up for some Quiet Riot, but I did have a fleeting instant where I thought ‘Was Toni Basil’s Mickey a cover?’ #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Thumbs up for some Quiet Riot, but I did have a fleeting instant where I thought ‘Was Toni Basil’s Mickey a cover?’ #xpncountdown
Robyn! Very nice. Not on my list, but very much appreciated. #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Robyn! Very nice. Not on my list, but very much appreciated. #xpncountdown
Luka Bloom doing LLCoolJ gives me hope that maybe my quirkier choices aren’t quite dead in the water. #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Luka Bloom doing LLCoolJ gives me hope that maybe my quirkier choices aren’t quite dead in the water. #xpncountdown
One certainly begins to suspect that the Deadheads who voted gamed the system by voting a straight ticket of Dead/Garcia covers. #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
One certainly begins to suspect that the Deadheads who voted gamed the system by voting a straight ticket of Dead/Garcia covers. #xpncountdown
Got a call out of the blue from a friend in Japan I haven’t talked to in a few years while Poolside was playing. Seemed rude to say ‘Can we wrap this up? I’m listening to the #xpncountdown.’ So I didn’t. But oh, how the FOMO built.
December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Got a call out of the blue from a friend in Japan I haven’t talked to in a few years while Poolside was playing. Seemed rude to say ‘Can we wrap this up? I’m listening to the #xpncountdown.’ So I didn’t. But oh, how the FOMO built.
Yes, Sting has always been halfway up his own ass. But damn if those first couple of solo records, and especially Nothing Like The Sun, weren’t excellent records. #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yes, Sting has always been halfway up his own ass. But damn if those first couple of solo records, and especially Nothing Like The Sun, weren’t excellent records. #xpncountdown
This makes me curious if we’ll see 10,000 Maniacs’ “Peace Train,” after the band disowned it and had it removed from subsequent printings of In My Tribe. #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This makes me curious if we’ll see 10,000 Maniacs’ “Peace Train,” after the band disowned it and had it removed from subsequent printings of In My Tribe. #xpncountdown
Love me some Cheap Trick, and I’ll gladly take this. But please let’s not unearth their awful “Don’t Be Cruel” cover from that late-80s lost-their-identity phase. #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Love me some Cheap Trick, and I’ll gladly take this. But please let’s not unearth their awful “Don’t Be Cruel” cover from that late-80s lost-their-identity phase. #xpncountdown
Well, no song wanted to follow “Sinnerman,” but I’m chagrined that it’s a Love & Rockets song I like and own, and now feel a little silly about.
#xpncountdown
(I didn’t vote for it, though.)
#xpncountdown
(I didn’t vote for it, though.)
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Well, no song wanted to follow “Sinnerman,” but I’m chagrined that it’s a Love & Rockets song I like and own, and now feel a little silly about.
#xpncountdown
(I didn’t vote for it, though.)
#xpncountdown
(I didn’t vote for it, though.)
Whenever I check out at the store with an odd selection, I wonder if anyone in the history of shopping has had that exact combination—like lip balm, napkins, and a can of beans. Wondering the same about the #xpncountdown. Beyonce, Phish, Dead Kennedys and Phil C in the last hour. Unprecedented?
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Whenever I check out at the store with an odd selection, I wonder if anyone in the history of shopping has had that exact combination—like lip balm, napkins, and a can of beans. Wondering the same about the #xpncountdown. Beyonce, Phish, Dead Kennedys and Phil C in the last hour. Unprecedented?
And a nice recovery with The Specials. In a concise 2:52.
#xpncountdown
#xpncountdown
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
And a nice recovery with The Specials. In a concise 2:52.
#xpncountdown
#xpncountdown
Love the jittery energy the Futureheads bring to this cover of Hounds Of Love. Was either on my list (2 of 10 so far?) or was supposed to be.
#xpncountdown
#xpncountdown
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Love the jittery energy the Futureheads bring to this cover of Hounds Of Love. Was either on my list (2 of 10 so far?) or was supposed to be.
#xpncountdown
#xpncountdown
Every year I forget to make a separate copy of my #xpncountdown list for reference. I think I put Ub40’s version of “Kingston Town,” maybe? Nice to hear some Ub40, though.
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Every year I forget to make a separate copy of my #xpncountdown list for reference. I think I put Ub40’s version of “Kingston Town,” maybe? Nice to hear some Ub40, though.
"Naughty Seamstress"
Assembling a year-end review for that other platform, but it's hard to find IG-appropriate stuff from some sessions. I'm cooking up plans for next year, and I'm hoping @mandiimonarch.bsky.social and @riahjolynn.bsky.social will be part of them.
#artnude #intimatephotography
Assembling a year-end review for that other platform, but it's hard to find IG-appropriate stuff from some sessions. I'm cooking up plans for next year, and I'm hoping @mandiimonarch.bsky.social and @riahjolynn.bsky.social will be part of them.
#artnude #intimatephotography
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Naughty Seamstress"
Assembling a year-end review for that other platform, but it's hard to find IG-appropriate stuff from some sessions. I'm cooking up plans for next year, and I'm hoping @mandiimonarch.bsky.social and @riahjolynn.bsky.social will be part of them.
#artnude #intimatephotography
Assembling a year-end review for that other platform, but it's hard to find IG-appropriate stuff from some sessions. I'm cooking up plans for next year, and I'm hoping @mandiimonarch.bsky.social and @riahjolynn.bsky.social will be part of them.
#artnude #intimatephotography
"Joie de vivre"
This was the last shot I took during my session with Sandrah. I love that a woman in her 40s decided to start jumping on the bed. I snapped it, looked at it (since you never know what you'll get in energetic poses), and said "Yup, that's the one."
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
This was the last shot I took during my session with Sandrah. I love that a woman in her 40s decided to start jumping on the bed. I snapped it, looked at it (since you never know what you'll get in energetic poses), and said "Yup, that's the one."
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
October 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"Joie de vivre"
This was the last shot I took during my session with Sandrah. I love that a woman in her 40s decided to start jumping on the bed. I snapped it, looked at it (since you never know what you'll get in energetic poses), and said "Yup, that's the one."
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
This was the last shot I took during my session with Sandrah. I love that a woman in her 40s decided to start jumping on the bed. I snapped it, looked at it (since you never know what you'll get in energetic poses), and said "Yup, that's the one."
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
"Peeks & Valleys"
Mostly I threw this up here so I didn't forget that I thought of this title for it, which made me laugh. With Kristy Jessica (@kristyjessica.bsky.social)in Utah.
#artnude #intimatephotography
Mostly I threw this up here so I didn't forget that I thought of this title for it, which made me laugh. With Kristy Jessica (@kristyjessica.bsky.social)in Utah.
#artnude #intimatephotography
October 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Peeks & Valleys"
Mostly I threw this up here so I didn't forget that I thought of this title for it, which made me laugh. With Kristy Jessica (@kristyjessica.bsky.social)in Utah.
#artnude #intimatephotography
Mostly I threw this up here so I didn't forget that I thought of this title for it, which made me laugh. With Kristy Jessica (@kristyjessica.bsky.social)in Utah.
#artnude #intimatephotography
"Panties In A Bunch"
The lovely Inna, from a shoot at a Philadelphia riverfront apartment. I love to take shots that are elegant and empowering, perhaps even insightful, but I've had fun this year with shots that acknowledge that a nude woman is also just so sexy.
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
The lovely Inna, from a shoot at a Philadelphia riverfront apartment. I love to take shots that are elegant and empowering, perhaps even insightful, but I've had fun this year with shots that acknowledge that a nude woman is also just so sexy.
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
September 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Panties In A Bunch"
The lovely Inna, from a shoot at a Philadelphia riverfront apartment. I love to take shots that are elegant and empowering, perhaps even insightful, but I've had fun this year with shots that acknowledge that a nude woman is also just so sexy.
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
The lovely Inna, from a shoot at a Philadelphia riverfront apartment. I love to take shots that are elegant and empowering, perhaps even insightful, but I've had fun this year with shots that acknowledge that a nude woman is also just so sexy.
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
"Thermodynamism"
Not really a word, somewhat surprisingly, but an apt portmanteau. The desert is chilly as hell in the morning. In the golden glow of first light, is @kristyjessica.bsky.social absorbing the heat, or generating it? And how about you—getting warm?
#artnude #intimatephotography
Not really a word, somewhat surprisingly, but an apt portmanteau. The desert is chilly as hell in the morning. In the golden glow of first light, is @kristyjessica.bsky.social absorbing the heat, or generating it? And how about you—getting warm?
#artnude #intimatephotography
September 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Thermodynamism"
Not really a word, somewhat surprisingly, but an apt portmanteau. The desert is chilly as hell in the morning. In the golden glow of first light, is @kristyjessica.bsky.social absorbing the heat, or generating it? And how about you—getting warm?
#artnude #intimatephotography
Not really a word, somewhat surprisingly, but an apt portmanteau. The desert is chilly as hell in the morning. In the golden glow of first light, is @kristyjessica.bsky.social absorbing the heat, or generating it? And how about you—getting warm?
#artnude #intimatephotography
"Pistols At Dawn"
@kristyjessica.bsky.social throws some shapes at daybreak. Kristy herself is a pistol (def. 2: a notably sharp, spirited, or energetic person — Merriam-Webster); and, doubled up by her shadow, that's how we arrive at the title. Aren't I clever.
#artnude #intimatephotography
@kristyjessica.bsky.social throws some shapes at daybreak. Kristy herself is a pistol (def. 2: a notably sharp, spirited, or energetic person — Merriam-Webster); and, doubled up by her shadow, that's how we arrive at the title. Aren't I clever.
#artnude #intimatephotography
September 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Pistols At Dawn"
@kristyjessica.bsky.social throws some shapes at daybreak. Kristy herself is a pistol (def. 2: a notably sharp, spirited, or energetic person — Merriam-Webster); and, doubled up by her shadow, that's how we arrive at the title. Aren't I clever.
#artnude #intimatephotography
@kristyjessica.bsky.social throws some shapes at daybreak. Kristy herself is a pistol (def. 2: a notably sharp, spirited, or energetic person — Merriam-Webster); and, doubled up by her shadow, that's how we arrive at the title. Aren't I clever.
#artnude #intimatephotography
Though I just shot with her this weekend, my mind wandered back to this composite from my previous session with @mandiimonarch.bsky.social last winter, making this part of the series revisiting my archive. If you're gonna be haunted, it may as well be like this.
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
September 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Though I just shot with her this weekend, my mind wandered back to this composite from my previous session with @mandiimonarch.bsky.social last winter, making this part of the series revisiting my archive. If you're gonna be haunted, it may as well be like this.
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw
#artnude #intimatephotography #bnw