Latex Model and Cancer
In June 2010, at the age of 44, I was given my first taste of professional latex modelling. I was immediately smitten and threw myself with gusto into my new found career as a total enclosure model.
All was going fine until one fateful day in July when I found a suspicious lump in my right breast. I made an appointment to see my GP and she reassured me that it was probably just a cyst and nothing to worry about, but she referred me to the hospital for a mammogram and biopsy just to be on the safe side.
A few weeks later I went back for the results. The Consultant was thumbing through my notes and eventually looked up and said “Do you have anyone here with you today?.” He didn’t really have to say very much else.
The biopsy had shown I had stage two breast cancer and I was scheduled in for surgery two weeks later.
It all felt like a mad whirlwind of a time, but I was absolutely determined not to allow the cancer or the treatment to get in the way of my latex modelling.
In November and December 2010 I had chemotherapy. Because I am needle-phobic I had something called a PICC line fitted. Even that did not stop me modelling. I found that, if I wrapped my arm in clingfilm and sellotape I could still get my rubber catsuits on. The chemo nurses at the hospital were fascinated, as I would take the photos in from each modelling assignment I had during the treatment and proudly show them off.
In February and March 2011 I had radiotherapy. This meant a trip to a hospital an hour away from home every day and it had quite an impact on my life. But the staff were every understanding and would try to fit my appointments around my bookings for modelling assignments. The radiation treatment left me feeling very tired, but I was determined to carry on leading my life to the full. I did and I still am.
You can see more photos of Latex Model on her website: www.latexmodel.co.uk and book her for modelling by e-mail to: info@latexmodel.co.uk
Behind The Whip, by Maria Coletsis – Major New Dominatrix Book
Canadian photographer Maria Coletsis traveled the world to compile this hardcover coffee table book of portraits of top professional dominatrixes in Berlin, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Bangkok and London. We’ve all seen photos of dominant women in leather and rubber before – but Coletsis goes far beyond just presenting some nice snapshots of dominant women in sexy outfits. Read more
Bob Carlos Clarke: Peep Show London, 30 March -14 May
The Little Black Gallery, in association with the Bob Carlos Clarke Foundation, announces Peep Show, the third part of a retrospective of work by the legendary photographer Bob Carlos Clarke.
The first two parts ‘Wall To Wall’ in 2009, and ‘Full Throttle’ in 2010 both caused much controversy. The exhibition will show a selection of images from Bob’s 30 year career. And following the successful release of the first series of estate editions in 2010, the Estate of Bob Carlos Clarke is releasing a second series of nine prints of some of Bob’s most famous images as 16” x 20” digital bromide prints in edition of 25, for £350 + VAT, including ‘Faithful Unto Death’, ‘Masked Blonde’ and ‘Cry Baby’.
The exhibition coincides with the announcement of the production of a film on Bob Carlos Clarke by directors Bert & Bertie.
The Little Black Gallery, 13a Park Walk, London SW10 0AJ. Tel 020 7349 9332
Bob Carlos Clarke was born in Cork, Ireland in 1950, and came to England in 1964 to study art and design at The West Sussex College of Art where he developed an interest in photography.
He then went on to The London College of Printing, before completing his degree at the Royal College of Art in 1975. Bob worked in almost every sphere of photography, winning numerous awards for his high-profile advertising campaigns, recognition for his photojournalism and portraits of celebrities, and international acclaim from collectors of fine prints. He died in 2006 and is now recognised as one of Britain’s most important and collectable photographers. Bob Carlos Clarke produced six books: The Illustrated Delta of Venus (1979), Obsession (1981), The Dark Summer (1985), White Heat (1990), Shooting Sex (2002), and Love Dolls Never Die (2004). A biography ‘Exposure’ by Simon Garfield was published by Ebury Press in 2009.
Fetish Dynasty
For many years a connoisseur of latex fetish and bondage photography, Fetish Dynasty was always searching for imagery that could satisfy his personal obsessions and fetishes. In 2009, he was inspired to begin creating the kind of images he’d been seeking out in collaboration with his wife and partner in crime, the PrimaFetishista. Read more
Oh No, It’s FetishMan!
Fetishman is a humorous comic about the adventures of a rubber-clad hero and the wide world of alternative sexual activities. Best described as a “disturbing cocktail of cute and kinky,” the comics caper giddily around a wide range of themes, touching on, among other things, BDSM, nuns, furries, the extreme porn law, butt plugs, Victorians, sci-fi, the colour brown, heroes, villains and for some reason tea.
Since creating the first issue in 2004 Geof has also been privileged to exhibit work at Coffee, Cake and Kink and the Sh! Women’s Erotic Emporium, and the Fetishman comics are now a regular feature in Foreplay magazine.
The latest Fetishman Issue # 12 “Old Mother Fetishman’s Fairly Filthy Tales of Folk and Fairies” is currently available from www.fetishman.co.uk as well as at selected comic shops, and occasionally also from the Fetishman stall at various UK fetish fairs, comic conventions, goth weekends and other events. Issue #13 is due out May 2011.
Richard Savage Artist and illustrator
Richard Savage has been a figurative artist for twenty years. His work is diverse and his aim is to capture something of the celebration of life in all its wonderful shades. He works mainly in acrylics, but is also happy working in oils, pastels, line and wash, watercolour and mixed media. Richard’s current projects are concentrating on figurative art, illustrations and book covers, working for four American publishing houses.
He also undertakes private commissions and considers most professional work. He has never shied away from provocative topics including fetish, gothic, gay, lesbian and fantasy. Much of his private commission work comes from the BDSM world; Richard has a working knowledge of how the scene operates and it is for that reason his clients feel comfortable with him working on their project.
Richard says, “My clients value their privacy and it is my job to put them at their ease while we work on their artwork” He works from photographs and sells mainly over the internet, a high percentage of work going to the United States as well as to his home UK market and clients globally.
Website: www.swage.net
Dark Tantra Tarot
January 19, 2011 by webslave · 3 Comments
The Dark Tantra Tarot is a synthesis of sex, fetish and spirituality, created by Mark and Ruth Ramsden. Mark is an acclaimed author worldwide, with forty years tarot experience as a professional reader and therapist. Ruth’s exceptional artistry brings the concept vividly to life, these are cards one can step inside.
This passionate couple have put all their energy and lived wisdom into this superb collaboration. With a BDSM theme, The Dark Tantra Tarot is unlike any other tarot deck. The court cards – normally King, Queen, Knight and Page – are represented here as Mistress, Master, Slave and Sub. The suits are rods (wands), rumps (pentacles), yonis (cups) and linghams (swords).
This pack can be used for future choices, meditation or to explore a new universe of infinitely variable sexual options. A signed and numbered limited edition of the Dark Tantra Tarot’s 22 major arcana, 4 additional Mistress cards and a booklet will be available soon.
The original artwork for the deck is available to purchase now.Anyone wishing to register an interest in this unique deck, or to buy the artwork should contact Mark and Ruth at darktantratarot@gmail.com or through MarkRamsden.Moonfruit.com
Bleu Productions and Maria Beatty relaunch their Members Website
Paris-based Maria Beatty has been one of the leading lights of lesbian femdom erotica since the release of her first film in 1995, The Elegant Spanking.
Maria created a new genre: Erotic Noir – fetish films in black and white reminiscent of the “film noir” of the 50s. Revelling in fetish and BDSM fantasies including bondage, spanking, sensual teasing and the most intimate acts of submission, the artistic quality of her films is a dramatic contrast to the sometimes shocking sexual images she reveals, Maria says “Erotic is the power of the imagination – it’s a subliminal seduction…”
Maria has shot and produced over 30 erotic films to date and has just released her first cinema feature “Bandaged”. Her members site has just been relaunched with a new look and brand new films to watch. BleuProductionsOnline.com offers both fans and newcomers instant access to Beatty’s fetish and BDSM archive including her greatest films classics like The Black Glove and her more contemporary cutting edge work recently billed as “Queer Porn”, again a new genre in fetish film making .
Download to own 20 years worth of genuine lesbian erotica film made in the fetish and BDSM underworld of New York, LA, Paris and Berlin.www.BleuProductionsOnline.com
Daisy Gam: Erotic Bondage and Fetish Illustrator
November 12, 2010 by webslave · Comments Off
Daisy Gam graduated from Brighton University and she’s now creating images of submission, humiliation and masochism. She creates large scale pencil drawings, taking influence from her extensive research into 1940s – 60s erotica. Read more
Moritz Schell
October 15, 2010 by webslave · Comments Off
The ballet world has recently been scandalously rocked by dancer Karina Sarkissova doing a sexy set in “Weiner” magazine. (The Austrians do have a sense of humour, it seems!) Here is one image, which I think is particularly lovely:
Karina Sarkissova is lovely, but what is exciting me the most is actually the photographer, Moritz Schell. I don’t know why I don’t yet know his work, but I’m a huge fan now! Here are a couple reasons:
It seems to me that if anyone is the heir apparent to my beloved Helmut Newton, it is Moritz Schell (which is just about as fun to say as “Helmut Newton”!)
More on the actual news item which led me to this, from the Telegraph.co.uk:
The management of the prestigious institutions says solo dancer Karina Sarkissova was axed after a series of provocative photos of her appeared in the September issue of the Austrian men’s fashion and lifestyle magazine “Wiener.”
A statement on Friday said she had already been reprimanded in May for nude shots that were taken in the opera house without permission and published in the June edition of “Penthouse.”
“She was fired on August 23 after this new publication,” Dominique Meyer, the opera’s director, said, “The ballet corps has been shocked by these new images which appeared in the sex section,” he added.
“On the cover of the magazine, you could read ‘The ballerina nude, the ballet as we love it,’” he said.
Sarkissova is an Austrian dancer of Russian origin. Born in 1983, she was trained at Russia’s famous Bolshoi Ballet and joined the Vienna Opera ballet in 2000.
