The Itch – London’s New Photo Studio

When you need to scratch your itch, Laura Jung can take the photos…  Laura captures the erotic escapades of single and couples of all kinky persuasions. Her shots range from classy and demure nudes to racy shots in full fetish gear. You may choose to try out your newest toys in front of the camera, or get intimate with your sweetheart. Read more

L.A. Bondage by Dave Naz

“Dave’s a pervert like Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, and Hans Belmer were perverts,” says his best friend Eric Kroll in the Introduction to L.A. Bondage. Los Angeles photographer Dave Naz meets up with expert riggers Damon Pierce, Mykal Binds and Julie Simone, in his grandmother’s backyard, where more than two dozen ladies are in all states of undress, ready to be shot for some honest bondage photography.

The guy has evident talent when it comes to erotic photography, having worked with GQ, FHM, Maxim, Nerve, Stern.de and Salon, and having shot for his own other Goliath titles such as Panties, Legs, Fresh: Girls of Seduction, and Lust Circus, as well as books with other photographers.

One of the first porn magazines Dave ever bought was a bondage one, and now, years later, I wonder if he ever thought he would be making his own more sophisticated versions. Yes, a lot of the women are cute perky young things with envious bodies, but at least they all look like you could possibly run into them down the street in California. You’ll spot some frail boyish figures but there is also an abundance in fleshy curves, unshaved bits, real beauty marks, and the occasional tattoo and body piercing. Some of the women are even getting on in age quite wonderfully.

Damon Pierce is also obviously a force to be reckoned with, especially if you encounter him with several feet of hemp rope. A lot of attention is paid to detail in his riggings, making them almost as wearable as any couture outfit. Read more

Marilyn Chen Photo Gallery – Skin Two Atlanta

The seventh annual Skin Two party in Atlanta is the city’s biggest fetish event, run by our friends at SecretRoom,net. This year, we had a medical theme… and we discovered Marilyn Chen. Fetish party snapshots are great, but for a while now we’ve also had a professional photographer with a studio setup. Chen is simply the best I’ve yet seen. Here’s her gallery from our recent party – she totally captures the personalities and the atmosphere. Read more

Strapped: The Art of the Decorated Jockstrap

After buying his first jockstrap (never worn, but rather adored) as a young man at a sport shop in Carlisle, Scottish designer Colin Corbett hasn’t been able to resist their campy presence. The man eventually started sprinkling them with feathers and diamantes, then next thing you know, he had a collection under his belt ready for exhibition (or for Carnival in Rio). Read more

Flagrante Delicto, New Erotica by Will Santillo

There must be a thousand books of kinky sex photographs on the market. Most of them are crap. A pretty model in a rubber dress and heels, maybe carrying a whip, and you’re done. We get loads of them at Skin Two. Most get a quick glance and then it’s down to the local charity shop. They love us in there. Read more

STARE – Fetish photography by Derek Ridgers

A new tome by a scene veteran is often greeted with antipathy but when it’s Derek Ridgers you sit up and pay attention. This new Goliath book is worth a spot on anyone’s coffee table. It’s a perfectly formed collection of clubbing photos, which, upon reading, makes you remember exactly what you were doing in the 1990s. Or what you wished you’d been doing.

The shots span clubs, a decade, good/bad hairstyles and clothes and reiterate why Ridgers is one of the great fetish photographers of all time. From Club Rub, TG, Wonderland and Whacko to the various Rubber Balls, this book puts you inside the darkened stairwells that the bearded snapper lurks in, waiting for the right subject to sidle past. And that perhaps is Ridgers’ greatest gift. Read more

“Anthropologist of the Forbidden” Charles Gatewood exhibits his work in London in October 08

“Gatewood’s world is freakish, earthy, blunt, erotic – most of all, terribly and beautifully alive.” A.D. Coleman, The New York Times

À Rebours (Against the Grain) are proud to present Pictures That Kill: A 40-year retrospective of the acclaimed American photographer Charles Gatewood.

The exhibition opens to the public at Gallery 32, 32 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch, on October 2, 2008 and continues until October 24th. This, Gatewoods first ever London show, will include 40 silver gelatin prints, and feature rare images of Bob Dylan, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Annie Sprinkle, Carlos Santana, and Jimmy Page – plus vintage prints of work previously published in Gatewood’s photographic books, and ten original collages. Charles Gatewood will attend the exhibition’s opening and will host several events during his two-week visit. Read more

Erotic Fetish Nudes by Josef Botello

ViciousNudes.com is a visual playground for those who thrive on images of sexy, dangerous-looking fetish vixens wielding weapons, reveling in rope bondage and indulging in other vicious behavior. It’s the creation of photographer Josef Botello, whose sex-and-violence-tinged vision first came out in his erotic nude/fetish photo book Girls, Guns and Ropes. Read more

Nic Marchant Fetish Photography Prints available on ObsessionArt.com

One of the most stylish of fetish photographers is Nic Marchant, whose work appears in our favourite calendars and on book covers.

And one of our favourite web sites is ObsessionArt.com, where you can buy super art prints on top quality art paper or even stretched canvas, in a range of sizes from 10.8″ x 8″ right up to 54″ x 40″, at very reasonable prices. Artists include Saturno Buttò and Michael Manning, among others from the very top in the fetish genre. Read more

London Bound, the Book of Women in Bondage, by Mark Varley

In 2007 photographer and rope bondage artist Mark Varley took his camera and his ropes into the homes of real London women, many trying rope bondage for the first time.

The result is his second book, London Bound. There are 18 women, over 200 pages, and a lot of rope. It’s a stunning, must-own collection of fine bondage photography, for collectors.

This is not a collection of glossy photos of tired professional models, nor an ethereal, stylised portrayal of a Japanese art form. It’s a strong and sexy album of 18 real London women having fun with bondage. We love it. Read more

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