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

New Bob Carlos Clarke DVD – Too Many Nights – Special Offer!

Bob Carlos Clarke was the king of stylish and sophisticated fetish photography and the man most responsible for taking fetish imagery to a higher level. His books sell worldwide, his prints are collectors items and he lent the most striking fetish impact to ads for Honda, Pirelli, Levis, etc, etc.

Too Many Nights is a new release of over 8 hours of Bob’s most legendary images on DVD in a Panoramica motion gallery, giving you a constant stream of fabulous erotic art on your TV. Leave this on, dim the lights, pour the wine and enjoy! Read more

Gilles Berquet Playtime; Erotic Photography Exhibition. Rome December 1st – January 17th

Gilles Berquet is the Master of stylish and rude BDSM photography. He graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in France and he started his artistic career in the early ’80s. His field is eroticism and he never stops impressing serious collectors with the endless variety of fetishistic obsessions which flow out of his vibrant images.

Clovis Trouille and Georges Bataille, both of whom were on the margins of Surrealism, but principally the painter and photographer Pierre Molinier, are the artists who influenced Berquet the most, who pushed him the most to become a photographer. Read more

Lustre – Photo DVD and Book from fetish photographer Gérard Musy

Gérard Musy, award winning Paris fashion and fetish photographer, has a new collectors’ edition DVD and photo book, Lustre, available from art publisher LLeditions.

This is strictly limited edition of only 1,000 copies, for the connoisseur of fetish imagery. Lustre is a soft-cover, hand sewn 60-page book, 15.5 cms square, with 21 black and white photographs printed in tritone, Each book includes an original print 14 x 14 cms, signed by the photographer. Read more

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