A photographer of striking versatility as well as one of the world's finest photographic printmakers, Bob Carlos Clarke has made a wide range of memorable images in his career. Alongside photographs that transport his brilliant technique into a world of ambiguous eroticism, he also makes finely nuanced still lives that impart an uncanny humanism to inanimate objects.
"Best tip in affordable contemporary erotic photography is Irish-born Bob Carlos Clarke. Both Maclean and Juliet Hacking, head of Christie's photography department, tip him as the new Helmut Newton (the German-Australian photographer... - The Observer, Sunday May 7, 2006.
I Is for Indecent (Erotic Alphabet)...
"This book is quirkier, stranger and darker than any of her other
anthologies that I know of. These stories answer the question: Is
anything considered indecent these days, even by those who consider
themselves sexually free?....These stories take risks and leak out of a
predictable marketing niche. They could inspire you to find the sides
of yourself that you've kept hidden from the light of day, desires
which still feel indecent." -- Jean Roberta-Erotic Revealed Online
Tickle His Pickle: Your Hands-On Guide to Penis Pleasing... So many penises—and no instruction manual. Till now.
Renowned Sex Educator and Author Sadie Allison has done it again with the world’s first "penis instruction manual", TICKLE HIS PICKLE—Your Hands-On Guide To Penis Pleasing. And this book rises to the occasion! It’s straight forward and filled with lusty "how-to" techniques, so you too can become a penis pleasing expert.
Lust... Who can live without lust? All day and night, our minds run through
delicious possibilities — a silky hand beckoning us into the VIP
lounge; a stranger in the backseat; the hunky FedEx driver bringing his
package to the door — not to mention our own lascivious memories. Lust
is a collection of erotica by and for women, a fierce and joyous
celebration of female desire — and the triple-X trouble it gets us
into. In Kay Jaybee’s “Tied to the Kitchen Sink,” a birthday boy finds
his present — nude except for tall, high-heeled boots — happily devoted
to domestic duties. Maria Grigoriadis’s “Pleasant Surprise” shows what
can happen when you knock on the wrong apartment door — without your
panties. And Bonnie Dee’s “Ripe Fruit” teasingly elaborates the sweet,
sticky encounter of a soap opera idol and a fruit-stand employee on a
stretch of rural roadside.
Erotic Comics: A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Underground Comix... This international survey of erotic comics chronicles a groundbreaking
form of sexual expression up to 1970, the years when mainstream culture
spurned explicit eroticism. In the 1930s, American “Tijuana Bibles,”
little pornographic comic books that parodied popular comics and comic
strips, were widely available. World War II gave a boost to erotic
comics, especially illustrated pin-ups. This set the stage for men’s
magazines such as Playboy, which included racy cartoons from the beginning, and fetish comics.
For her pleasure... A delicious twist on erotic romance, and the debut collection from a
hot new author.Three novellas. Two interlocking stories. One sizzling
read.Nice set up: one spirited woman in Kit Townsend, and two hot
buddies, Ryder and Mac, who take turns giving Kit what she needs. It's
the perfect no-strings triangle and while it doesn't exactly follow the
rules, neither does Kit. But when love unexpectedly throws these three
friends for a loop, can they still have a happy ending?
Adrian Borda... A fantastic romanian surreal artist: Adrian Borda, the visual alchemist.
Erotic spanking... Erotic spanking is the practice of spanking another person for the sexual gratification of either or both parties. Subjects may use their hands, or other tools, such as spanking paddles or canes. Activities range from occasional sensual interplay to domestic discipline and may or may not include a variety of implements. Many cultures described pain as an aphrodisiac early on — the Kama Sutra, in particular, goes into specific detail on how to properly strike a partner during sex.
Practice
Many spankings are carried out with the use of bare hands, or with spanking implements such as paddles, straps, hairbrushes, and belts.
Sometimes other implements are used for the activity: such as a cane, riding crop, whip, switch (rod), birch, gloves, a plastic bottle (the action is called bottling), a ruler (even a yardstick) or martinet. However, these would not accurately be called spanking. Erotic spankings are commonly combined with other forms of sexual foreplay, such as oral sex, sexual roleplaying and/or ageplay. The most common type of erotic spanking is administered on the bare buttocks, but can also be combined with bondage, in order to heighten sexual arousal and feelings of helplessness in the spankee.
Positions used may include:
* over the knees (OTK) or across the lap
* stooped over a chair or couch, or bench
* on hands and knees (bed or floor)
* on shoulder of spanker
* kneeling on a bed or ottoman, stooped over with hands on the floor
* bent under the arm of the spanker
* lying face down on a bed
* bent over, touching toes or over a desk
* lying on back with legs raised upward and toward chest
* handcuffed to a bed
* tied to a doorway
* tied to a tree or pole that is in a safe area outside
* legs spread apart, almost in the splits position.
Those interested in giving or receiving erotic spankings are sometimes known as spankophiles. Examples include the poet Algernon Swinburne (as implied repeatedly in his poetry) and the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as detailed in his autobiography Confessions:
... Miss Lambercier... exerted a mother's authority, even to inflicting on us... the punishment of infants... Who would believe this childish discipline, received at eight years old, from the hands of a woman of thirty, should influence my propensities, my desires, my passions, for the rest of my life... To fall at the feet of an imperious mistress, obey her mandates, or implore pardon, were for me the most exquisite enjoyments, and the more my blood was inflamed by the efforts of a lively imagination the more I acquired the appearance of a whining lover."
Photography for Perverts... Ever dreamed of immortalizing yourself, your sweetie or a friend at their most erotic and fetishistic moments?
Master fetish photographer Charles Gatewood, the "family photographer
of America's sexual underground" for more than four decades, shows you
how to do your own outrageous and erotic fetish photography.
B Is for Bondage (Erotic Alphabet)... "a delightful collection." -- Erotica Readers and Writers.com
"a must read for true purveyors of pleasure through pain and I command you to read it." -- UK Forum Online
A photographer of striking versatility as well as one of the world's finest photographic printmakers, Bob Carlos Clarke has made a wide range of memorable images in his career. Alongside photographs that transport his brilliant technique into a world of ambiguous eroticism, he also makes finely nuanced still lives that impart an uncanny humanism to inanimate objects.
