I don't want my photography to just be 'pretty pictures', I want my work to tell a story. I want to make lasting impressions on the people around me and also document those fleeting moments of human sexuality.
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
Claus Rose... Photography as a way of living, with all its opportunities for
expression, became my passion at an early stage. In particular, the
magic of nude photography, which often lends the model an even greater
aura of beauty and grace, is a great fascination for me. My models are
my first and most important audience in what I do. I try to emphasize
their individual charisma with specific erotic symbolism, and to
approach the variety of their personalities with creative versatility.
Dirty Girls... What do women really want? To be sensually seduced or pressed up
against the wall for a quickie? To be tantalized by a peep show or the
chance to join the mile high club?
Acclaimed erotica writer and
editor Rachel Kramer Bussel knows: They want it all. They want to be
worshiped, ordered around, sent blindly into ecstasy, and made hot in
front of a mirror. They want strangers bearing ice cubes on a hot day
and to be the party favor passed around among guests. They want sex at
the office and in the great outdoors and on trains and airplanes. They
want sex with the whole United States of America (or, at least, part of
it). They want to be wooed, seduced, flirted with, taken. They want to
handpick their lovers and make them do their bidding. They want men,
women, and sometimes both at the same time.
9 songs - Unrated Full Uncut Version... Maverick director Michael Winterbottom wondered about the double
standard of why novels can have explicit sex scenes and be legit and
films could not. So his short film of a relationship based solely on
sex and a love for music is the result of that thought. If the
definition of a porn film is to shoot actors performing graphic sex
scenes for real, then 9 Songs qualifies. It certainly doesn't
feel or look like your standard whoopdee-do XXX feature. It's as glossy
and low-budget arty as Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People or I Want You.
But yeah, Matt and Lisa do everything to each other, and the actors are
not "just acting" in some of the sex scenes. No matter how landmark the
movie might be, there is not much story here (at least a book with hot
sex often has a good story to it). Lisa is an American drifter in
London who hooks up with Matt, a scientist who studies glaciers in
Antarctica. They have sex and visit nine rock concerts including Franz
Ferdinand and The Dandy Warhols. As advertised, you can't find these
musical performances anywhere else, but we just see them from way back
in the crowd. The film has an essence of how someone can find bliss in
another person's body, and the emotional, magical weight that can hold
over you. But that spell doesn't last. Since the sex is real,
Winterbottom had to cast unknown actors, and they really don't make an
impression, especially with the lack of story.
Naked Happy Girls... As a collection of pictures of attractive women, Naked Happy Girls is
pleasing and a little unusual. While undoubtedly erotic, it avoids most
of the clichés of standard glamour photography. It remains voyeuristic
and feminists might condemn it as objectivizing, but it certainly isn't
pornographic by contemporary standards. The work is playful and even
cheerful, showing beautiful women in natural light. Ultimately though,
the book doesn't compare with more provocative and innovative nude
photography. There are some strong images, especially those in which
the subject looks directly and openly into the camera, because in
those, the women convey their own power, and show themselves as equal
to the photographer and the viewer.
Joëlle-Circé Laramée... I paint the socially unacceptable, the raw experiences of life,
especially in regards to violence against women. I cannot see myself
using my talent as an artist without giving voice to what I feel
matters.
The New Erotic Photography... When you call it art, you can keep really hot photos right there on the coffee table. No one pulls this trick off like TASCHEN, the art-book publisher that made smut a cultural celebration. This new collection features the sexiest nudes you're likely to see outside the pages of Penthouse, including work by Steve Diet Goedde, Natasha Merritt, Craig Morey, Dave Naz, and many others and was compiled by acclaimed adult editor Dian Hanson and fetish photographer Eric Kroll. The international cast of visionaries captures the allure of women doing everything from eating ice cream or licking their own nipples to lounging languidly for a smoke or simply showing off a sumptuous behind; the book includes quotations from the photos articulating their inspiration.
E Is for Exotic (Erotic Alphabet)... E is for Exotic proves that erotica can come in infinitely more
exciting combinations than the obvious tropical beach cliché.....(it)
spans the earth to titillate us with tales of sexual depravity that are
all equally exotic and sexy as hell.....As E demonstrates, it's not
just sun-drenched beaches or balmy summer locations that really inspire
lustful encounters. You can be anywhere in the world to conjure up
erotic passions worthy of putting pen to paper. Better still, read this
lovely book and you can get hot and heavy in all corners of the earth
from the comfort of your own bedroom. -- Forum UK
The last cut... This is a powerful and stimulating collection of erotic poetry. The book was launched as part of the Cardiff Bay List Festival in April. This sell-out event was at The Guardian Hay festival in May. Here, you will experience a journey through love, sex and despair. F.M.Kay's poetry pares emotion to the bone, exposing the pain and exhilaration of an overwhelming affair. This is a book that will speak to many especially those who have had or been tempted to have an affair. The poems trace the roller-coaster journey of a relationship, celebrating love, passion and the sheer joy of being together but also reflects the darker side of illicit love and finally, loss.
I don't want my photography to just be 'pretty pictures', I want my work to tell a story. I want to make lasting impressions on the people around me and also document those fleeting moments of human sexuality. 
