These superb, painterly photographs explore the dark side of the sexual arena. Here de Sade’s philosophy encounters essential 21st century BDSM; dripping lust meets sweet agony. China Hamilton’s masterful black and white photography captures a shadowy world apart and perhaps timid readers should think twice before ordering.
English photographer China Hamilton has earned worldwide fame with his artistically staged pictures. His photos are intimate portraits of women who delight in opening themselves and in surrendering unconditionally to the obsessions of this master photographer. This collaboration results in images that are mercilessly honest and incredibly powerful. The play with the dark and abyssal aspects of erotic fantasy is brilliantly staged through the skilful use of light and shadow. But Hamilton is also a poet, whose magical pictures invite their beholders to linger and enjoy icons of lust from another world. Many kinky images, and many images of explicit nudity. Hardcover, duotone. Text in English, German and French.