Fetish photographer
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A fetish photographer takes photographs of people in fetishistic situations, such as in bondage, or wearing rubber or leather clothing. More extreme fetish photography depicts paraphiliac acts such as urination, enemas, or SM activities. Depending on point of view, fetish photography can be considered as fine art, erotica, or pornography. Once only published in bondage magazines, fetish photography is now also published as "art books". Taschen is one prominent publisher printing fetish books on a mass scale. Bondage and fetish imagery has also made its way into mainstream pornographic magazines.
Pioneering fetish photographers include John Willie, who published a famous fetishistic magazine, "Bizarre" from 1946 to 1959. Another pioneer photographer includes art photographer Paul Outerbridge who introduced fetish elements into his color photographs as early as the 1940s.
Photographers whose work has involved fetishistic elements:
- Nobuyoshi Araki
- Elmer Batters
- Barbara Behr (also ran bondage publisher House of Milan)
- Bob Carlos Clarke
- Steve Diet Goedde
- Dogstar Photography
- Dirk Hooper
- Richard Kern
- Irving Klaw
- Eric Kroll
- Dave Naz
- Helmut Newton
- Barbara Nitke
- Paul Outerbridge
- Suze Randall
- Roy Stuart
- Viv Thomas
- John Willie
