One of the interviews Marion Schneider did for our book Erotic Lives of Women was with Val. After her interview, I wondered how I could photograph this active woman. In her apartment she had exercise equipment and sport trophies. Yet Val explained during her interview that since entering her 50’s she no longer had her …
Read morePhotographer’s Journey: Learning a valuable lesson from one of my models
We talked with women from all over the world about their orgasms and sexual fantasies for our book Orgasm. Here’s an excerpt from the interview with Sabine: “I had lots of strong, intense orgasms and the last one seems always the strongest. It was never my intention to look back and to count them. But …
Read morePhotographer’s Journey: The excitement of sexual fantasies
The women I work with have so many definitions of eroticism and the role of an orgasm. Each one of those definitions adds insight to the powerful aspects of sexuality in a woman’s life. One woman we interviewed, Gudrun, said: “For me, orgasms can be very different. Sometimes they are gentle like a wave in …
Read morePhotographer’s Journey: The many different definitions of eroticism and pleasure
Here’s an excerpt from my book Orgasm in which Amelia remembers her first sexual experiences: “I remember one time when I was about twelve years old putting a sheet between my legs and rubbing against it and it felt really good. But at that point I still wasn’t sure if I even had a vagina. …
Read morePhotographer’s Journey: Looking for the perfect sex position since exploring as a child
Some colleagues, curators and experts have written about my photographs which provides feedback and shows me that my process is useful and important. Mimi Schippers, Professor at University of New Orleans, wrote: “There are very few people who, in our pornified society, can visually capture and eroticize the female and feminine body without objectifying it. …
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