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. The basic idea of sexual fetishism is sexual arousal and satisfaction through an inanimate object, the fetish. ... A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up urolagnia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This 2qt (about 2 liters) enema bag, or fountain syringe, equipped with a rectal nozzle, is to be filled with water or a solution, then suspended near the patient using the hook. ... A collar is a common symbol in BDSM. Female bottom in bondage with leather monoglove BDSM is any of a number of related patterns of human sexual behavior. ... Fine art refers to arts that are concerned with beauty or which appealed to taste (SOED 1991). ... Erotica (from the Greek language Eros - love) — refers to works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or arousing descriptions. ... Pornographic movies Pornography (Porn) (from Greek πόρνη (porne) prostitute and γραφή (grafe) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ... A bondage magazine is a publication that specializes in the depiction of sexual bondage or BDSM activities, either as photographs or drawings. ... Taschen is an art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. ...

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. Book cover for The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline John Alexander Scott Coutts (December 9, 1902 - August 5, 1962), better known as John Willie, was a pioneering fetish photographer and bondage artist. ... Paul Outerbridges self portrait. ...

Photographers whose work has involved fetishistic elements:

• Nobuyoshi Araki
• Elmer Batters
• Barbara Behr (also ran bondage publisher House of Milan)
• Bob Carlos Clarke
• Andru Chrisst
• Steve Diet Goedde
• Dirk Hooper
• Richard Kern
• Irving Klaw
• Eric Kroll
• Dave Naz
• Helmut Newton
• Barbara Nitke
• Paul Outerbridge
• Suze Randall
• Roy Stuart
• Viv Thomas
• John Willie

Nobuyoshi Araki (May 25, 1940 - present) is a Japanese photographer, pornographer, and contemporary artist from Tokyo. ... Categories: People stubs | Fetish photographers | 1919 births | 1997 deaths ... Barbara Behr is a fetish photographer and film director who ran the HOM (House of Milan) bondage/fetish publishing company during the 1980s. ... House of Milan (HOM) is a publisher of bondage magazines, run by fetish photographer Barbara Behr. ... Robert Carlos Clarke (b. ... Steve Diet Goedde was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1965. ... Dirk Hooper is an American fetish photographer and fetish artist. ... Richard Kern (born 1954) is a New York underground filmmaker and photographer. ... Teaserama film poster Photographer Irving Klaw ran a mail-order business selling photographs and film of attractive women in bondage from the 1940s to the 1960s. ... Fetish photographer and editor with an incredible diversity of subject matter. ... Born in Los Angeles in 1969, Dave Naz grew up at the intersection of Beverly Hills glamour and Hollywood grime. ... Helmut Newton portrait on his gravestone. ... Barbara Nitke is an internationally known photographer who specializes in the subject of human sexual relations, especially in the BDSM community. ... Paul Outerbridges self portrait. ... Suze Randall Suze Randall is an American model and photographer, born in United Kingdom. ... Roy Stuart (born October 25, 1955 in New York City) is an American photographer and director who lives in Paris. ... Vivian Viv Thomas is a South African-born British director of pornographic movies (viz. ... Book cover for The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline John Alexander Scott Coutts (December 9, 1902 - August 5, 1962), better known as John Willie, was a pioneering fetish photographer and bondage artist. ...

See also

• Fetish artists
• Fetish models
• Bondage artists
• Bondage models