This category documents publications focused on photographic practice, visual experimentation, and image-based artistic expression. The books included here explore the human body, material surfaces, identity, and staged environments through photographic language ranging from studio portraiture to conceptual and documentary approaches. Particular attention is given to works that intersect with fetish aesthetics, performance, fashion imagery, and subcultural representation within twentieth- and twenty-first-century visual culture.
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- Erotic & Fetish Representation, Historical & Archival, Photography
La Poupée (The Doll) / Hans Belmer, 1934
- Surrealist fragmentation of the body - foundational for fetish imagery language.
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- Artists & Monographs, Historical & Archival, Photography
Onna Eros’ Chats 女エロス・変 / Eikoh Hosoe, 1969
- Body as psychological theatre "Onna Eros' Chats" (Onna Erosu-hen, or 女エロス・変) is a 1969 photography book featuring Eikoh Hosoe, published by Shashin Hyōronsha in Tokyo. Key Details regarding the 1969 publication: Authors/Photographers: The book is a collaborative effort featuring work by Eikoh Hosoe, Tetsuya Ichimura, and Shunji Okura. Publisher: Shashin Hyōronsha (Tokyo). Context: It is a 1960s Japanese photobook that explores themes of the body…
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- Artists & Monographs, Erotic & Fetish Representation, Photography
Sentimental Journey / Nobuyoshi Araki, 1971
- (in Progress) Intimate erotic autobiography that influenced generations.
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- Artists & Monographs, Historical & Archival, Photography
The Body / William A. Ewing, 1994
- Canonical art + fetish crossover
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- Artists & Monographs, Erotic & Fetish Representation, Photography
Bondage / Nobuyoshi Araki, 2012
- Shibari imagery entering global art context.
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- Artists & Monographs, Erotic & Fetish Representation, Photography
Fetish Girls / Eric Kroll, 1994, First Print, En-De-Fr
- 1994 (1995) Trade Paperback English-Deutsch-Francais Black Taschen logo on white background 9783822889169, 3822889164 199 pages; 30 cm
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- Artists & Monographs, Erotic & Fetish Representation, Photography
Beauty Parade / Eric Kroll, 1997
- 1997, Hardcover with DJ English - German- French
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- Artists & Monographs, Fashion & Body, Photography
Hotel LaChapelle / David LaChapelle, 1999
- More theatrical, more staged decadence. Important because: Fashion × fantasy × erotic tension Strong influence on 2000s visual culture Bridges fetish aesthetics into mainstream pop
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- Artists & Monographs, Erotic & Fetish Representation, Photography
Roy Stuart / Volume I, 1998
- Roy Stuart / Volume I
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