A bruise from a snowboarding accident that involved a collarbone broken in two places and a dislocated shoulder.

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May 2nd – June 8th, 2013

LONDON
Michael Hoppen Gallery
3 Jubilee Place SW3 3TD

 

Coinciding with the release of Taschen’s limited edition publication Nobuyoshi Araki.Bondage, a brief selection of the provocative Japanese photographer’s vast portfolio presents his portrayal of kinbaku, ‘the beauty of tight binding’.

‘Women? Well, they are gods. They will always fascinate me. As for rope, I always have it with me. Even when I forget my film, the rope is always in my bag. Since I can’t tie their hearts up, I tie their bodies up instead’

Often citing the erotic nature of his work as outside of the conventions of his conservative culture, the images are pointedly presented alongside 19th Century shunga woodcut prints – the original form of mass produced erotica and part of the Ukiyo-e pictures of the floating world , Japan’s Edo period pleasure quarters – and allusion to the practice’s early conception with delicate floral still life images.

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Some great footage of the Czechoslovakian Spartakiad games which were used under Communist rule to oppose and suplement the Olympics. Working as one group effort rather than an individual performance more recent examples of this kind of practice can be seen in North Korea.

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A particularly fetishistic Flickr  group named ‘The Women with Very long Hair Pool’  with the sub heading describing it as: ‘Photos of women with very long hair. From thighs to the floor.’

Some bizarre videos of anonymous women with unbelievably long hair can be watched here and here

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Really. no need for an introduction.

The photographic work of a dermatologist in Lyons in the Thirties presented by Gerard Levy and Serge Bramly. Published by Kehayoff in 1999.

Larger scans of the last few pages which detail the Autochrome process that was used to make these photographs as well as thumbnails & notes for each picture are here.

Well worth a look at.

(re-blogging this three years later from its original post because it is just so beautiful!)

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