Is it Black Tail or High Art?

Very interesting question…Hopefully, I’ll provide as interesting an answer.

I consider this a totally artistic endeavor.

Obviously, the difference between the pornography and art is in the eye of the beholder. And even then, it’s quite subtle. It’s been that way historically. Even when Justice Potter Stewart said “…I know it when I see it…” in the 1964 Jacobellis v. Ohio decision, his statement was highly amorphous; it lacked concreteness but at the same time it was clear.

My point with saying all of that is, I think there is a very subtle difference between what I post and what could be termed “pornography” but the difference is still clear. My images are art — to me — because, while at times some may be seen as prurient, I’m always looking to emphasize the beauty and form of the people I capture. Rather than portraying the people as solely and merely “erotic tools,” I’m hoping to convey something about them that is unique and beautiful, outside of their erotic value.

Of course, I’m not doing this solely for some altruistic, artistic selflessness, or just to uplift the “seventh art” (the motion or still picture). I’d be lying if I said I was. I do want the images to titillate, to inspire, to flat-out arouse (at various turns). 

It really comes down to this: the difference between “art” and “porn” as I see it, is that I’m using at least two lights to compose many of my images, so I’m making art. Just kidding. :^)

MKULTRA: A Mind-Shaping Experiment

I’m about to head off on a week-long Caribbean excursion, so there will be a lull in posting while I’m gone. But I wanted to share the “why” behind this site that I’m calling “The Experiment.”

The simple version: I’m very interested in photography — in fact, it’s my job. I’m very interested in the act of sex — in fact, it’s one of my great pleasures, as I love women, their curves, their sensuality and inherent sexiness. 

The longer version is that as a photographer, I’m wedded to the idea of chronicling the subjects, things I like that I capture, either in a momentary, or longer-term capacity. In this case, it’s precisely the drive to fuck — to experience that pleasure and satisfaction, either in person or vicariously — that we experience on a daily basis, and seek depictions of, that leads me to create these images.

The rub is that for the most part, mainstream images that sit in this intersection are of “perfect” people — perfectly proportioned, perfectly retouched, perfectly beautiful. All that “perfection” is fake. It’s manufactured, and it cheapens and diminishes the rawness of the real sexuality and sensuality that exists in the world. 

THE EXPERIMENT seeks to give you something a bit different: the presentation of regular people doing what we all (or want to) do, and present them with the same dignity, same respect as we see with “productions.” Women that span the gamut of size and shape, sometimes enjoying themselves and occasionally, enjoying men, who are not all hung like horses.

THE EXPERIMENT will give you tasteful, but explicit expressions of everyday sexuality, everyday sensuality of everyday people. No “extreme Photoshop,” no extreme retouches, just all natural, raw and uncut beauty, and sensuality. 

I’m sure you’ll enjoy THE EXPERIMENT, almost as much as I will enjoy presenting it to you.