Bound in Shadows - Shibari boudoir session
A and I started talking about doing a photo session back in 2020, and we finally made it happen. Like many women I work with, she is normally is the one at the top of control in her professional life, and she was looking forward to an opportunity to experience something different.
I often like to have a loose narrative in my sessions, of feelings rather than a specific plot. Sometimes that takes the shape of a change from their public-persona to their personal persona which only lovers would see, or exploring some interest they are passionate about as a springboard into the session. In this case, our session began with friendly portraits (not posted for privacy reasons), which then gave way to a provocative shibari session in the same clothes, and finally into a minimalist shibari session in the garden: an expression of finding release and freedom through sensuality.
There are many aspects of life that are generally not discussed in our culture or explored in art as a rule. Such as “What happens to the mind when someone dies? How do we hold that in our hearts?”… on the other side, where does sensuality fit in as part of our inner identity? Is this something to be celebrated or hidden? I think that American culture is currently in a state of flux: the old guidelines are at best irrelevant, if not actively harmful for many people, but culture hasn’t figured out new guidelines yet. (I think this is why there’s so much fixation on things like “cancel culture,” which is to say, a fear that one might be punished for breaking a new social rule about treating people with respect regardless of differences.)
It sounds scary, but at the same time I think that this is a time of tremendous opportunity for exploration and finding oneself, in a way that maybe hasn’t existed for a generation. With that said, I hope you enjoy this exploration of sensuality, and a view into a private world free from judgement.
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