It was fascinating to hear from the many women we portrayed in our book Orgasm about their sexual lives which varied a lot. For example, Nirvano talked about how including water into her erotic life gives her a feeling of protection: “I have had many experiences in water or under waterfalls and I love surfing […]
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Photographer’s Journey: Learning a valuable lesson from one of my models
One of the interviews Marion Schneider did for our book Erotic Lives of Women was with Val. After her interview, I wondered how I could photograph this active woman. In her apartment she had exercise equipment and sport trophies. Yet Val explained during her interview that since entering her 50’s she no longer had her […]
Photographer’s Journey: Getting to know your sexuality while having fun with shower heads
For our book Orgasm we interviewed Dragonfly who talked about her pleasurable experience with shower heads: “Detachable shower heads are just fun if you want to clean everything. One day I showered to clean THAT thing and I was like ‘oh wow!’. So that’s why I took a lot of long showers. To which my mother […]
Photographer’s Journey: The healing power of water
I talked to a number of women while at hot springs when finishing my photo book, Healing Waters, who told me they imagined their stay would reduce stress from abuse and break ups. They said also that they discovered that while re-cooperating in the water it awakened their “body feelings”, opening up a renewed sexuality. […]