For most, ‘kinky’ only exists in the attic of our minds. Dim light, cob-web covered, creaky floors, forgotten dreams ~ a dark erotica. Something to be found. Something to be yearned. Something to be taken aback by. ‘Kink’ is another world. A subversive world which knocks at our imaginary door. Probing, touching, tasting, biting, pleading, conceding ~
Kenny Lee has been photographing the kink community for just over a year but yet his images are raw, emotional, seductive and authentic. His experience as a professional photographer has provided him with the technical skill to capture startling images. Frustrated with the commerciality of mainstream photography, Lee turned his lens on the kink community. Lee takes kink out of the studio and onto the street in order to expose it in a new light. The resulting images are dark and humbling. They invite the viewer to experience a ‘back alley’ reality — where secrets are shared, bodies explored, fantasies lived out.
RAW : In your face, blatant. I’m tired of seeing your basic new-stand porn rag photo spread with flat, light, overly groomed models fluffed and preened. I capture energy and depth, not poses.
DARK : I know what’s in you. Fetish, kink have always been an interest of mine since I started cruising the T rooms (google it) when I was eleven.
TWISTED : Not the norm, not pretty. We are animals at the end of the day. I am interested in people who have embraced their sexual edge.
REAL : It’s out there. People love a loaded gun up their hole. Like this cop I know.
« SUBVERSIVE WORLDS » curated by Xan Woods & Guy Berube
3 au 26 avril | April 3 to 26 vernissage 3 avril 19h00 | April 3 ~ 7:00PM
La Petite Mort Gallery : 306 Cumberland Street ~ Ottawa
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