Biron
The Erotic Portrait
By Biron
What my photography is about...
As a portrait photographer, I'm working to create a new genre: The
Erotic Portrait -- le portrait érotique. There is a great hunger for
quality erotic images that differ from what is generally available. In
saying that, I am not criticizing the porn industry which provides a
tremendous service to the community and gets little or no credit for its
important role in the prevention of AIDS and the containing of STDs.
However, we need more creative and more racially and ethnically divers
pornography for our emerging global community. The acceptance of
pornography will mark a new era in human liberation as well as set the
stage for a more positive outlook on the wonders of human sexuality. In
most cultures sex is still treated like an ugly secret kept from
children who are then left to clandestinely discover it for themselves.
Does that make any sense to you? Sadly it says much about the failure of
human communication in this vital area.
Only when 'pornography' becomes a descriptive rather than a judgmental
word, will this situation begin to change for the better. Then
photographers, movie and video makers who traditionally have not wanted
to be associated with the porn industry will cross over bringing with
them their talent and expand the notion of pornography as we know it
today. The time is right to join in providing sexually safe
entertainment the public craves in it's Pursuit of Happiness.
What is an Erotic-Portrait?
A photograph that has the qualities of a good portrait (lighting,
composition, individual personality, etc.) which, in addition, happens
to be sensual or erotic depending on one's sexual appetites. This added
ingredient, either suggested or overt, would, when successful, be
considered in a more positive sexual atmosphere as enhancing rather than
detracting from the photograph's essential qualities. Yet we still
expect the artist who uses pornography to seek justification elsewhere
with claims that the work as a whole has redeeming social value.
I would argue instead that pornography can be a valid element of a work.
And those who deem everything they consider to be artistic as not
pornographic simply deny the meaning of the term. They may like certain
of these images, but are unable to come to term with this dreaded word.
In short, pornography is a fact, not a moral judgment, and should be
subjected to the same aesthetic criteria as any other form of
creative/artistic expression.
I can foresee a time when the intention to cause sexual excitement is
not condemned and the Erotic-Portrait becomes popular as we move into
the new millennium. It has already become fashionable with the young men
I photograph who understand what I am doing. I can imagine celebrities
whose private lives are already an open book, becoming trend setters in
this area.
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