Fetish photographer Antone Pavlov and western geisha Molly collaborate to concoct remarkable dysmorphic sexual fictions. Brighton-UK based, he describes Molly’s persona as a living sex doll that “allows the acting out of sexual perversion and vice”. I am never quite sure what will happen next”, says Pavlov, “she is full of possibilities and entirely unpredictable, but undoubtedly compelling and the object of my obsession.”
Pavlov is an admirer of 19th and early 20th century erotic photographers mostly anonymous who produced pornographic images for ‘connoisseurs’ and ‘the collector’.
“Their cameras were big and slow to work with, I like that. It allows time to look properly. Models hate it of course because of the discomfort of a prolonged pose, I use a 10”x8” camera and 5”x4” film. Occasionally it’s a real pain as the image on the ground glass screen is upside down and back to front.”
Pavlov’s cites Hans Bellmer and Pierre Molinier as his major influences.
“They were both extraordinary artists and human beings. They were also exceptional perverts! Both nurturing their respective fetishes they didn’t give a dam about much else. Fantastic!”
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