Humanizing photos reveal what, to many, is just another day on the job.
From the article :
“Porn. The one-syllable word likely strikes up a strong feeling in the gut, whether it’s arousal, embarrassment, fascination or extreme discomfort. It sullies our laptops, informs our libidos, and shapes our desires. In the words of porn star Dylan Ryan: “It is the ultimate representation of human sexuality and the biggest way in which we incorrectly interpret human sexuality. Porn is us.”
French photographer Sophie Ebrard, enthralled by the wildly popular and profitable market of pornography, resolved to dig a little deeper into its underbelly in order to reveal the business in a provocative new light. The question might arise: How does one capture a stimulating, unseen portrait of a genre that, by nature, exposes everything? Well, in her series “It’s Just Love,” Ebrard aims her camera at one thing often left concealed in your average porn shoot, no matter how dirty they may be. And that’s tenderness.
“Over the past decade and a half in particular, we’ve become increasingly desensitized, even numbed, by sex in imagery, because it has become increasingly explicit and present,” explained Roderick van der Lee, who curated Ebrard’s exhibition. “‘It’s Just Love’ incurs much stronger emotions, such as tenderness, humanity and a sense of fun by going in the other direction, by not being explicit, and by not falling into the traps of the many cliches of portraying the industry.”
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