Last month I published a series portraying Anya as a young prostitute trying to attract clients. I especially liked this idea because Anya is such a happy, natural young girl without even the slightest touch of a professional sexworker and I liked very much to play with the obvious contrast between the young open-minded and free, self-determined woman that she is and the girl that (must) offer her charms for money in a brothel.
Now, lets suppose she found a client. In this case me. She'll take me to a private room of the bar, where I have to spend in drinks and, of course, she cannot go straight forward: she has to keep the tension to sell more drinks for the boss and thus will only reveal very slowly more of what me, the client, wants. She doesn't do it for her pleasure but still she must look enough sexy and erotically appealing to keep me interested in buying her another drink and finally spend the amount to get what I really want...
Anya really went into the role. I believe many of those beautiful photos reflect the tension between having to please and show to lust without wanting to please for personal lust.
But, of course, it was a role play with limits. I couldn't really play the client with my camera in the hand and also because of the limits that naturally exist between model and photographer. I tried to keep the situation in the way I was talking to her, but of course, as we both knew, that we are playing, this often led to fun moments and Anya's serious glance turned into a bright laugh.
I love this a bit different, very sensual but not explicit lingerie series of more than a 100 photos that I uploaded for my Power-patrons.
B.t.w.: prostitution, and especially involuntary prostitution (tragically probably the majority) is a very serious topic, I am aware of that. The series has no intention to broach the issue of prostitution, neither to glamorize sex-working nor to criticize on the topic.
It just was intended as a sensual and erotic game purely for pleasure, fun and feeling tingly while trying to photograph this so very lovely young woman in an artistically appealing way.
Enjoy!