In between art nude and porno, many attempt to wedge in erotic photography, which hopes to be more upscale than pornography, but admits to a lack of innocence regarding sexual intent.

The curiosity I felt about nudity started at an innocent age, though as an adult, that curiosity has been bathed in my own sexuality for long enough that I can’t claim to be entirely innocent of sexual interest when looking at beautiful nude women.

Still, I did my best to keep my nude photography “artistic” both in my college years, when my final thesis was abstract nude photography, and when I returned to working with the nude in my 40s. I think I succeeded.

When La Faith Eros contacted me, it was my first time encountering someone who specifically called herself an “erotic” model. After some consideration, I decided to give exploring eroticism in photography a chance.

To be honest, I got more than I had bargained for!

That certainly had a lot to do with Faith, as I’ll call her, as she is quite a unique personality.

While I was focused on ensuring consent and respecting boundaries, she was not! At least, she was not concerned about my boundaries and my consent. She knew what sort of pictures she wanted to make and assumed it was my job to make it happen. Often, her desire to be sexually provocative, both in private and public places, caused me a great deal of discomfort.

Still, if I had wanted to grab the erotic photography bull by the horns, I had certainly done so. Now I just had to do my best to avoid being trampled.

I shot with Faith over the course of 18 months in Denmark, Estonia, Fuerteventura, and Oman.

The experience definitely expanded my skills and stretched comfort zone far beyond what I would have chosen intentionally.

Eventually, I found my own boundaries and chose to stop.

Faith, I later discovered, has gone on to become what she calls a FINDOM. That is, a “financial dominatrix”.

I’m happy to have gotten away when I did, though I am also glad for the experiences I had.

This book includes selections from all of our photo sessions.

I printed only two copies, one for each of us.