We recently published a photo from a shoot with a top photographer who is working under the pseudonym, Jay Graham. Within a matter of hours it made Fetlife’s Kinky & Popular and currently has well over 2,000 Love It’s! If you love it too, please give it your vote on Fetlife. It got a Like from Kazami Ranki on Facebook and a “Wow” from Osada Steve, when he saw it. Although, many people seem to have assumed that it was Nina in the photo, it is actually Gorgone, our new BOUND team member, tied by Nina. The adulation says it all, it is a stunning piece of work. However, this image is only a hint of what’s to come. Jay has some amazing surreal ideas for post-production. We have seen a couple of roughs so far and the series promise to be completely different from any bondage photos you have seen so far. So far, we have both spent a day tying MaYa Homerton, Nina’s model, and another with Gorgone. With each shoot, we get more inspired so we might be working with other models as well. The plan is for an exhibition but I am not sure how long the creative process will take, so have no idea when that might be.
Nina has only been tying since the start of the year under my tuition which it goes to show how some natural talent combined with diligent study can produce some spectacular results. When I say diligent, I’m talking about things like watching videos of top riggers 20 or 30 times and analysing each move, studying my Sugiura Norio photo books until every page fell out and relentless practice. I think study of a wide range of nawashi’s styles in Sugiura’s photos has helped her develop an eye for the Japanese aesthetic and attending classes by Kinoko and Kazami has given her solid technique. What stands out from this photo, from a rope perspective, is the originality of the tie, the intelligent was she created the suspension and the beauty of the pose, even down to the detail of the arc of the rope following the curve of her foot in the futo-momo. It is so refreshing to see some originality as too many of us re-cycle a few ubiquitous ties from the Osada/Kinoko schools, including me.
