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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Teddy of Paris
This artist was one of those blazing stars who flare brightly but briefly and then disappear back to their day jobs having left behind a priceless collection of of classic images which leave you...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tendoji
This is the only picture I have ever seen by this artist but it's something of a classic. The eroticism is beautifully understated and in it's day (1971), when tying men up with rope was just a routine...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - 'The Overcoat'
The OvercoatI'm not sure this artist regards himself as a fetish artist, his site at Deviant Art contains mainly vanilla stuff but I thought it was worth presenting this selection picked up via GMBA...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Thompson (and a mystery)
These fragments are all I have by this artist so I can't comment on his other work but this is a very sexy and tantalising sample featuring bondage and clothes ripping in a fanciful medical scenario....
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Titus
Titus produced art for magazines like 'Bound and Gagged' around the turn of the millennium. There's not an awful lot of his work around but the imagery in them is striking.Titus – Dungeon OrgasmThis is...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Toby
I will tip my hat in passing to Toby whose portrayals of baby-faced men pre-date the arrival of the Japanese manga in the West. The example I have chosen, is unmistakeably an adult man with a nicely...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 1
1 The Lasting Appeal of Tom Of FinlandThe first male erotic drawing I ever saw was on a cover of 'Physique Pictorial' magazine in a second hand bookshop, when I was still at school. It showed a...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 2
KakeShort narrative picture series like 'The Careless Biker' in Part 1 were a favourite technique for Tom right from his earliest drawings and they eventually developed into the Kake series of picture...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 3
3 Kake (continued)Previous articles here: Part 1 and Part 2Raunchy TruckersAfter a strange run of experimental subjects, Tom seems to regain his creative focus in Kake No 10 (Raunchy Truckers). Kake is...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 4
Kake concludedLinks to previous articles: Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 3 After the explosion of sadism and power-play in Kake 14-15, Tom reverts to vanilla with a series of 'carefree', uncontroversial,...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 5
The Sinister Tom of Finland 'The Rope' - A Cop Is ComingBefore leaving Kake I would give a mention to 'The Rope' which though not officially part of the series has many authentic ingredients – a...
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Tom of Finland and Fascism - a Historical Note
The controversial SS whipping of a captive, referenced in Part 5 of my Tom of Finland A-Z article (and reproduced in Hooven's biography of him*) can be seen in a different light if the historical...
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Revised A-Z Entry - Joseph
Who lives in a house like this? That's the puzzle for the viewer in this picture by Joseph.I have substantially revised the original A-Z entry on this artist with new pictures to reflect his recent...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 6
Part 6 Black and White This article is about race and I have tried to pick my words carefully, but I'd be glad to hear from anyone who thinks I've chosen badly and will try to put it straight. Tom -...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 7
7 Black and White (continued) Tom - Black Model (1972)In the 18 years from 1967 to 1984 Tom only produced occasional pictures with black characters. It was during these years that he was busy producing...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 8
Part 8 Tom's Thieves Tom of Finland - The ShoplifterTheft is a recurring theme in Tom's early work. This shoplifter from 1958 must be one of the earliest examples and casts the clumsy felon in a fairly...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 9
I will conclude this extended appreciation of Tom of Finland's work by focussing more explicitly on the evolution of his fetish 'credentials'. The first manifestation of these interests is probably a...
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A-Z series - Index to Tom of Finland Articles
(Below) I've seen this described as Tom's best picture. There's an endearing feeling of nostalgia as Tom's musclebound cop (his'alter ego'),extends a hand across the generations - as only gay men...
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A-Z of Fetish Artists - Torturepen
1 Well SprungTorturepen is a fem-dom artist who depicts fairly extreme punishments of men, often in the form of fairly crude cartoons which don't really qualify on any count for this series, although...
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