FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
INTIMATE APPLIANCES
Ziatype; unique edition of 4; 5"x 4"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 4; 5"x 4"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 4; 5"x 4"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 4; 5"x 4"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 3; 4"x 5"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 3; 4"x 5"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 3; 5"x 4"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 4; 5"x 4"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 6; 5"x 4"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 4; 5"x 4"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 5; 4"x 5"; 2013
Ziatype; unique edition of 6; 4"x 5"; 2013
Handmade union case by Modern Day Antique; Half-Plate; 2013
Ziatype mounted in union case (interior with scalloped matte); Half-Plate; 2013
Ziatype mounted in union case (interior without scalloped matte); Half-Plate; 2013
Ziatype mounted in union case (interior without scalloped matte); Half-Plate; 2013
Ziatype mounted in union case (interior with scalloped matte); Half-Plate; 2013
Ziatype mounted in union case (interior without scalloped matte); Half-Plate; 2013
Ziatype mounted in union case (interior with scalloped matte); Half-Plate; 2013
Ziatype, black aluminum with white mat, 11"x14"
Intimate Appliance prints (framed & union cased) installed in my solo show “Progressions” at the Vermont Center for Photography in 2019. Photograph courtesy of Joshua Farr.
Intimate Appliance prints (union cases) installed in my solo show “Progressions” at the Vermont Center for Photography in 2019. Photograph courtesy of Joshua Farr.
Intimate Appliance prints (framed) installed in my solo show “Private Lives, Public Spaces” at the Danforth Art Museum (2015).
Intimate Appliance prints (union case) installed in my solo show “Private Lives, Public Spaces” at the Danforth Art Museum (2015).
Simple bound hard-cover book of digital prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper and Fabriano Tiziano end papers; 11" x 8.5"; 2013
Simple bound hard-cover book of digital prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper and Fabriano Tiziano end papers; 11" x 8.5"; 2013
Simple bound hard-cover book of digital prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper and Fabriano Tiziano end papers; 11" x 8.5"; 2013
Since the 19th century, women have used technology as a way to experience sexual pleasure. Mechanical, hydraulics, steam, and electricity have all powered the “personal massagers” that appeared in the appliance section of department stores and catalogues. Changes in technology create changes in vibrator materials, power-sources and design; vibrators reflect an era’s technology as well as its pop-culture. This is as true today as the past; current vibrators reflect the digital age. Although the appliances photographed are now antiques, they were once an example of that era’s technology.
This project would not have been possible without the generous cooperation of Sexual Health Includes Pleasure in Providence, Rhode Island.