Suspensions (Shibari)

These in-studio suspensions are a collaboration with Ian, who goes by the moniker Satyr. He is very experienced with rope bondage and suspension. In the BDSM sub-culture, "full suspension" refers to suspending a person's entire body off the floor with the aid of ropes, chains, or cables. A typical full suspension is an advanced and somewhat risky form of rope bondage. It involves the use of elaborate knots, and many practitioners use modular rope segments that can be quickly released in case the subject experiences a loss of circulation, unwanted pain, or loses consciousness, etc. This is one of the reasons that Ian does the suspensions. Besides that I'm not really experienced enough to do suspensions, it wouldn't be wise for me to be oblivious to someone's safety while I'm photographing them. Most of the rope work that is photographed on the floor, however, are things that I have done myself. The main reason that I began an interest in doing a series on suspensions is that both in books and surfing the net is that it was very hard to find many well-made photographs of suspensions. It's not difficult to find well-done rope work, but the combination of great ropework and images struck me as to be greatly lacking. So it seemed to be something really worth taking on. As this portfolio builds and expands (I'd like to move the setting outside in trees, for example), I'd like to perhaps get a book published on it.