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A semenawa session with Emily, evolving from soft, sinuous shapes into increasingly intense rope torture.

An intense and refined shibari session, featuring rope, light, and vintage lingerie. Grace and Aesthetics There is a kind of grace that cannot be taught, an elegance that cannot be manufactured, but reveals itself through essential gestures. Marta wears a white lingerie set with a vintage, domestic feel: a soft, vertically striped bustier trimmed with […]

Model: Cath AfterdarkRope and photo: Kirigami This was our first shibari photoshoot with Cath Afterdark. The hashira, a vertical wooden post, became the focal point of both the composition and the ropework. The sequence begins on the floor, with Cath’s arms gradually raised above her head, and moves through a series of inversions around the […]

In this shibari shooting Dana is subjected to a practice known as mizuseme (水責め see Wikipedia), or water torture. Dana came to Milan during the month of June 2023 together with her boyfriend N. The model in this shibari shoot has really extreme tastes. We did this kinbaku session together with the help of a […]

This shibari session portrays Kuje bound to a hashira. Kuje is a shibari model with all kinds of experiences. She has tried her hand at traditional shibari sessions and also, for example, at performances with artists who love innovation. In this hashira binding we see her challenged by a series of very tight ropes pressing […]

This was one of my first photographic shoots working alone in the studio. Marta Tenshiko remained in a demanding reverse prayer for over an hour, progressing from a position on the floor into suspension. Building the light also took a great deal of time. I was looking for a Caravaggesque effect: warm, raking light that […]

This was my first session with Leya. She chose the elegant pink dress herself, a delicate element that runs through the series and contrasts with the intensity of the rope work and suspensions. During the shoot we focused above all on her facial expressions and intense gaze, following their changes from the opening portrait through […]

This series with Marta Tenshiko began as a photographic study of light and shadow. Body, rope and weights gradually emerge from the darkness as the images follow the slow intensification of the ishidaki. The suffering builds over time and becomes a cathartic experience, lived and shared by two people united by deep love and intense […]