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Doris Kloster cover Doris Kloster: Photographs
by Doris Kloster
Publisher: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1996

At a time when even mainstream magazines run features on leather and rubber, Doris Kloster's photos go one step further. She does not break taboos for the sake of provocation alone. Instead, her work shows the many facets of the highly stylized ritual of sadomasochism. Doris Kloster's photos lead us into a world of lust on the brink of the abyss, revealing the true image of a cult.

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Forms of Desire cover Forms of Desire
by Doris Kloster
Forward by Pat Califia
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2000

With this collection of nudes and portraits, all shot on location, Kloster invites the viewer to experience the rich and varied sexuality of a multi-racial group of strong, adventurous women. The result is nothing less than a compendium of female sexual expression, exploring different facets of women's sexual natures--from fetishism and role-playing to the use of toys and gender-bending.

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Story of O cover The Illustrated Story Of O
by Doris Kloster with extracts from the original text by Pauline Réage
Introduction by Jean-Jacques Pauvert
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, La Musardine France, 2001

When Story of O was first published in 1954 in Paris by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, it became the most widely translated French novel in the world. Now Doris Kloster, a photographer specializing in issues of women's sexuality and power, has realized a long-standing dream by creating a photographic representation of one of the most famous and controversial erotic novels ever published.

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Demimonde cover Doris Kloster's Demimonde: A Visual Exploration of Fetish
by Doris Kloster
Publisher: Carlton Books UK, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003

The book follows the evolution of fetish as its role in the club scene grew and its influence on fashion and culture developed, from pre-dawn, meat market, New York City photo shoots to red fetish heels in front of the Kremlin. It includes never-before-seen pictures from the decadent 1990s and up-to-the-minute portraits of working doms and their slaves. Infamous fetish icons--striking kinky beauties and amazonian women--along with photographs of drag pioneers and glam freaks.

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