Why I waste my Time taking Kinky Photos of Barbie

By Sensuous Sadie
SensuousSadie@aol.com 
www.sensuoussadie.com 

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It all started last year when I got a pair of these fabulous black leather boots, which just happened to match the boots that my Barbie doll was wearing. It's not that I play with dolls per se, but I've always enjoyed having her nearby, shining blond hair twisted about in pseudo dreadlocks. The obvious thing to do was to take photos of "Mistress Barbie" atop the boots and so I did. I knew it would be as well received as the pictures of "Barbie's Dungeon" that proliferate on the internet.

The cool thing is that my Barbie photos – no matter how wild they get – are always recognizably Barbie herself. The result is that there is no threat to the viewer in the way that erotic photography of real people sometimes does. Barbie Kink is safe and funny, allowing enjoyment without the emotional baggage of porn. Knowing Barbie has no pussy, we can suspend our fears about HIV and other unpleasant realities. I even send these photos to my vanilla friends who find them wildly entertaining, the same vanilla friends who might not be so entertained if I sent erotic photographs of real people being hogtied or spanked.

Those Barbie boots must have affected my DNA because since then I've done no less than four Barbie photo shoots, each one showing progressively more "skin." Having worked with both live and doll models, I can say that Barbie is a far more agreeable talent. She shows up on time, never breaks a sweat, and can hold any position no matter how bizarre. Barbie always looks fabulous and after the shoot the only aftercare required is to airbrush in sweet pink nipples. The downside of course is that she's a bit stiff, and has just one expression: cheery.

Despite these limitations, my goal was to take art photographs, not snapshots; something that expressed grace, elegance and emotion. Contrast this to most doll photos where dominance and submission are expressed by having one doll with a flogger in hand and another tied up. To me that's a diorama, not art, one in which the "doll-ness" is immutable. I wanted to move the viewer, perhaps almost as much as photography of real people. As a result, I've had to learn how to express dominance or submission using mostly lighting and angles, no easy trick.

I didn't start out with such a lofty agenda, but I can't help but appreciate what this art form can offer us who live in a fringe community. Anything that can take the message of joy and acceptance in all sexual choices to the masses is a very good thing. And so, under that aegis I'm off to make a wee-sized singletail for the Mistress B.


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Sensuous Sadie is the author of It's Not About the Whip: Love, Sex, and Spirituality in the BDSM Scene (http://www.trafford.com/robots/03-0551.html). She is the founder and leader (1999 - 2001) of Rose & Thorn , Vermont 's first BDSM group. Comments, compliments and complaints, as well as requests for reprinting can be addressed to her at SensuousSadie@aol.com  or visit her website at www.sensuoussadie.com. Sadie believes the universe is abundant, and that sharing information freely is part of this abundance, so she allows reprints of her writing in most venues.

Copyright 2003 Sadie Sez Publications