It’s a compliment to know that somebody really wants to be close to me and admires me. “I like being desirable and unattainable. Many of the women working at the club described the feelings their work provided them, ranging from empowerment, control and feeling wanted. His life was just boring, repetitive, and hard for him … Perhaps unlike the pain of life, in session, there was a reason and reward.” “I had a client who worked tremendously hard taking care of his family. “I come to an understanding of where the person is psychologically and emotionally, and then create a complementary reality to play out the issues,” said Mistress Delilah. Each mistress-client relationship was distinctly unique. Meiselas discovered that pain meant something different for each client - from physical pain as a means of relieving emotional suffering or as a way of absolving guilt, to pain as a road to pleasure. Drawn from all walks of life, the majority of the club’s clientele were working professionals - doctors, lawyers, and stockbrokers - unanimous in their willingness to give themselves over to the control of these women. Because it’s really not definable except by the person who is engaging in it,” explained Mistress Delilah. “Some people will say that it is kinky, perverted sex and some that its role play, and others even a lifestyle. Through extensive interviews with the mistresses and their clients, Meiselas was able to delve deeper into their worlds and offer an insight into Pandora’s Box that challenged contemporary attitudes towards S&M, sex and power. As with Carnival Strippers, which had opened up an unseen world and in doing so challenged the preconceived view of women who perform in the shows, Meiselas was drawn to exploring the experiences and motivations of both the club’s visitors and its staff. Dubbed the “Disneyland of Domination,” each of the club’s themed spaces was designed around a different fantasy, from the sumptuous furnishings of the Versailles room to the cold, clinical feel of the ‘medical chamber.’ It was, however, the complex and nuanced relationships between mistress and client, playing out across this imagined landscape, that most interested Meiselas. On entering, Meiselas was immediately drawn to the upscale loft’s intricately decorated interiors. Two decades later, Meiselas would be invited to explore another hidden world, where sex, secrecy and power dynamics would all come into play once more. She captured the dancers performing for all-male audiences and while they relaxed backstage between shows, determined to reveal the complexities of this world as seen by her subjects. While working on her breakthrough project Carnival Strippers during the 1970s, Meiselas was committed to fostering relationships with the women she photographed, ensuring that the work represented their voices and experiences. This was the central space of collaboration, along with an act of reciprocation, that I was trying to discover right from the beginning,” she writes in Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline. “The subject has to want me to be there for me to feel that I can be there. First, at the small circuses and state fairs of 1970s America, where Meiselas was invited into the private dressing rooms of the carnival strippers and later, in the covert spaces of the elite S&M club Pandora’s Box. The approach has allowed her to capture scenes where the act of photographing could have easily become voyeuristic. If you have ever enjoyed Penthouse Magazine you will love their site.Documenting hidden worlds by collaborating with those who inhabit them has been a central part of Susan Meiselas’s practice from the very beginning. A membership also gives you access to archives of the past magazines, access to a digital version of the current magazine and, of course, plenty of photos and videos of the famous Penthouse pets. It retains the charm and fun of the original while also jumping onto the modern age and delivering some steamy, hot action. One scene that features a sexy ebony stripper working the pole then getting banged by a hung white guy is a perfect example of what the new Penthouse is all about. In addition to the more traditional nude photo shoots we were used to in the magazine we also get hardcore and lesbian scenes. Penthouse's website captures all the sex appeal and energy of the magazine, but brings it into the modern age with high res pictures and HD videos. The magazine still exists, but now it has gone digital with this amazing site. Mix in a few cartoons, jokes and articles and it was something that could satisfy you no matter what mood you were in. For many years Penthouse magazines entertained and turned us on with a mix of famous, well-known pornstars and unknown amateur girls. With the likely exception of Playboy, Penthouse is one of the most iconic names in porn.
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