Erotica

'Using vintage magazines and materials, I scan and compose digital collages, piecing together fragments of memory into new narratives.  My intention is to blend the nostalgia for the past with the darkness beneath “the pleasures of modern living.” I am interested in the portrayal of women and domestic culture; the illusion of security; food as an object of desire and comfort; and the grip of materiality.' Nadine Boughton

Its pretty incredible how many outlets and online sources there are for creatives these days, allowing their work to get spread to the masses and shared with minimal effort in no time. I frequently come across amazing work with little or no information or credit given that I can't help but share, like these raw, painted erotic photographs- which are just overflowing with a tangled 80's appeal and desire...

Formerly an ophthalmologist, Howard Schatz has successfully turned his photography hobby into a full-fledged and distinguished career as a fine art and commercial photographer. Working alongside his wife and business partner, Beverly Ornstein, from their Manhattan studio, Schatz's photos have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, and he has received international acclaim for his work.

A site dedicated to the dispatches from the golden age of erotica, when real women wore curves, basked in the sunlight and grew their hair long and natural. Updated daily, this collection is a pleasant reminder of classic curves and sweet, feminine appeal.

What a better way to wrap up the week then to watch it all just walk away... This week's Animated GIF selection is a tribute to those beautiful booties, derrières, bubbles, tushes, tails and bums in all shapes and sizes. I hate to see you leave- but I love to see you walk away. TGIF.

Australian photographer Paul Freeman is renowned for his beautifully crafted images that capture the sensuality of the naked male form. In Freeman's latest book, "Heroics," he turns his attention to the world of heroic deeds and manly bonding, with scenarios evoking the homoeroticism of the ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as of the French and British military empires.

Illustrator, animator, fashion filmmaker, and all-around hottie Quentin Jones paints a daring self-portrait in an inky new film for NOWNESS. The London-based model and Cambridge philosophy graduate uses her body as animated canvas, combining stop-motion, cut-outs, and illustrations in a cheeky (and incredibly sexy) nod to Dadaism.

Artist Kim McCarty's watercolor paintings depict youthful figures in fragile moments, the delicate quality of her bruise-inspired palette of acid yellows, greens, and browns evoking a sense of uncertainly, ambivalence, and anxiety. A graduate of Art Center College of Design and UCLA who divides her time between LA and NYC, McCarty's work has been featured in solo exhibitions across the country.

The Private Panda Club from TADO which opened in Berlin as part of the Pictoplasma Conference featured a series of 10 photographs set in a panda-themed gentlemen’s basement bar. The photographs are a collaboration between Tado, Tom Jackson and Kipi Ka Popo and visitors to the show were invited to don the panda head and try their own moves on a specially erected panda-pole.