February 23, 2007
Provoke by Vitali Gubin
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What does it take to provoke you? To rouse your senses? To really make you open your eyes and take notice of the image before you? In this series, we’re given an almost textbook case of how to create a truly provocative erotic series. Thanks to the unflinching talent of Vitali Gubin and one amazingly gorgeous model, we not only get to view a nude pictorial that stirs the erotic imagination, but we also get to learn a little something about our own often inscrutable desires.
First things first. Sensual provocation requires a model of stunning physical attributes, and that’s what we have here. A slender body, ripe full sexual features, youthful facial dimensions, and fertile looking hair and skin…these are the signs of feminine health, and these are the things that provoke a man’s desire. Our model has all of these, and then some.
The next provoking quality to this series is the ambience. Where is it? Ambiguity of place is highly arousing to most men, since it preserves their anonymity. It makes them feel as if they are both nowhere and everywhere, a highly erotic proposition. It also makes the woman seem as if she is almost divine, from a place other than earth. Finally, it preserves the sensation of “this could happen to me.” If the place is vague, then so are the circumstances. And if the circumstances are vague, it’s easy for us to imagine ourselves inside the photo series, which is consummately important to the erotic imaginative experience.
Finally, in terms of provocation, there’s the subtle aspects of this photo shoot. Here you see a bra falling gently off a breast, revealing the upper corner of a delicate brown nipple. Here you see the model posing with her thighs out, her yoni pressed against the couch, and her butt pushed back. This is an ideal position for penetration, and one that appears in almost every high quality photo shoot (the thigh out, yoni down position is also the stance of purebred dogs and is used quite often in Japanese softcore, a genre that depends heavily on the “purebred” mystique). Finally, we have the eyes. A model must be looking into the lens with an eager, welcoming glance in order for the viewer to feel provoked. As you can see, our young lady in question is obliging us in this regard.
So, there’s a break down of what’s provocative about this series, and about many series. We have looked more closely into these images, and come out with something of a format of our desires. Now, it’s time to leave the academic talk behind and simply enjoy. And that’s not too hard, now, is it?
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