52 Photos of Rapture and Bondage by Fabio da Motta

Brazilian photographer Fabio da Motta, based in Sao Paulo, works with the relationship between body and space.

Da Motta uses color in an emotional and somewhat playful way, combining it with his current love of Shibari, a Japanese bondage technique. Kink and sensuous beauty are combined as the subject is made into a living sculpture.

He told Kaltblut Magazine, "My first encounter with Shibari was many years ago, during an editorial I was shooting for a fashion magazine. I had hired a shibarist to do some knots on the models, and I ended up watching the person preparing the models. I became fascinated with the process, the act of tying. However, it was just in 2015 that bondage really became a part of my images. At this point, I wanted to add a new element, or an actor you could say, to the scenes. Something that could interact with both the people and the space. My work is very inspired by Shibari, especially because it is a bondage that mostly focuses on the aesthetic aspects of the art, or the beauty of tying."

Read more about his experiences in bondage here.

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