Shades of Lust and Pain

Uwe Dupke, born in 1952, lives in Andalusia and near Cologne and has been a photographer since 1970, specializing in "People" and erotic nude photography. For him, honest and passionate images can only be created when the models are fully involved in the creative process. This includes not only the areas of photography but also the selection of the shooting location, outfits, and guidelines for the makeup artist. A new trend has emerged: every second model wishes to have photos taken in the realm of fetish and bondage. Together with the models, various fetish clubs, bondage apartments, extraordinary hotels, and swinger clubs have been chosen as shooting locations. The photographer's task is to authentically capture the erotic fantasies of the models and the dynamic that develops during the shoot. Due to this special approach, it is often unclear at the beginning of a shoot which photographic technique will be used. Typically, medium format photography is done with Hasselblad 60 megapixels, and for rapid sequences, professional cameras from Canon are used. For pronounced lighting, Uwe Dupke often employs a boom. Fetish: Are these photos fantasy or reality? Photography can be as exciting and sweat-inducing sexy as this.