The Cabinet of Dark Things

"To behold suffering gives pleasure, but to cause another to suffer affords an even greater pleasure."
ñ Friedrich Nietzsche, The Genealogy of Morals

China Hamilton, one of the worldâs leading erotic photographers, unlocks The Cabinet of Dark Things and through his photography allows us to explore his own particular realm of Sado-masochism. It may be hard to comprehend the use of pain to stimulate pleasure, for they are sensations that seem far apart on our sensory spectrum. Yet they can be so close together, that at times they become indistinct. China Hamiltonâs images capture these moments. They occupy a place where pleasure and pain merge into one exquisite sensation. And they are far more than this. Tender, disturbing and searingly erotic, they offer an entrance to this world.

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• Not for the timid ´ you have been warned!

Chinaâs talent at capturing these scenes stem from his intimate knowledge of his subject. He is a significant member of this scene of pleasure and offers us an important part of it to savour. He has a Masterâs relationship with his subjects and an obsession to display female beauty in all its forms. The power of Chinaâs images comes from the feelings they evoke. His passion for this subterranean world, and its people, is evident. Yet, despite the graphic and disturbing subject matter, there is a humanity to his art, which stems from his personal involvement. These are not paid models and these are not staged acts. This provides each image with a genuine emotion which is far removed from the clinical detachment of most contemporary erotic photography.

Forget that this is not who you are, allow China to draw you in, and you will find that this place is not so strange. For it is a place closer than you might imagine, a place where your darkest desires become real. The Publishers and China Hamilton wish to make it clear that the adult female subjects depicted in the photographs are involved in mutually consensual acts of a personally erotic, sexual and fantasy nature. It must be stressed that it is not the intention of the Publishers or China Hamilton to convey any suggestion of real exploitation or abuse of women, something that both personally deplore.

The Publishers and China Hamilton wish to make it clear that the adult female subjects depicted in the photographs are involved in mutually consensual acts of a personally erotic, sexual and fantasy nature. It must be stressed that it is not the intention of the Publishers or China Hamilton to convey any suggestion of real exploitation or abuse of women, something that both personally deplore.