Lisa and Red, Leather Dykes in scene as Gay Leather Men

photographs by Tala Brandeis

"Lisa and Red" Statement

I'm inspired by the prerequisite, the necessity, for deviance in advancement of art or science. Deviants of any culture know more about their culture than those who conform. Successful deviants must incorporate full cultural understanding in the conscious mind in order to survive in transition zones, at the edges of culture. Cultural anthropological workers know deviants make some of the best contacts. Deviants experience a need to communicate cultural knowledge and few of the uber-culture share the capacity to assimilate specific and conscious knowledge.

This work is a call to look, contemplate, react and ultimately, reflect. The work raises feelings, emotions buried, denied and/or completely alien to those living the unconscious dream. My images shock some people. I expect that. Others find them riveting, compelling and some feign nonchalance when faced with a new reality and a desperate need to apprehend emotions disclaimed or... refreshingly exotic.

Complementing image content, dilute lith printing rewards the viewer with a profoundly distinct photographic experience. Fine-grained, soft tonal gradations reveal long highlights balancing large-grained hard dark shadows expressing a mood dovetailing image content.

All images on this page are dilute lith printed. Some have been bleached and redeveloped. Lith images are difficult to reproduce exactly. The chemistry changes quickly and the paper exhibits different qualities on each piece. Couple that with infectious development and what we arrive at are unique prints each with a flavor of its own.

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"The Kiss" Lith Print, Dark version

Tech Pan, Sterling Lith Paper, Bleached and Redeveloped.
This image shows intensification from bleaching and redevelopment and the color has shifted farther into warmer tones than the non-bleached print below.
11" X 14" Paper size, 8" X 9.5" Image Size.

Available for display as an 11X14 Print.

"The Kiss" Lith Print

Tech Pan, Sterling Lith Paper
Lith print, dilute lith developer, infectious development.
11" X 14" Paper size, 8" X 9.5" Image Size.

Available for display as an 11X14 Print.

"Triangle" Lith Print

Tech Pan, Sterling Lith Paper
Lith print, dilute lith developer, infectious development. Bleached and redeveloped.
11" X 14" Paper size, 8" X 11" Image Size.

Available for display as an 11X14 Print.

"Daddy's Boy" Lith Print

Tech Pan, Sterling Lith Paper
Lith print, dilute lith developer, infectious development. Bleached and redeveloped.
11" X 14" Paper size, 8" X 11" Image Size.

Available for display as an 11X14 Print.

"Pull Suck" Lith Print

Tech Pan, Sterling Lith Paper
Lith print, dilute lith developer, infectious development. Bleached and redeveloped.
This image is different from the image below.
The bleach is the same, but the paper is different.
11" X 14" Paper size, 8" X 10.5" Image Size.

Available for display as an 11X14 Print.

"Pull Suck" Lith Print

Tech Pan, Sterling VC Print
Lith print, dilute lith developer, infectious development. Bleached and redeveloped.
This image is different from the image above.
The bleach is the same, but the paper is different.
11" X 14" Paper size, 8" X 10.5" Image Size.

Available for display as an 11X14 Print.

   
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