The second issue of Baron is a photographic journey over a 12-month period, photographed by Tyrone Lebon and guest edited by Max Pearmain. A central theme for this issue has been to question the evolvement of sexuality in today’s image sharing society. For example, the voyeur and exhibitionist were once used to describe those who spied or exhibited themselves to unsuspecting individuals, now it is increasingly used to define the audience and performers of reality projects. In our late post-modern age, sexual desires have been packaged, marketed, and are sold as adult entertainment.

 

Throughout the issue a selection of cropped images of body parts appears. Such imagery is common both on adult dating sites, where users tend to think that removing their faces lends them anonymity, and also in anatomy studies on the human body. A collection of found images from Tyrone’s own grandfather’s collection evokes similar parallels. A plastic surgeon by profession, he documented many of his patients’ procedures with the camera In the context of Baron, the line between non-sexual and sexual nude imagery is not clear-cut.

 

Women have long been subjected to the gaze of male’s demands and desires. A reversed version of that is explored in a study of hair-replacement surgery. A male patient is photographed throughout the procedure, accompanied by before and after shots. He is later seen recovering in his hospital bed, watching a documentary about our furrier primate relatives. The second issue of Baron also includes a number of portraits of women who in one way or another have benefitted professionally from sexuality. From lingerie designer and erotic writer Britta Uschkamp, to musician and photographer Aza Shade and artist Daphne Greca, to erotic model Kit Hammonds, who wears a specially commissioned Baron motorcycle jacket by Lewis Leathers.

 

Pink, stiff and exceptionally long, Baron No.2 is available from all good adult stores and from our online sex shop: www.baronmagazine.co.uk.

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Adam Bryce