THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

The practical process of taking professional, set-up ‘erotic’ photographs is seldom arousing in itself.  Encumbered by technical, commercial and legal considerations, the professional result rarely comes close to the candour and spontaneity of a private Polaroid.  Hence the popularity of Readers’ Wives – real women against real wallpaper.

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When I find myself on a motorway or a train, speeding through some bleak suburb with terraces and tower blocks flashing past, I imagine the lives behind the curtains, fresh and unspoiled, awaiting discovery.

Bob Carlos Clarke in Garfield/Exposure, 2009