I am – ASHKAN SAHIHI: Artist of the Week

• 20 years ago

ASHKAN SAHIHI has some been doing some interesting work with that camera of his. I first found his work because of his WOMEN OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES photo series, in my search for more Jewish content. But upon further perusal I found so much more. Ashkan has a portrait series on his site of his models in in front of a boring kmart backdrop fully clothed, the catch they have cum on their faces. Right before the photo was taken each model had his/her male partner to come on their face. But this isn’t porn, its art, so feel free to look all you want.

Village Voice Review and link to the site after the Jump

Cum Shot Series



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Village Voice:

For a weirdly compelling portrait series titled “Cum Shots,” Sahihi asked his male and female sitters to bring along a male partner to ejaculate on their face just before the photo was taken. Because the subjects are seated fully clothed before a neutral studio backdrop, the results buzz with the tension between formality and abandon. Confronting the camera with semen splattered across their cheeks, each of these people has an odd post-coital glow–a flush of ebbing excitement that leaves them emotionally, totally naked. VINCE ALETTI