And apparently ladies really love elves: during her stint as Link, Justine was able to wrest a kiss from the lips of fellow Penthouse Pet Ryan Keely...and, uh, a few other things, too.

· Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (drsketchy.com)
· Justine Joli (justinejoli.com)
· Ryan Keely (ryankeely.com)

Yes, porn veterans like Justine Joli, Madison Young, Syd Blakovich, Jiz Lee, Dallas Fivestar, and Dylan Ryan can be found alongside a cast of newcomers (or at least Justine, Madison, Syd, and Jiz can—at the time of review, only two videos were posted to the site). A stunning cast indeed; but what makes JuicyPinkBox different from other queer porn mainstays like, say, the Crash Pad Series or Reel Queer Productions?

Jincey's said in interviews that she wants to fill a perceived void in lesbian pornography, creating "lesbian pornography that is real but glamorous and cinematic." From what we've seen, she's certainly succeeded in creating something different.

JuicyPinkBox is perhaps best compared to someone like Andrew Blake. There's a very heavy emphasis on art here, with lushly made up models in exquisite outfits rendered in the raw, grainy look of film. Extreme close ups of genitals and penetration are replaced with quick cuts of faces mid-moan and abstract shots hinting at the action. In Jiz and Madison's scene, not a single shot of penetration, or even pussy, is shown—though judging by the fevered look on Jiz's face, a good time was had by all.

Another thing that sets JPB apart from a sea of porno competitors is their apparent belief that brevity is sexy: in an environment where the twenty minute sex scene is seen as standard, JPB offers up bite size boinking in segments under ten minutes. Episode One of Taxi clocks in at 6:44, Episode Two is a slightly beefier 8:23 (though if we're being honest here, we should subtract a full minute from those counts for the extended end credits. No, we don't understand it either).

The staff of JPB has promised weekly video updates, alternating between episodes of "Taxi, "Confessions" (a series of, uh, pornstars confessing), and behind the scenes clips—all of which will contain pornographic content (hopefully some more hardcore than what we've already seen). Additionally, the site promises a new erotic story every week. However, a mere one video and story per week, with not much backlog, makes it seem hard to justify the $25/month membership fee. For now, the Crash Pad seems like a safer bet—especially if you're of the opinion that porn is best with a little (or a lot) of visible penetration.

(While you're making your decision, here's the trailer for "Taxi.")

· Juicy Pink Box (juicypinkbox.com)

Belladonna
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Belladonna
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Syd Blakovich, Jessie Lee, and Ellen Stagg
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Jessie Lee
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Syd Blakovich and Jessie Lee
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Jessie Lee and Ellen Stagg
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Darenzia and Jade Vixen
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Darenzia and Jade Vixen
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Playgirl go-go boys Matt and Chris
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Playgirl go-go boys Matt and Chris
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Playgirl go-go boys Matt and Chris
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Justin Bond and John Cameron Mitchell
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Jo Boobs, The Baroness, and Dante Posh
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Our sponsors at njoy
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Miss Calico
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Miss Calico
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Lorelei Lee
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Jiz Lee and Lorelei Lee
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Jiz Lee
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Lorelei Lee, Jiz Lee, and Joanna Angel
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Lorelei Lee, Jiz Lee, and Joanna Angel
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Joanna Angel
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Joanna Angel
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Jessie Lee and Jonathan Ames
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Ellen Stagg and Jessie Lee
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Jiz Lee and Justine Joli
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Jiz Lee and Justine Joli
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Justine Joli and the njoy Eleven
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Arpad Miklos and Jiz Lee
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Brian Moylan and Arpad Miklos
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Jiz Lee, Lux Alptraum, and Justine Joli. Editors get all the babes.
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Syd Blakovich and Lux Alptraum. Editors really get all the babes.
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Syd Blakovich
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(Need more convincing? The calendar features Zoli, Asa Akira, Steam, Jeanette Jones, Ryan Keely, Jelena Jensen, Heather Vandeven, Justine Joli, Joanna Angel, Nicole, Jessie Lee, Shay Laren, and Charlotte Stokely. We thought that might persuade you.)

And if you happen to be in Brooklyn on October 22, there's going to be a release party at the Mishka store (350 Broadway—that's in Brooklyn, not Manhattan). We hear Ellen will be showing off some outtakes and unused shots from the calendar...and a few models will even be on hand to sign calendars!

Cover girl Joanna Angel
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Heather Vandeven
Mishka NYC (mishkanyc.com)
Steam
Mishka NYC (mishkanyc.com)

Apparently, apparently, it's a lot of girls, standing around, naked. Which is kind of what we expected...but still, very nice to see with our own eyes.

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As per usual, the 2010 Nerdcore calendar looks like a scorcher, with Jana Jordan, Justine Joli, Mosh, and Bobbi Starr paying tribute to horror classics ("Carrie," "Psycho," and "Bride of Frankenstein," just to name a few). Take a peek through our preview gallery...and then rush off to preorder a copy ASAP. If you ask us, the only thing scary about this calendar is the thought of not having a copy.

Jana Jordan
Nerdcore 2010: Horror (totallynerdcore.com)
Mosh
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Justine Joli
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Apparently the lesbian princess of porn has orchestrated an all out bash at NYC's infamous bar Superdive—a reputedly lawless environ where guests can mix their own cocktails behind the bar and the door policy is, well, for lack of a better term, nonexistent.

Amidst this lawless carousing Joli plans to pack in hordes of capital "L" lesbians, art performers, a surprise celebrity guest or two, and famed photographers Ellen Stagg and Siege, along with a host of exotic ingenues she has collected over the last few years living in the city [edit: and maybe even a Fleshbot editrix!]. Ever playing the part of the gracious and demure hostess, Justine invites all of her friends and fans to come join her for a drink amidst the raucous celebration, to order themselves a keg and cheer to her, or to sit down at the Steinway and bang out a song in honor of her special day.

Superdive is located at 200 Avenue A, between 12th and 13th, in East Village, New York, NY 10009. For more details call 646-448-4854 or visit the bar's website.

· Photo by Ellen Stagg (staggstreet.com)

KellyFind lists Justine's aliases as Swan, Hope, and Swan Hope—but no Ashley. Was it just a name she adopted as a one-off? Or is this just some other girl entirely? You be the judge.

· Ashley (newnudecity.com)
· Justine Joli (kellyfind.com)

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I can't imagine director Ernest Greene doing anything that doesn't involve the fleshly transfer of power. McDonald's drive-through? "McFloggets, please." At the dry cleaners? "Extra wire hangers, please." At church? "More nails."

That is why his "Perfect Secretary 2: Training Day" (he didn't direct the original) for Adam & Eve somehow involves Justine Joli being trussed like a delightful, wriggling roast sylph by the imperious and near-translucent Claire Adams.

That is why the sturdy and yelly secretarial student Mika Tan is ground by and grinds in turn the likes of Marco Banderas and Chris Cannon, nearly ruining a suite of office furniture in the process.

That is why Kayden Kross must take dictation to the beat of harsh swats from a riding crop.

The movie will be released—as if from restraints—some time this summer. I attended the filming and, since I have memories that will last a lifetime (and because I'll get it for free), won't need to buy the movie. But you really should.

· Adam & Eve (adameve.com)

Why, nothing short of Andrew Blake's "5 Stars," a breathtaking collection of some of Blake's most memorable scenes, starring some of the most memorable women ever to fuck on film. Aria Giovanni, Janine Lindemulder, Sasha Grey, Tera Patrick, and Dita Von Teese are the "five stars" in question: and in case that collection of leading ladies isn't enough to put you in a stupor, the cast of co-stars includes Anita Blond, Regina Hall, Justine Joli, Dahlia Grey, Nina Kornikova, Kelle Marie, Kim Wilde, Faith Leon, Temptress, Sierra, Victoria, Julia Ann, Claire Adams and Paula Price.

We don't know about you, but we think we'll be calling in sick the minute we get our hands on a copy of this masterpiece.

· Andrew Blake (andrewblake.com)

Straight from the red carpet of the AVN Awards, here our some of our favorite (and not so favorite) fashion choices. We'll let you decide which is which.

· AVN Awards (avnawards.com)

We usually use Fleshbot Requests to celebrate the superficial—but today we're going to go more than just skin deep, and celebrate some of our favorite pornstars who've got brains as well as beauty.

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Penny Flame
Despite dropping out of college to pursue more prurient interests, Penny Flame has proven to be one of the smartest, funniest, and most entertaining performers to hit the industry in the last decade. With her own How To sex series at Vivid, overseen by none other than the Queen Bee of the Clitorati (and reclusive literary genius Thomas Pynchon's niece) Tristan Taormino, a well read blog, and rumors of an impending novel, it appears this sultry all natural girl next door is as prolific as she is insatiable. An afternoon with Flame may take you into the heart of a compassionate political discussion, poetry recitation, yoga practice, meditation, and end with tantra—if you're lucky.

Kayden Kross
Setting aside for a moment the federal indictment against her for grand theft house, it's been a hell of a year for this rising star. Even being embroiled in a real life scandal with serious consequences couldn't dampen the blazing desire of Adam & Eve contract starlet, equestrian, animal lover, and raging Libratarian. When she's not fighting for her life in court, fucking on screen, feature dancing, reading poetry with celebrated authors, writing several blogs, or working on her economics degree, she's passionately canvassing for political causes that get her hot and bothered. This year she re-upped with Adam & Eve, starred in mainstream movies and television shows, and made Penthouse Pet. When we asked her why she should be included on this list, she said “because Ayn Rand is my hero.”

Aiden Starr
This pint-sized East Coast transplant with perfect breasts has an equally perfect mind. Gifted with brains and beauty, she's given in to her overarching need for strong kink and we couldn't be happier to stand back and watch the amazing results. Equally at home having hard lengths of turgid manpipe crammed in her every orifice or arguing Nietzsche with well endowed strangers, we get the feeling you'd never know by the light of day what this astounding beauty is really capable of. 2008 was the year she convinced us that our love for her was indeed real. Now if only she would return our calls.

Justine Joli
Any list of smart pornstars would be incomplete without this luscious, nacre skinned goddess, whose extensive knowledge of GITS and BTVS is only rivaled by her ability to quote William Gibson and Aldous Huxley. A regular fixture at Comic Con, she's every nerd's dream come true: an honest-to-god geek in the form of a hot chick who loves Batman, Spiderman, and Superman with unmitigated zeal, has read every Harry Potter book in existence and loves Ronald Weasley and all things Griffyndor. It's almost too good to be true. We gotta wonder: where did she learn all that stuff again?

Joanna Angel
What's there to say? Our founding Fleshbot Commandress is an enigma of epic proportions. Smart, sexy, and Jewish, she's also covered in tattoos, loves anal sex, and has the dorkiest, and most adorable, sense of humor of any woman we have ever met. From the outset she's set the stage for her own success, owning and operating her own site crammed full of punk rock princesses just coming of age, as well as writing, producing, and starring in her own titles. Who'd have ever thought that the object of some of our most satisfyingly urgent sexual desires also possessed such uncanny business acumen?

Stoya
Stoya may be the single most beautiful woman ever to fuck on film—and that is a scientific fact. With a single flash of her sultry bedroom eyes or a playful bite of her lip she completely owns us in every way. Given the preternatural power she possess to enchant we'd never have suspected that underneath it lied a head full of art and literature. Trust us when we say it's all there. Stoya is the whole package. The last time we had the pleasure to spend an afternoon with our reigning Supreme Commandress, the Digital Playground contract star explained her doubts about the electoral process over a grueling twelve or so holes of miniature golf with such passion and clarity that we thought her publicist must have been feeding her answers via ear piece. She also makes her own clothing and loves museums and art shows. She has yet to respond to our several marriage proposals.

Sasha Grey
Being labeled “hot” by Rolling Stone magazine isn't the normal run of things for a pornstar, but then again, Sasha Grey isn't your normal pornstar. She's been recognized by rock stars and celebrities, prominently featured in music videos, interviewed in mainstream magazines, invited to lecture film school students, and cast as the female lead of a Stephen Soderbergh film. Thankfully, all this has done little to diminish her sex drive or her desire to keep fucking on film for the rest of us to enjoy. Those who spend any amount of time with her come away swearing to us that she's the real McCoy, and that hearing her freestyle on topics from Andy Warhol to film theory to the culture wars will leave you wondering how someone her age could possible be so erudite.

Kimberly Kane
Although she stole our hearts years ago, performer slash director Kimberly Kane continues to gently cradle it in her paint splattered hands. Countless hours have we spent discussing art and literature with the alt director, generally at gallery openings or on the way to some art film she's dragged us kicking and screaming to go see. It seems hard to reconcile the images we see of her on screen voraciously devouring men and women without prejudice against the reality of her quoting Kerouac to us. No list would be complete without her, even if she can't always spell.

Dana DeArmond
Self applying the label of “the internet's girlfriend” does not make you a smarty pants, exactly, but take our word for it when we tell you this girl is wicked smart. Oh, and she kinda scares us a little too so we had to include her—so she wouldn't beat us up. Her known accomplices include Aiden Starr and Kimberly Kane. That alone qualifies her for the list—her acerbic wit and lust for all things electronic merely cement her place here.

Nina Hartley
We end our short list with the one porn star we could very well have started with. Nina Hartley is more than just a porn legend, she's one of the pillars of third wave sex positive feminism, an author, the original sex educator, a spokesperson for polyamory, and a fixture of the BDSM community—which is no mean feat. Her personal blog has oft been the start of controversial discourse, and those who wish to argue against the benefits of free expression and sexuality have more than once aimed their scorn and derision at the lusty icon. Nina self assuredly shrugs off even the most intense criticism with a wry and knowing smile, using her own considerable mix of innate wisdom and intellectual prowess to aptly defend her beliefs, articulating her points with a grace that belies the calm of a Zen master, the compassion of Mother Theresa, and the carnality of, well, Nina Hartley. We can honestly say that we are grateful to be able to call her a friend.

*****

Previously: Fleshbot Requests Archive

Between Justine Joli, Charmane Star, Charlotte Stokely, Stacey Adams, and Erika Vution, there's already five great reasons to go see this movie—but in case that's not enough to convince you, we'll throw in the trailer and a short interview with director Scott Sanders, too.

Fleshbot: What inspired you to bring back blaxploitation? Have you always been into the films, or was it a recent interest?
Scott Sanders: It was Michael Jai White's (Black Dynamite) idea. We worked together on a movie called Thick as Thieves 10 years ago, and had talked about doing some more projects together. I was a fan of the movies, but he had the vision of how to do it. He took a picture of himself in the "Black Dynamite" outfit, holding the gun and the nunchucks, and it seemed obvious at that point. Nobody has played an authentic bad ass blaxploitation character since the 70s. Mike has 7 or 8 black belts, he's a great actor, he's 230 pounds, he's in great shape, he's basically a real bad ass, and he really gets it, so from the moment I saw him in the suit, I was trying to be a part of it, and actively trying to make it happen.

FB: Why did you decide to include women from the adult industry in the film?
SS: Purely from a practical standpoint, I needed real 70s looking breasts, and with porn stars, I knew exactly what I'm getting without having to audition them. They also obviously have no problem showing a little boobs and butt in an R rated flick. There was no drama at all with them, and if I had some no name "straight" actresses then it would have been more of a hassle. Plus, they are famous, so that doesn't hurt. There are alot of secret porn fans out there who are intrigued by seeing them in another context.

FB: How did you pick the girls cast in the film?
SS: Well, since it was a blaxploitation film, I wasn't going to cast women who didnt have sex with black dudes on screen. No IR dodgers... it's the principle of the thing. Second, they had to have real boobs, cause it's the 70s. Second, they had to have 70s looks. Charlotte Stokely especially looks kind of retro to me... and they couldn't be all tatted up. That's pretty much it.

FB: What was working with pornstars like? Were they easier to work with than mainstream actors?
SS: It was fun. They were really professional. They all moaned really good. I think it was easier to work with them than it would be if I was working with mainstream actors. It was really relaxed.

· "Black Dynamite" (blackdynamite.com)

Penthouse director Marcus London walked the red carpet with his beautiful wife Devon Lee. Mick Blue made the scene with Diana Doll. Eric “Swiss Balls” Swiss showed up with two uninhibited starlets and gave everyone a partial sex show. Justine brought an entourage composed of several hot models including punk rock pin-up lesbian Zoli Suicide. Mmmmm.

Other fabulous celebrity type porn people in attendance included Lisa Demarco, Brandi Wood, Sophie Scarf, Shy Love, Jenny Hendrix, Eric Everhard, Marco Bandaras, Magdalan St. Michaels, James Bartholet, Ashlyn Brookes, Christian XXX, Lexi Belle, Evan Stone, Pete Warren, Dan Miller, Chris King, Zander Kane, Tony Batman, Lexi Tyler, Cleatis Mack from Digital Underground, Lexi Love, Layna Lee, Nita Strauss, Alyssa Rose, Sarah Beth, Kat Scarlett, Alexis Gidden, Heather Scarlett, Kiera Kiss, and two crazy UCLA students who snuck in and then obnoxiously crashed the red carpet. We snapped them anyway thinking maybe we were being punked by Sasha Cohen for his upcoming Bruno movie.

The evening's festivities included exotic painted models serving cocktails, an exclusive live burlesque performance by Carmit of the Pussycat Dolls, plus the ridiculously sexy all girl group Killy Slowly playing something or other. Go-Go girls gyrated to the sexy hip-hop beats, and libations liberally flowed until the wee hours of the morning. Pets dry humped each other up and down the VIP while onlookers gawked. We drank so much with the Pets that we had to be driven home and spent two days recovering before writing this post. You see the lengths we go to just for you? You are all very, very welcome.

Lest you thought you were watching yet another reason for the mothballing of Guantanamo Bay, the mass ass-presentation of (from left) Ava Rose, Bobbi Starr, Bree Olson, Trinity Post, and Mika Tan to the cruel whips of Nina Hartley and Claire Adams that led this story was in honor of the release of "O2: The Surrender of O."

Here Adams scandalizes the proper Hartley with some ribaldry.

At the Webmaster Access West convention, an annual get-together of Internet nerds who happen to own the porn industry, The Internet's Ashley Steele poses with two eskimo girls from the affiliate program Flashcash. Who cares if she can't see Russia from her house?

Then Bobbi Starr returned at Hollywood's Golden Apple Comics to launch Nerdcore's 2009 calendar (she's Miss November). As you can see, here she is attempting to fist the Silver Surfer.

Finally, we caught geektrix extraordinaire Justine Joli trying to leave the city of Los Angeles. "If you try to keep me," she did not say, "you never really had me."

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Well, look at that! Justine Joli, on Mars! We always knew she was destined for greatness.

· Nerdcore (totallynerdcore.com)

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· Mishka NYC (mishkanyc.com)

"Oh, right," Joli said, wriggling in her Wonder Woman Underoos. "Here they are."

· You Can Thrive! (youcanthrive.org)

As a woman who knows how to navigate her way through many industries, Justine is perfectly poised to guide Fleshbot through times good and bad, expertly leading us to a hotter, sexier future. Oh, and there's also the fact that she's a geek — which, frankly, we think is a very sexy added bonus.

Polls open at 3PM EST! Keep checking back for more candidate statements!

As in past years, the calendar lists important nerdy dates: movie release dates, San Diego Comic-Con, Alternative Press Expo, and the birthdays of noted sci-fi luminaries. We can't think of a more fitting way to celebrate Jean-Luc Picard's birthday than by studying geek goddess Justine Joli's dilithium crystals. Can you? Preview gallery after the jump.

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· Totally Nerdcore 2009 Calendar (totallynerdcore.com)

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You're a successful commercial photographer. What made you decide to start working as an erotic photographer as well?
I've always been interested in it. I’ve been doing photography since I was sixteen years old. I originally saw myself as being an art photographer, but then when I got [to New York], I started taking classes and started realizing what the real world was all about. I had one agent, and she seemed to want me to do more commercial stuff—celebrity-based, advertising-based, lifestyle-based—so it was always about taking off in that direction and then coming back to the erotic stuff.

It wasn’t until I met Justine (Joli) about two years ago that I really got in to shooting more and more erotic stuff, because I always had a problem finding the right kind of models.

That was my next question – you started off with some really amazing models(Justine Joli, Adrianna Sage, Masuimi Max). How did you find them? Did you meet Justine and just go from there?
I have a good friend of mine, Clayton Cubitt aka Siege, and he called me a few years ago saying, “I have this porn girl in town, she’s a friend of a friend and she needs pictures but I’m busy, can you shoot her?” And he sent me some pictures of her, and I said, “Sure! I don’t know what I’m going to do with her, cool, but we’ll figure it out.” I had one day to prepare. At the time, I usually liked to have more concepts with my fashion photography, so I was trying to figure out what I could do really quickly and still make great images out of it.

Justine came over and I got a make up artist and the next thing I knew I was just like, “This is great, I can’t believe I’ve found a model who is totally interested in pushing my work and taking it to the places I’ve always wanted to go but couldn’t find the right person to do it with.”

I’ve always had friends of mine who were like, “Yeah, I’m okay with you taking naked pictures of me, but could you cut off my face?” or “Yeah, sure, I’m okay with you taking naked pictures of me,” and then two weeks later being like, “My boyfriend found out about this and he doesn’t want them to be out there.” Which didn't really help me – I spent all this time taking these pictures for no reason. So all of the sudden there’s this girl who’s like, “I want to do this, I want to do this, I want to try this” and I’m like, “Awesome, I want to do all these things too,” and she’s like, “Yeah, I’ll totally sign a model release, that’s no problem I just need some copies for my site.” Which was amazing! It ended up being a really great union of the two of us. And then I asked Justine’s manager and she was like, “Yeah, we have tons of friends in LA that always need pictures and your style would be great for them.”

Was it difficult to transition into doing erotic work?
No, because I’ve always been interested in it. Even when I was in high school I would shoot quasi-erotic stuff for being under 18—it was sexy self portraits or pictures of my friends, and then I showed them to my photography teacher, and she was like, “These are really good. You can’t show them to the rest of the school.” I’ve always been interested in it, but it was just finding the right types of models that would help me express what I really wanted to express out of it and no inhibitions that really helped me take off with it.

So when did you decide to start Stagg Street?
I had so many guy friends that I would show [the photos] to, and they would say, “Oh my god, I wish I could see some of this stuff online.” At first I thought maybe I could do a paid site like the girls do, because I was very nervous about my commercial clients finding the work and being deterred from working with me because I shoot porn stars. I was thinking that with a paid site, at least you wouldn’t be able to see the content so freely, so I could separate [my commercial and erotic work]. But a friend asked how I was going to have a paid site with no fan base. He said I should start a blog and put up a picture a day and start building a fan base.

Since you started Stagg Street, you've gotten a lot of attention for your erotic work. Has that caused any problems with your mainstream clients?
I have had a couple. One client that I shoot a lot of look books for, I found out through the grapevine that she didn’t want to work with me anymore because I was getting too well known for doing porn. I was really, really disappointed by this person because I’ve photographed her naked before and she’s been photographed by other photographers naked before, so I thought she was being very double standard about it. But besides that I’ve had more clients from this work than less. I think it’s opened the doors for a lot of stuff. I made friends with Mishka, this streetwear company in Brooklyn, and I just shot a couple of their look books and we’re actually coming out with a calendar for 2009 that I’m really, really excited about.

It’s also put me in touch with people like Joe [Swanberg], who I think found me through your article on Fleshbot and then he contacted me and asked me to be in one of his films, and then we talked about doing other projects together and then that connected me to IFC.

Tell me about IFC.
About November of last year I met Joe, and then had a small part in his feature film, and we went out to lunch and I told him that because of the kind of photos that I do, so many people were asking me if I made out with my models—everyone had this fantasy of me taking pictures of these naked women and then rolling around with them. And I kept telling them, “No, it’s really professional, I talk to them about every day stuff, and when I’m done I leave and go work on the pictures.” So I told Joe about that and I was like, “It’s really funny, because the pictures are so sexy and sensual, but the girls and I will be talking about funny stuff like our pets and our boyfriends and things of that sort. It really can be kind of funny and comical.” I wanted someone to document it so that people could see that we’re just normal girls hanging out and working and being cool together. He suggested that I get together with one of my models and we do a little documentary of one shoot. So we did it with Justine, which I posted on my blog around April, and he sent that to IFC because IFC was asking him about other webisode series after he did “Young American Bodies.” And IFC was really interested, and I was beyond ecstatic.

So you're giving your fans a behind the scenes look at what happens at an Ellen Stagg shoot?
I’m sure there are a lot of fantasies about what happens, but I want to show people how funny and down to earth and just normal it is. Normal in a good way—and that’s what ended up happening with the documentary series.

I think it's really great that you're doing this. People have all these weird ideas about what goes on at adult shoots. Either they think it's completely abusive, or they assume it's this hypersexual environment where everyone's having an orgy after the photos are shot.
It’s work. And it’s my artwork, but it’s still work. I’ll hang out with the girls later and go to dinner, but we’re not having an orgy. I consider Justine to be a really good girlfriend of mine, and I tell her about everything – like, nonphoto-related things – but the fact that I can have such an amazing girlfriend that can also be my muse and understand my art and I can do different things with her [is awesome].

Do you have any favorite models? It certainly sounds like Justine is at the top of your list.
Justine is most definitely at the top, otherwise I loved working with Ariel cause she’s also New York-based. I call her my pocket model, because she’s like five feet tall – she’s so petite! She reminds me of a high fashion model, so cute and girlish about it at the same time. I also have been working a lot with Mandy Morbid. I’m shooting her and Justine together next week. I’m totally loving Mandy because of that whole Tank Girl thing which I was so into in high school. Who else? I love working with Shay Laren. I’ve only shot her once, but she was just an amazing model and really had a good understanding of her own body and knew how to move around.

So what makes somebody a good model?
Somebody who’s open minded but also – well, modeling isn’t just about being pretty, it’s about understanding that if your light source is coming from your left side you should make sure that it’s pointing at your face too. I like directing models to a point, but I also like to see what they can bring to me. Everybody’s bodies are so different, and I like to see how their bodies move in front of wherever I’m shooting them. I love every girl that has shot for my blog and I’m so privileged to have them shooting for me, but the ones that are a little more stiff it just makes it more difficult to get something out of them, and it just takes a little more time than when they’re really comfortable and understanding of their own bodies.

· The Stagg Party (ifc.com)
· Stagg Street (staggstreet.com)

Yes, there is an actual Photo Hunt competition being held at a local watering hole in NYC later this month—which by itself seems pretty remarkable—but even more amazing is that it's being hosted by Penthouse Pets Krista Ayne and Justine Joli. Perhaps they will stand side by side and you'll get to point out the differences between them for cash and prizes. (Sadly, touch screen technology does not work on real Pets.) You better start practicing.

· Megatouch Erotic Photo Hunt Tournament (going.com)

Stoya

Adrienne Klass (kellyfind.com)

Alexandra (join2babes.com)

Anemona (suicidegirls.com)

Bijou

Charlotte Stokely

Justine Joli

Sasha Grey

Natas (altporn.net)

Anna (nerdpr0n.com)

The main star of "Burn" is, of course, La Jenna, who is featured here having actual sex with former hubby Justin Sterling along with a pile of her beautiful costars ... that is, when she's not getting spanked and flogged by them too. The film (and yes, did we mention that it was actually shot on film?) also stars new mom Taylor Rain getting the fucking of her young life from Evan Stone; the sorely missed Lauren Phoenix in a powerful pairing with Mr. Marcus; the fondly remembered Cytheria squirting up a storm; and a Sapphic interlude wherein Stephanie Swift and Fleshbot Crush Object Justine Joli lap away at Jenna’s famous privates.

Of course, there are a few porn insiders we know who have seen so many stills from this flick already that they've practically committed them to memory. But they're still pretty hot to us—and we hope they will be for you too. Sometimes it pays to get up close and personal with the stars—but sometimes it's nice just being a plain old starstruck fan too.

• Vivid (vivid.com)
• ClubJenna (clubjenna.com)
• Order: "Burn" (Adult DVD Empire)

Miyu Sakurai (jheat.com)

Monique Alexander

Justine Joli

Kimberly Kane

Anna Logue

Mayhem (burningangel.com)

Ariel Rebel (coedcherry.com)

Stoya

Charlie Laine (galleries.danni.com)

Brandi Belle

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