Porn has been giving us unrealistic depictions of sex for decades now, and while it has certainly improved to a large degree in the last ten years, the one area where things are still horribly unrealistic is in the orgasm department. Photographer Linda Troeller & art director Marion Schneider are attempting to set the record straight on what a real "O Face" looks like with their new project, Orgasm.
In a recent interview with The Debrief (link below), Troeller talked a bit about the impetus for the project, and the discoveries she made while shooting real women having real orgasms.
The results are pretty arresting and show women in a variety of situations as they come. One woman has a cucumber in her mouth (which, admittedly, we’re not 100 per cent sure we get, but each to their own), another is seen resplendently relaxing in a pool and another woman is pictured secretly frigging herself off underneath a scarf. The come faces are all completely different and unique, but they’re united in the fact that the women actually look like they’re having real-life orgasms. It’s really bloody refreshing.
‘I learned during photographing and hearing women’s orgasm stories how much women wish to create newly cleansed, less shame-ridden lifestyles to free their body, mind and spirit. We are exposed to a host of toxic beliefs about sexual pleasure from the political to the religious sphere, so with this book Marion, the co-author, and I hope the project encourages more dialogue to reinforce functional, healthy, creative levels of personal freedom.’
Here's the cucumber woman...
Just kidding, just kidding. Here she is for real...
Wondering where she got that cucumber? Well, I have an exclusive source that led me to find out who her cucumber supplier is...
Via The Debrief