“Intimate Encounters” @ Museum Of Sex

The Museum of Sex in Manhattan is currently hosting a stunning exhibition of photographs featuring various amateurs in sensual and occasionally erotic poses. The only thing that separates these pics from the rest of the hotness in the museum's collection is that all the participants are physically disabled. Watch as photographer Belinda Mason-Lovering and one her models, Denise Beckwith (that's her as the Little Mermaid) explain why and learn more about this unique project after the jump.

"Intimate Encounters" was conceived as way for disabled persons to express their sexuality and more important, show the world that sex doesn't end where a disability begins. Crazy, but true! Based in Australia, Mason-Lovering found dozens of willing participants and worked with them to create individual expressions of the subject's feelings and spirit. Her mermaid was a swimmer at the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2004 who said she wanted the pictures to prove that she was an independent person, fully capable of taking care of herself and her body and the end result accomplishes just that. Unfortunately, some people still need a reminder that disabled people are still people in every single way, but this series provides that in an beautiful and moving way.

"Intimate Encounters" will be on display in New York until September 16, but you can see even more of the photos at Belinda's website.

· Belinda Mason-Lovering (mason-lovering.com.au)

· museumofse[x] (museumofsex.com)

Previously: "Kink" @ Museum of Sex, Sexy Wheelchair Girls,

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