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Description

Fashion's interest in fetishistic items, like stiletto high heels and tight corsets, has fluctuated with the times. Pushed-up breasts were popular in the 18th century, and wasp waists in the 19th. Early in this century fetish garments tended to be soft and clinging, whereas in the seventies and eighties punk rockers put on chains and dog collars, and Madonna introduced underwear as outerwear.

Steve Diet Goedde's photographs symbolize an era that has eagerly embraced fetish garments as both high and low fashion. In his images we find a private, magical world filled with anticipation. His exploration of fetish is more than mere disembodied fragments -- a feeling of intimacy and pleasure pervades his work. Unlike many fetish photographers, Goedde steps away from the contrived manipulation of the object or model in order to capture a simple grace and beauty in his photographs.