Submissive Role Play | Ellen von Unwerth | Above Magazine
Ellen von Unwerth moves from her Tank Magazine post of photos from the Paris Crazy Horse, NSFW on Sensuality News, to this saucy, erotic photo spread in Above Magazine.
In both editorials, Ellen von Unwerth photographs dominant|submissive sensual encounters, which is actually a specialty of hers. Von Unwerth’s submissive shoots tend to be largely playful and inspired by real movies like “The Secretary”.
The sensually-experienced photographer’s images are provocative but rarely dark. Serious dominants probably accuse her of photographing milk toast. In reality this is the level in which most people want to explore the dominant/submissive relationship. Photos via TouchPuppet.
We appreciate that both genders switch submissive roles, because women are usually portrayed in the role, which unsettles our pro-woman politics a bit. Searching for information about women vs men in this sexual community, we came up with an interesting and thoughtful article Buddhist Sexual Ethics that lays out the ‘rules of engagement’ for engaging in this behavior. (Note: we’re admittedly writing for Google Images these days and choose our words carefully in posts like this one. Retaining our moderate photo search rating is a must for AOC and Google Images is very word sensitive — not photo sensitive as you might think.) 
Share Article Wed, June 23, 2010 4 Comments | in Fashion Editorial tagged Above Magazine, BDSM, Edgy Erotic, Ellen von Unwerth
Reader Comments (4)
Why is she throwing up into the trash bin in the final one?
Great question Smilla. Personally, I don't believe she's throwing up but just getting something out of the garbage, which is another of her duties. EVU has a positive view of submissive power exchanges in relationships for play and for real, if it works for the couple.
If you've never seen 'The Secretary', the film is an excellent example of woman being submissive but not really degraded. The movie is believable and positive. Many of these images of the female as submissive come from that movie. EVU also reverses the roles in this editorial, which I like, being the strong woman that I am.
Personally, I'm very alert to psychological danger and degradation in BDSM, and I don't believe the last image is making any statement . . . . that the model is just getting the garbage. But yours is a GREAT observation. Thanks. Anne
i know how it should work
what is the name of model in this pics