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They say you never really know what goes on behind closed doors. This photography series, though, is shedding light on one of the most taboo sexual trends there is: BDSM.

The project shed light on a community that often is misunderstood and bubbled up the beauty of the culture to the surface. The images show the intricacies of SF locals in their entirety, while at the same time challenging viewers to look, not judge. Now, see for yourself.

While attitudes towards fetish and BDSM are certainly changing, there are still a butt load of stigma and misconceptions that the community has to deal with. But a new photo series is challenging those misconceptions by showing people in and out of their fetish wear.

“Sometimes we don’t feel free to express ourselves sexually. This was a great project to start the conversation, free ourselves from limitations and judgmental attitudes”.

“We are fully embracing pleasure for what it really is, which is about female pleasure. It’s about orgasm. It’s not about reproduction; it’s not a medical disease,” Chang said.

“I feel like in general people see the kink community as something dark, weird, taboo, and freaky. And in a lot of ways, I can definitely see how the way people dress might make some people uncomfortable. But, the kink community is very tight knit. It is kind of like that weird little family.”

The Crave Portrait Project aims, on one hand, to show and intimate side of the exhibitionism on display. On the other, it hopes to show there’s more that connects humans than makes them different in today’s world, whips, chains and floggers or not.

Sure all orgasms are awesome, but let’s be real: Not all orgasms are glamorous. The Vesper is (Fergie voice) G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S. Like orgasming-on-an-island-while-wearing-eyelash-extensions-and-fur-level-glamorous.

It perfectly represents me and what I hope to achieve as a sexual educator.