DRKRM is a Los Angeles-based gallery that showcases popular cultural images, fine art photography, and cutting-edge photographic processes. Their current exhibition, Sexhibitionists, features the voyeuristic photographs of James Stiles, capturing the diverse and alternative sexual performers of New York City's fetish world in the 1980s and 1990s.
With a genuine interest and innocent acceptance of these varied sexual lifestyles, Stiles gained the respect and trust of his subjects, resulting in real-life portraits that reveal their true sexual nature. Influenced by renowned photographers like Robert Mapplethorpe and Helmut Newton, Stiles' work combines formal composition with storytelling qualities, creating a captivating and theatrical visual experience.
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