INTIMACY, GENDER REVERSAL, THE FEMALE COCK: musing on a photo set by Natasha Gornik

“The photo centres on a woman looking directly at the camera in a man’s attire, holding a bundle of rope, seated with her legs wide open. Her necktie is undone, seemingly at the ready to be used as a blindfold, gag or bondage. The shirt is unbuttoned to the sternum. The opened collar draws an arrow of near cinnamon skin which emphasises the intent of the woman’s gaze and then leads the eyes to the geometrically lit hand and the rope in a continuous loop.”