Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Bondage artists, Bondage riggers, Fetish photographers, John Willie, Eric Stanton, Robert Bishop, List of fetish artists, Tom of Finland, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ken Marcus, Helmut Newton, Georges Pichard, Ji i R ek, Irving Klaw, Malcolm McKesson, Master "K," Dave Naz, Barbara Nitke, Hajime Sorayama, Peter Dolving, Randa Mai, Michael Manning, Roy Stuart, Midori, Elmer Batters, Drubskin, Bob Carlos Clarke, Trevor Brown, Roberto Baldazzini, Nikki Nefarious, John Sutcliffe, Seiu Ito, Philip Warner, Chris Achilleos, Gene Bilbrew, Steve Diet Goedde, Lisolette Gilcrest, Go Arisue, Namio Harukawa, Patrick Conlon, Franz von Bayros, Nawashi, Bill Ward, Sardax, Eric Kroll, Franco Saudelli, Johnny Jaan, List of BDSM photographers, List of people associated with BDSM, List of BDSM artists. Excerpt: Touko Laaksonen, best known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland (8 May 1920 - 7 November 1991) was a Finnish artist notable for his stylized androerotic and fetish art and his influence on late twentieth century gay culture. He has been called the "most influential creator of gay pornographic images" by cultural historian Joseph W. Slade. Over the course of four decades he produced some 3500 illustrations, mostly featuring men with exaggerated primary and secondary sex traits: heavily muscled torsos, limbs, and buttocks, and large penises. Tight or partially removed clothing showed off these traits, with the penis often visible as a bulge in tight trousers or prominently displayed for the viewer. His drawings frequently feature two or more men either immediately preceding or during explicit sexual activity. Nearly all of his characters were versatile and obviously enjoyed the bottom as well as the top role in sexual intercourse. Laaksonen was born and raised by a middle-class family in Kaarina, a city in southwestern Finland, near the city...