Ray Manzarek, Los Angeles 1998 - Sorry to hear of the passing of Ray Manzarek. I had the pleasure of taking his portrait back in 1998. He was a very cool, pleasant man to hang with. After the Doors, he further cemented his coolness when he teamed up with X for their first two albums. Thanks, Ray.
Jennifer, Los Angeles 2000 - Photographed on the side of my old apartment building in Hollywood. Latex dress by Pigalle. Photographed with the Mamiya 645. On behalf of all artists, please give credit and respect copyright. Thanks!
Ulorin Vex, Los Angeles 2012 - Dress by Pinup Girl Clothing. Hair/Makeup by Miss Ruby. Special thanks to Ulorin Vex and Laura Byrnes. Photographed with the Mamiya 645. Print available upon request.
Gina Velour, Hollywood 2000 - My long-time muse/friend Marne Lucas (AKA Gina Velour) photographed at the Alto Nido apartments in Hollywood which provided some of the exteriors in the classic film “Sunset Boulevard”. Marne is shooting me with her Yashica T4 while I shoot her with my Mamiya 645. This image was originally published in my second book “The Beauty of Fetish: Volume II” (Edition Stemmle). On behalf of all artists, please give credit and respect copyright. Thanks!
Kumi, San Francisco 1996 - This was the second shoot I did with Kumi - the first one was the Chinatown shoot with Midori. The shoot was organized by Molly who owned and designed for So Hip It Hurts latex. This is a scaled down version of a new one-gigabyte scan from the the original negative. The image originally appeared in my first book The Beauty of Fetish (Edition Stemmle). Photographed with the Mamiya 645 as usual.
Masuimi Max, Los Angeles 2002 - Photographed at my old place in Hollywood with the Mamiya 645. Follow Masuimi on Tumblr HERE. On behalf of all artists, please give credit and respect copyright. Thanks!
Ivy Red, Los Angeles 2005 - Shot in the Stockroom.com corporate offices while under construction. Photographed with the Mamiya 645. On behalf of all artists, please give credit and respect copyright. Thanks!
Ulorin Vex, Los Angeles 2012 - Dress by Pinup Girl Clothing. Hair/Make-up by the amazing Miss Ruby. Photographed with the Mamiya 645. Special thanks to Ulorin Vex, Laura Byrnes, Yee, and my accountant Steve V. for the location.
Skin Diamond, Los Angeles 2012 - Taken during an actual smoke break while doing our shoot, hence the draped robe. Latex dress by Atsuko Kudo. Photographed with the Mamiya 645 with Tmax 400 film. On behalf of all image creators, please respect copyright. Thanks!
Gina Velour, Los Angeles 1998 - This was shot at the Monastery of the Angels (an actual old monastery now converted into apartments) up in the Hollywood hills. It was a cold January day, and Marne Lucas (AKA Gina Velour) had wanted to shoot in the pool because she has this ‘thing’ for water. Unfortunately the day proved to be a bit too cold, so she reluctantly posed next to the pool instead of in it. The photo originally appeared in my second book “The Beauty of Fetish: Volume II” (Edition Stemmle).
Yvette, Los Angeles 1998 - From my first shoot after moving to Los Angeles from Chicago in 1998. The photo first appeared in my second book “The Beauty of Fetish: Volume II” (Edition Stemmle). Photographed with the Mamiya 645. On behalf of all artists, please respect copyright. Thanks!
Goedde Details: Masuimi and Kumi, Los Angeles 2000 - I never crop my photographs because I believe in composing at the time of exposure. However, sometimes there are little elements I like in photographs that don’t work as a whole. This is what the Goedde Details series is for me. Discarded elements brought to life in a new context.
Goedde Details: Vintage Ballet Boots as worn by Alsana Sin - From the same set-up that produced this full-size image.
Steve Diet Goedde has been a fine art fetish photographer since 1990. He is known for his subtle approach to photographing the high-gloss fetish world in a very non-gloss, down-to-earth style. His attention to composition and black and white tonal quality has given him the title of the Ansel Adams of fetish. Steve established his photographic style in the early 1990s in Chicago where he photographed the contents of his first book "The Beauty of Fetish" (Edition Stemmle) which was released in 1998. That same year, Steve relocated to Los Angeles where he continued to define his evolving style. This west coast work was later compiled in his second Edition Stemmle book "The Beauty of Fetish: Volume II" in 2001. In 2006, Slish Pix released a DVD compilation of his work entitled "Living Through Steve Diet Goedde". In 2009, Steve has collaborated with French composer Robert Waechter on a CD entitled "GoeddeConcerto" (ReadyMade Music) in which the ConcertMaster of the Philharmonic of Nice, France interprets 21 of Steve's photographs into 21 mini-concertos. www.stevedietgoedde.com
