One-night stands that never happened

August 17, 2006 11:16 PM

Strangers - a visual record of one-night stands that never actually happened. Futoshi Miyagi in a series of photos of himself in the homes of other men. "To be naked with someone without having intercourse is weird." [Flash, nsfw]
posted by mediareport (14 comments total)

This is super cool.

I have an immediate distrust of photographers whose only subjects are themselves -- but this is a freaky cool idea. I love the vulnerability in these pictures.
posted by Methylviolet at 11:26 PM on August 17, 2006

All the people he's posing with look thoroughly pissed off at the lack of sex. Except the cute ones, and then the photographer looks pissed off.
posted by creeky at 11:27 PM on August 17, 2006

It's fun to try and guess which photos are supposed to be the 'before' and which ones are 'after'.

All in all, a very well done photo series.
posted by thebigdeadwaltz at 11:43 PM on August 17, 2006

Interesting concepts and pics. One of the guys looked very familiar, dying to ask him if he did pose for this.
posted by nickyskye at 11:45 PM on August 17, 2006

These are lovely.
posted by Matt Oneiros at 11:54 PM on August 17, 2006

Quietly poignant stuff, cheers.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 11:58 PM on August 17, 2006

This is good photography. A few of them are NSFW, more surprising is the fact that most of them are.
posted by Happydaz at 12:06 AM on August 18, 2006

I have an immediate distrust of photographers whose only subjects are themselves

Yeah, I know what you mean. The fact that Miyagi created the series as a way of overcoming his shyness and hesitance about his sexuality seems to give the pics a softer emphasis that's really kinda sweet.
posted by mediareport at 5:48 AM on August 18, 2006

"To be naked with someone without having intercourse is weird."

Really? I don't neccessarily think so.
posted by jonmc at 6:09 AM on August 18, 2006

"To be naked with someone without having intercourse is weird."

Kinda sounds like the guy thinks it's weird to take someone's picture without having intercourse, too...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:18 AM on August 18, 2006

To have intercourse with someone is weird.
posted by Ridx at 7:59 AM on August 18, 2006

Wow, sex is really boring. Glad I never wasted any time on that.
posted by hoverboards don't work on water at 9:32 AM on August 18, 2006

These are beautiful. Thank you.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 9:36 AM on August 18, 2006

There's a slight shelterporn angle to this project that makes smile a little.

I love these. Thanks.
posted by palmcorder_yajna at 2:10 PM on August 19, 2006