Krystina Kitsis

Grant Davis professionally known as Grant - Ibtasama Masruuq meaning stolen smile is the preferred name that he goes under when publishing his photographs. His work is informed by a anti-conformist rebellious streak developed in childhood and early adult life,  as a result of personal experiences. It is in opposition to him becoming a photographer that he brings out in his latex inspired work. There are many biblical references, characters like Eve the fallen one and the Scarlet Whore of Babylon. All the sessions start as an idea with specific references and they are then visualised. For instance the white latex bridal picture had gun references, a play on the shotgun wedding. They were part of a series of images that he is developing for an exhibition that will have latex /fetish themes. He likes using strong images of women, with what he feels is a seductive look,  and so has a perfect affinity with the fetish world.
For me he is a perfect working companion because he likes to use "conventional" garments like the wedding dress whose conformism is inverted by the fact that they are made in latex and photographed in a quirky way. My clients are a lot of people who like to wear their latex in the privacy of their own home and therefore may have loosish clothes like shirts, track suits , catsuits , dressing gowns, for men and swishy long dresses and fifties dirndl skirts for women as well as the fashion range. I also sell to a lot of women who are not standard size 10 and they get put off by the skinny model that dominates in fetish related images. I have started using a lot of unconventional models to bring an element of "street" and "individual" to the fetish woman. What was so fantastic for me about Rayna Terror apart from her being so beautiful is the fact that she has a fuller figure and is not 6ft tall. Fashion , in general, needs to be more aware of 'real' people , the people that actually buy the clothes rather than idealized types.