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Photographer Malcolm Weir is based in San Francisco.

A British born, San Francisco resident, Malcolm started serious photography documenting the quirky eccentricities that abound in the architecture of London and Northern Europe. After a while, he realised that while the aesthetic was pleasing, the process was dispassionate, so recognizing that animate subjects are more fun than inanimate ones, he switched to underwater photography, which (believe it or not) has a lot in common with fetish event shooting -- even down to the fact of rubber being worn by some of the participants!

The transition from fish to fetish was a natural consequence of Malcolm's "coming out" in the mid 1990's as an active member of the Bay Area fetish and BDSM community: what could be more natural than trying to share the excitement of discovering a whole bunch of happy like-minded kinksters, dressed in the very essence of one's fantasies? His lens is thus incidental to his attendance at such scene events: he'd be there with or without the camera, because he is a participant in this community, not just an observer of it. Plus, as a self-identified switch, he finds images of dominance and submission basically equally exciting!

Since his mid-1990's debut, Malcolm has covered dozens of fetish fashion and BDSM events, including the past five Skin Two Rubber Balls in London, parties in Europe, Texas, Florida, and a multitude of Northern and Southern Californian events. The range of models and BDSM professionals he has worked with is similar, reflecting people based as far afield as Europe, all across the USA, and of course right here in California. He has been published in "Skin Two" magazine, "Draculina", and has been commissioned for a cover of "On Our Backs" magazine, as well as commisions for the old "Fetish" magazine.

For more information, visit his Website.