Byron Spencer

Byron Spencer

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His new age erotica becomes vivid and palpable in front of your very eyes.


Pornhub Awards 2019: What was your inspo for this absolutely fabulous pornhub series?
I just wanted it to feel sensual and sophisticated with a twist of humour and magic now and then. Working with a tonal palette also made it fun to creative a unified cohesiveness with everything. We wanted it to feel optimistic and fun rather than crass.

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Feels like vintage sohpisticated arty eroticism mixed with Y2K aesthetics channeling the 2000 Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra and Paris Hilton, etc. … What was the challenge making those visuals?
I didn’t find anything too challenging! The only challenge was perhaps not putting tooo much x rated nudity in it lol.

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Who are your erotic/sex icons from the past, the present and the future.
I was always so inspired by mapplethorpes work as a young teenager. Weirdly I think eroticism came out of me before I even saw too much visual inspiration lol. I remember asking my mum to buy me charcoal and art paper so I could draw male nudes (with no reference!) and also used to perform strip show for my family lol. What would they have thought.

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All of your work has a strong erotic vibe to it: It’s beautiful, strong and appealing. When/How did you find your voice?
Thankyou. I knew when I started transitioning into fashion photography more that I would want and need to create an individual style that stood on its own. I was drawn and loved the ideas of hyper colour , cartoonishly naive looking work. Contrasted with this I have always loved creating classic black and white portraiture, which I think is a nice contrast against the technicolour....

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What are we going to see next from you - what are your plans?
Creatively I am mainly working on my band at the moment “the deep faith” @thedeepfaith

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Talking Self Love: How do you do it and how much do you hate yourself before you can love yourself?
I think it takes years of understanding  yourself. I try to take a lot of time to myself to reflect and work on myself mentally and physically. I think the industry is super fast paced too with the internet etc so I think it’s important to take time out, for me nature and exercise is the best remedy.

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What gives you life these days?
Music. Nature.

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Living in this society: What do you think has to be changed?
I think Instagram likes should be completely disabled and I think fashion production should soon become illegal and we should just recycle clothing :) 

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Music: What enlightens your mood and days at the moment?
I have loved listening to “exotica” style music lately I find it has such a journey of moods and it’s so tropical which I love. It’s a perfect blend of styles for me.

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courtesy BYRON SPENCER

 

interview FRANCIS SALVATOR

 

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