Remembering Noel Graydon: “Liberty In Restraint”

Most of the time, discovering the work of a talented fetish photographer isn't the sort of thing that bums us out here at Fleshbot—in fact, it usually makes our blossoms tingle with all sorts of happy thoughts—but we couldn't help feeling sad while we were perusing the online portfolio of Sydney photographer and BDSM master Noel Graydon, who our friends at the Cinekink erotic film festival inform us died last week at the age of 36. Graydon, who was the subject of the award-winning documentary "Liberty In Restraint" a few years ago, leaves behind a body of work that's as notable for its artistic polish as well as for his use of a wide range of models and a sensitive (and very sexy) approach to his subject matter; no matter how outlandish all those ropes and chains and full body latex bondage outfits may appear to the casual observer, you never forget that the folks wearing them are real people. As far as legacies go, there are a lot worse things one can leave behind.

· Noel Graydon Photography (noelgraydonphotographer.com)
· "Liberty In Restraint" (official film site @ libertyinrestraint.com)
· "Sad news from Australia" (cinekink.com/blog)