Monkeys

Monkeys, Chicago, Illinois

Le Sex Shoppe

When porn was sold in brick-and-mortar stores. I took this photo about a decade ago. It will appear in an upcoming book by Charles Saatchi.

Flowers

Flowers, Chicago, Illinois

Newsstand

Newsstand, Shanghai, China

NYC mannequin

NYC Mannequin, New York City, New York

Red

Porn Awards Red Carpet, Las Vegas, Nevada

Bald mannequin

Bald Mannequin, New York City, New York

Oh, Mickey

What's it like to model for Clayton Cubitt?

Awesome.

Here we are having fun at his studio in Brooklyn.

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Money pool

Statue, New York City, New York

Midtown mannequin

Midtown Mannequin, New York City, New York

Mannequin in window

Mannequin, Chicago, Illinois

Street fair girl

Street Fair Girl, Chicago, Illinois

Starlets

Porn Stars, Las Vegas, Nevada

One-armed mannequin

One-Armed Mannequin, Shanghai, China

Cowgirl in Asia

Last week I returned from my second trip to China. The first time I went was in December of last year.

In case you are not aware, Asia is insane. Or at least China is. Or at least the parts that I went to are -- Shanghai and Suzhou.

What is the population of Shanghai? Closing in on 24 million. As a point of comparison, the population of New York City is around 8.5 million.

When people find out you went to Asia, they are most of the time impressed. I am not sure why. Invariably, if they haven't been there, they want to know what it's like. I say, "It's like New York City on steroids," but that doesn't really cut it. It is massively busy, a completely different world, hyper-capitalist and deeply old school.

My favorite things are: Pudong, with its wacky skyline; the antiques market with busts of Mao at every turn; the food, especially the crispy duck at 1221; the animals and insects market, where the frogs are rainbow colored and the crickets have a fight club; the marriage market at People's Park; the golden temples populated by saffron-wrapped monks and surrounded by skyscrapers; the sensation of being a stranger in a strange land.

At one point, I was meandering around a park in Suzhou, camera in hand. I thought, There is nothing here to photograph other than trees and bridges. A minute later, I rounded a corner to find a statue of a little boy bent over, his pants pulled down, a sculpted dog sniffing his butt.

That's China for you.

Prayer

Prayer, Shanghai, China

Signs

Signs, Shanghai, China

Frogs

Frogs, Shanghai, China

Silhouette

Silhouette, Suzhou, China

Newsstand

Newsstand, Shanghai, China