RA Schultz appears
under R in this survey by virtue of the RAS signature he uses on his
work. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of humongous dicks
in the 'Giant' series but I found a good selection of fetish images
amongst my collection of his work. The first picture shows both
facets. The power contrast between the street-clad, grovelling youth
and the black, leather guy astride his big, shiny motorcycle is
highly erotic. Is this a vandal caught out and disciplined? The
towering dick is a bit much but at least it's erect, the big floppy
ones often shown by RAS are not my bag at all!
More sexy
grovelling here as we see another stereotypical leatherman who has
somehow persuaded two rather good-looking men to strip and provide
him with some sexual release. These are possibly construction workers
judging by the stylised, industrial, bridge-like setting. The square
jaws and stubble on the two men makes their submissive acceptance of
humiliation and penetration seem very uncharacteristic as though the
leatherman has some strange hold over them.
Schultz's pictures
are often illustrations from magazine stories, condensing different
elements of the narrative together and this composite of an
unorthodox military induction is a nice example. Haircuts in the
military are part of the legitimate imposition of obedience and
discipline but it's not usually at the hands of an MP in his
underwear! The forced body shaving produces a glimpse of gleaming
tumescence as it homes in on the pubic area but the boot licking that
follows is a prelude to some painful punishment, some of which is
shown below.
RAS has done
plenty of bondage images but this explicit paddling is unusual, he
generally only hints at fetish pain and invasion by having characters
brandish fetish devices before the captive. This image is a bit of an
odd, mismatched 'composite' but RAS has captured with a few lines, a
distinctive older man's face and body which we all recognise as
'real'. The odd angles are a quite common stylistic feature in
Schultz's work.
This memorable
image showing a young man being tied up in electrical cable has a
great deal of drama and energy and captures the sexual excitement of
forced submission and immobilisation in a way that has rarely been
bettered. It dates back some years as you can tell by the Nick Shadow
logo and the retro hair style but is no less effective for that. The
shading of the bigger man's arms and torso, suggesting sweaty
exertion, are a nice touch.
This final,
explicitly sexual image is another little gem summing up the essence
of bondage fantasy. The older top has an interesting, manly man's
face, a chunky muscular body and hair in all the right places. You
can sense the lust raging through him as he takes his captive. The
bandage-like bondage and tape gag (here supplemented by a restraining
hand) seems to have had a fascination for Schultz, it certainly
accentuates the helpless position of the captive.
It's hard to sum
up RAS, I love his take on masculinity (beyond the cocks!) and he's
produced some memorable fetish images, stylish, quirky, a little bit
posed and sometimes frustratingly imperfect. It was quite hard for me
to make a selection for this article, to find a theme. In the
pictures above the style is simple but there are occasional glimpses
of a more lusher technique and in fact some of his vanilla images are
stunningly sensual, I couldn't resist including the bath-house scene
below, check out the man on the right.
There's
much to admire in his work. I don't have a website for RAS - info
from readers welcome! There are selections of his work available if
you google around.
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