Joris van Gennip

Rajko proudly talks about his hanging system. "It can hold up to 100 kilograms easily, the only downside is that it is really noisy."

Nescio's skin is red from the beatings with various kinds of whips. He is taking a well deserved rest on the with plastic covered (Rajko sleeps in it, he likes it to stay clean) bed.

After Rajko had his BDSM session with Nescio, Eric makes love to Nescio himself. "It takes practise" Eric says when i ask him about the size of the dildo's. And yes, he can take it.

The living room of Rajko and Erik. Located in the center of Amsterdam. Tucked away in a small alley of Rembrandtplein. Usually there is porn on the T.V - now some show about doctors.

Submission is part of the BDSM world. Slaves enjoy to be submissed by their masters. So does Nescio. "Yes master" is what he likes to say the most.

Rajko is showing how a "gloryhole" works before getting ready for the monthly BDSM evening in an underground sexclub in Amsterdam that he organises. "Straight BDSM is for pussy's, my evenings are much more hardcore".

Nescio, Rajko's main slave, is getting beaten with a spoon moments before starting a BDSM session wich lasts for 3 hours.

Master & Slave

When I first moved to Amsterdam, around two years ago, I remember cycling through the Red Light District when a beautiful woman looked at me from behind a window illuminated with neon lights. I waved, she waved back, I became red in my face. I realised : I’m prudish.

Sex and sexuality, apparently taboos for me in some way, where asking to be discovered and investigated.

Realising that the gay/male aspect of the Amsterdam sex scene was relatively undocumented, I decided to dive in.

I made a profile on a gay dating/escort site asking for men who were working in prostitution to be photographed by me.

Rajko, a more than middle-aged BDSM master married to a formed slave of his replied.

These photographs are some of the moments in their unusual and explicit life.

Joris van Gennip

As a freelance photojournalist Joris specialises in covering social issues around the globe.

Up close and personal with a strong photographer signature.

He started his career with an internship in the Dutch newspaper Het Parool, recently awarded European Newspaper of the Year.

Covering the mass influx of migrants to Europe resulted in various publications in Dutch newspapers and magazines opening doors for producing and publishing stories raining from riots in paris, the daily life of the LGBT community in Amsterdam and the living conditions of refugees on the Greek islands.

Joris was recently awarded the 3rd prize in de Zilveren Camera Award for a story about a midnight boat landing in Lesbos.

Currently based in Amsterdam, traveling whenever and wherever he can.