A leashed man looks up at the person holding his leash, who’s pulling on the leash itself rather than its handle.
This lovely photograph taken by Christian Geier of the photoclub Unterbelichtet! in Bonn was suggested by Ranai. I seem to recall this image crossing my radar before but it hasn’t turned up in a cursory search of this site’s archives. This isn’t a particularly striking or evocative image for me, but it’s certainly rather pretty and I greatly appreciated Ranai’s thoughts:
I like the attentive expression on his face, the form of his shoulder, the beautiful form of his neck. Intimacy and connection are visible even while the people portrayed are playing with physical distance.
I also think the picture showcases intimacy and connection, which is why I find the photographer’s title of the image, Freak on a Leash, not only misrepresentative but also off putting. I don’t see anything freaky about this picture, and while some might insist that a man on a woman’s leash is freaky, I remain unconvinced by such an easily variable explanation; “normal” is anything but.

