Notable photographers in BDSM, bondage, leather, and fetish still photography. For other scene figures beyond the camera, see lists of people associated with BDSM.
- Jeff Gord (1946–2013) — British extreme-bondage photographer and erotic writer (“House of Gord” restraint engineering).
- Eric Kroll (born 1946) — American fetish and explicit erotic photographer.
- Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989) — Fine-art photographer of flowers, celebrity, and gay leather/SM bodies.
- Ken Marcus (born 1946) — Glamour centerfolds plus specialty bondage work.
- Fakir Musafar (1930–2018) — Body-modification pioneer documenting piercing, suspension, and ritual pain.
- Helmut Newton (1920–2004) — Fashion photographer staging power, heels, and dominant female glamour.
- Barbara Nitke (born 1950) — Intimate documentation of lived BDSM scenes and relationships.
- Roy Stuart (born 1962) — Explicit erotic series folding fetish wardrobe and staged domination.
Together they map gallery art, commercial glamour, engineered bondage, body ritual, and documentary play—core routes by which BDSM learned to see itself.
BDSM → BDSM people → BDSM photographers
