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Biography of Dirk Hooper
Dirk Hooper (born 1969) is an American Fetish Photographer and Fetish Artist. He was raised in Moore, Oklahoma, where he resides today. He attended the University of Oklahoma in 1988 for filmmaking and again in 1999 where he pursued a degree in media arts with an emphasis in photography.
During the mid nineties, Dirk had a stint as a comic artist and comic writer on a comic series called Rough Cut and a pin up comic titled Bad Girls. He has also done pen and ink illustration work for The Darkmoor Talisman and numerous commercial projects.
In 1999, Dirk began doing band photography for local musicians, and working on a fine art career with both photography and mixed media artwork. Since that time he has displayed work in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, and venues including the Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, The Electric Chair Gallery, the Dirty Show in Detroit, Michigan and Art and Soul Studios in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Recent exhibitions include Fetish Project in Brussels, Belgium and Siberia – Full Fetish with a Russian Flavor in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Dirk Hooper has work in the permanent collection of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University.
While much of his work comes from his own imagination, he has sought out dominatrix, fetish celebrities and adult entertainers to expand his portfolio. Dirk has built a body of work that focuses on fantasy, science, metaphysics, fashion, fetish and goth influences. It has been said that. “Dirk Hooper's gothic photography tells forbidden tales to rival the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and the Marquis de Sade.”
In 2004, he formed the alternative modeling troupe Toxic Goddess with co-founder Robert Henry. Hooper and Henry were joined by Jennifer Marks to create media and entertainment company Sight Key Studios Incorporated, where Hooper serves as Chairman of the Board and CEO. The Sight Key Photography Studio was opened in 2008, to provide photography services to the public.
Dirk Hooper conducts classes on social networking for artists, writers and bands. Hooper is the producer and host of the Fetish Show podcast, which is focused on alternative modeling, fetish photography and BDSM lifestyle topics.
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The Dirk Hooper Photography Galleries have Toxic Goddess Sets, Toxic Goddess Profiles, Gothic and Fetish Models, Professional Dominatrix and Erotic Fantasy Sets, which are updated regularly.
The Dirk Hooper Art Galleries include Mixed-Media Work, Printmaking (etchings, serigraphs, monoprints, monotypes) and Illustrations.
Dirk Hooper is always looking for new models. I am particularly interested in alternative models, who have a unique style or who are interested in kink and fetish photography. This section has information and an Online Model Search Application for models who would like to work with Dirk Hooper or other members of Sight Key Studios.
If you want to get in touch with Dirk Hooper, here is the official address, email and social networking site links to make communication easy. You can also get in touch with Dirk on the new Dirk Hooper Blog.
I have done Professional Dominatrix and Fetish Photographer since I first picked up a camera. If you are a Professional Dominatrix or a fetish model, then I'd like to help you climb to new heights.
This page has biographical information, an artist's statement and a selected list of gallery showings and media appearances.
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