“I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.”

— Grace Jones

AFTER YEARS OF EXPLORING POP CULTURE, HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES, PETER DECIDED TO TURN HIS VISION INTO PROFESSION.

PETER JUHAN IS A FINNISH PHOTOGRAPHER, MUSICIAN, DJ AND FETISH EVENT ORGANIZER, BASED IN HELSINKI (FINLAND). HE IS WELL-KNOWN BY HIS BLACK-AND-WHITE STILL IMAGES WHICH EXAMINE BDSM, SEX, FETISH/KINKY LIFESTYLES AND GAY SUBCULTURES. ALL HIS ARTWORKS HAVE AUTHENTIC AND RAW POWER BECAUSE HIS MODELS ARE THOSE OF TRUE ENTHUSIASM AND DESIRE. THEY REFLECT INDIVIDUALITY AND IMAGINATION OF FETISH PEOPLE AND THEIR LIFE-STYLE IN ACTION.

“WE ALL HAVE OUR NECESSITIES TO BELONG AND LIVE OUR LIVES IN OUR OWN TERMS. NO ONE CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY. EXPLORING OWN SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AND EXPRESSING IT INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY IS ESSENTIAL. THAT’S BEING A HUMAN. AND INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL.”

SINCE 2021 PETER HAS ALREADY CREATED TWO PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS AND WITH MORE THAN 800 VISITORS EACH THEY GAINED NOTABLE ATTENTION BY THEIR HUMOROUS AND PORNOGRAPHIC WAY OF REPRESENTING OUR SOCIETY, CULTURE AND COMMUNALITY. PARTS OF HIS EXHIBITIONS HAVE BEEN ON DISPLAY IN BERLIN DURING FOLSOM EUROPE 2023 AND EASTER BERLIN LEATHER WEEK.

IN ADDITION TO FINLAND HIS ARTWORKS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM, DENMARK, USA, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN; ALTOGETHER MORE THAN 100 COPIES TO DATE.

“WHEN I MEET PEOPLE WHO ARE SELF-CONSCIOUS AND UNLIMITED, I’M IMMEDIATELY FASCINATED. ESPECIALLY FETISHISM. THERE ARE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF POWER AND PASSION IN IT. I SEE THAT AS AN EXTENSION OF PERSONALITY WHICH COMES TO LIFE THROUGH CLOTHING, COMMUNITY AND RIGHT STATE OF MIND.”