Shibari Photography - Bex

Shibari Artist, Self-Tier, Model & Rigger | London & Worldwide

This page showcases shibari-focused photography featuring Bex, a London-based shibari artist, self-tier, model, and rigger. The work presented here centres on rope as an embodied, intentional practice — capturing not only how shibari looks, but what it feels like to be inside it.

Shibari photography, for me, is about making internal experience visible. The images here reflect states such as arousal, vulnerability, focus, surrender, resistance, and sometimes the quiet endurance of pain. These moments show up through breath, muscle tone, stillness, tension, gaze, and posture — the subtle markers of a body responding honestly to rope.

If I tie, it is with the intention to provoke feeling. At the same time, I am a deeply aesthetic-driven rigger. I care about line, balance, negative space, and how rope sits on the body, because the visual language of a tie is part of its power. For me, beauty and sensation are not separate — a well-considered tie supports the experience it creates, shaping how emotion, control, and connection are expressed within the frame.

Rather than treating rope as decoration or choreography alone, the work shown here reflects shibari as an erotic and psychological exchange. Each shoot is the result of a shared process between model, rigger, and photographer, grounded in trust, communication, and an understanding of how rope impacts both the body and nervous system over time.