When used in a sexual context, the term fetish has dark, deviant and morally suspect undertones – and this makes it interesting to the artist in questioning the concept of reality.

Philosophy of Art: An essay about realism in photography.

It has been argued that all photography represents reality. After all, photography is only the reflected light captured in the fraction of a moment. The camera never lies. But is this really true? And if it is true, where is the art in it? Photographs are not created in an instant. They are the result [...]