The censorship of erotic art in Germany

10th December 2020

Hans-Jürgen Döpp

Censorship of art, and especially of erotic art, is a favourite activity of authorities who believe they alone hold the key to public taste and acceptability. In reality censorship tends to be as much about control as about safety, denying creative expression and personal… read more

Conversations with Hans-Jürgen, Part 3

6th November 2020

Here is the third and last part of our interview with Hans-Jürgen Döpp, in which he shares his thoughts about erotica today, the influence of the internet, how he defines erotica – and which are his favourite erotic images of all time.

Nobody knows more about erotic art than Hans-Jürgen. His many… read more

Conversations with Hans-Jürgen, Part 2

1st November 2020

Nobody knows more about erotic art than Hans-Jürgen Döpp. His many books include 1000 Erotic Works of Genius, Objects of Desire, The Kiss, Temple of Venus and Paris Eros.

Hans-Jürgen is based in Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany, and for many years taught sociology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-… read more

Conversations with Hans-Jürgen, Part 1

23rd October 2020

The name of Hans-Jürgen Döpp will be familiar to anyone interested in the history and dissemination of erotic art, and we are delighted that he has agreed to answer many of the questions we so often ask of ourselves!

His many books include 1000 Erotic Works of Genius, Objects of Desire, The Kiss,… read more

Conversations with Paula, Part 3

16th June 2020

This is the last of three conversations with the most-visited illustrator on the honesterotica website, Lynn Paula Russell, a reflection of the enduring relevance of her work. It’s all too easy to forget that the artists featured on the website are (or mostly were!) real people, with lives, loves,… read more

Conversations with Paula, Part 2

2nd June 2020

This is the second of three conversations with the most-visited illustrator on the honesterotica website, a reflection of the enduring relevance of her work. It’s all too easy to forget that the artists featured on the website are (or mostly were!) real people, with lives, loves, imaginations,… read more

French erotic publishing between the wars

18th May 2020

In 2005 the Paris bookseller and expert on French erotic publishing, Jean-Pierre Dutel, produced the third volume of his encyclopedaic survey Bibliographie des ouvrages érotiques publiés clandestinement en français, covering the period from 1920 to 1970. The introduction provides a general survey,… read more

Conversations with Paula, Part 1

17th May 2020

As many of you will already be aware, by far the most-visited artist on the honesterotica website is Lynn Paula Russell. It’s all too easy to forget that the artists featured on the website are (or mostly were!) real people, with lives, loves, imaginations, hopes and fears, challenges and… read more

Your all-time favourites

1st February 2020

So, honesterotica is very nearly two years old, and already we’ve welcomed nearly 80,000 unique visitors, who collectively have viewed over 4 million images. Not bad eh?

We thought you might like to know what you and your fellow visitors have found most attractive during the time we’ve been going… read more

Thank you Indienudes!

26th September 2017

We couldn’t quite understand why 1,536 new visitors came to look at honesterotica yesterday, when our average daily visitors are usually under a hundred. Then we discovered that indienudes.com, started sixteen years ago as a hub for discriminating erotica-lovers, had found us. What a difference… read more