Foreplay and freaks: Hong Kong photographer’s erotic images on show

Provocative Hong Kong-based photographer Nicoline Aagesen has been recently spicing up the social media feeds of her many followers with the raw, sexually charged images taken for her ongoing “My Camera, My Rules” project.

Now, ahead of a six-month break from the city, the model-turned-photographer is bowing out (briefly) with an exhibition of her erotic and seductive pictures at Ophelia in Wan Chai this weekend.

Aagesen, who was born in Denmark and arrived in Hong Kong about six years ago, is most often compared to controversial photographer Terry Richardson due to the their shared love of the gritty, soft-porn aesthetic.

“He was my first inspiration to create my style, so it only makes me proud when people compare me to him,” Aagesen says. “I also draw inspiration from photographers like Tony Kelly, Henrik Purienne, Sergio del Amo, Mikkel Kristensen and David LaChapelle.”