Succubus

A succubus is a female demon that has sex with men in their sleep. The male version is an incubus. They arise from medieval christian demonology and the first mention of a succubus is in the 1300s. They have sexual intercourse with their victims in order to possess their bodies. Lilith, the supposed first wife of Adam was said to be the first succubus.

Naked torso with four legs lying on a bed

Kneeling our legged female torso used as a coffee table

Nude female with disembodied hands around her waist

Man walking towards a naked four legged torso.

Man having intercourse with four legged torso with breasts.

Succubus with top half reversed lying on a carpet.

I started this series long before Photoshop. I had a technique I had not used for a few years that involved using card in front of the lens and shooting one half then the other on the same frame of 35mm film. I used it to create disembodied hands in my early work. Trying to think of a way to resurrect the technique but on a new subject, it occurred to me to try it with nudes. For my first attempt I had a girl standing in my corridor and shot her top half, had her turn round then shot the bottom half. Luckily the join was so exact that the final print needed no retouching. Later on with the advent of Photoshop, I started using it because people thought my succubus creatures were photoshopped in any case. It was suggested to me that my succubi were more like male fantasies and over time they became more and more explicit.

Later I made the video, having learned enough Adobe After Effects to do so.