“Callum Diffey (b.1997) is a multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Glasgow. Their practice utilises photography, sculpture, painting and video. Toeing the line between sensitivity and brutality, their work investigates dichotomies of pain and pleasure, the sacred and profane, and collective memory and trauma. Themes of identity as well as the beauty found in the debased are a constant source of interrogation: when two opposing ideas or feelings are experienced simultaneously. Visually referencing motifs present within queer and internet subcultures, Callum’s work becomes a collage of symbols aiming to challenge fixed interpretations, creating situations where everyday objects are altered or detached from their original context, where the personal becomes universal.”

Sexuality has been a recurring theme in my work for as long as I’ve been practicing. Sex is one of the main ways we explore and perform power dynamics, especially within kink, which is why I find myself using sexuality as a subject and utilise it as a platform for further concepts to emerge.

By @callum.diffey / callumdiffey.com
Selected Models: @scottishdaisylove, @poorboysweater
Wardrobe from @MMLatex, @primal_leather, @nubelightwear and @_bndsm_