2005 Erotic Awards Finalists

Semi-finals report

• ARTIST

  • WINNER The Secret MuseumThis interactive digital art gallery is an erotic dream world, a maze of unexpected charm and delight. Tiny treasures can be clicked on to send you off into new enchantments
  • Francesco D'Isa Portraits with malleable and distorted faces, patched-up silhouettes and bodies like flowing wax, in a very organic surrealism that keeps the beauty of an oddly sensuous and arousing feminity.
  • Mi-Su Bejewelled dildos and cock rings made of precious metals that look and feel amazing.

• CAMPAIGNER

  • WINNER UK Network of Sex Work ProjectsA highly professional and hardworking group of people who take the welfare of sex workers seriously.
  • Dave Taylor of Melonfarmers website Watching the censors watch what we watch.
  • The Pleasure Project This international project has taken the initiative to promote pleasurable safer sex and encourage sexual health.

• EVENT / CLUB

  • WINNER Lost VaguenessAn exciting, alternative venture, bringing glamour to the crusties, sex to Glastonbury, and neo burlesque to the big stage.
  • Our Place for Fun A small, intimate, non-commercial members-only club with seductive décor and above all an extremely welcoming atmosphere.
  • Rude Revels A wonderful club for sexual adventurers run by the gorgeous UK RudeGirl in conjunction with Roissy Workshops.

• FASHION

  • WINNER Carley HagueVery short, beaded, fine silk dresses which swing like waves and provide gentle bondage like the depths of the ocean.
  • Athos de Oliveira These pants are a fabulous turn-on and very witty.
  • State of Undress Very pretty matching silk lingerie with peekabooand crotch-splits to make a woman feel very special.

• FEATURE FILM

  • WINNER Torremolinos 73
  • Kinsey A massively important film, outlining the life and work of Alfred Kinsey, the 50's American sex pioneer
  • Nine Songs This stunningly beautiful film by Michael Winterbottom represents a total breakthrough in feature films.

• INDEPENDENT FILM

  • WINNER Made in Secret - the Story of the East Van CollectiveAn extraordinary documentary about a porn film being made for idealistic reasons by a collective of students.
  • Modern Loving A groundbreaking sex education film by Suzanne Noble.
  • Street Heat II A thoroughly British hardcore film which, refreshingly, does not mimic Carry On, Benny Hill, or appeal to the lowest common denominator.

• INNOVATION

  • WINNER Boutique Boutique
  • Emotional Bliss Vibrators designed for women who are shy, embarrassed about sex, or unable to reach orgasm
  • Midnight Sex Talk A refreshingly honest late-night radio programme

• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

  • WINNER Betty DodsonThe World's Queen of Female Masturbation

• PERFORMER

  • WINNER Al BatrosA naked trapeze artist in her element.
  • Lily White Raunchy and ready-for-action yet remaining divinely elegant and untouchable
  • Porn Puppet Show

• PHOTOGRAPHER

  • WINNER Jonathan Root
  • Ashley A black and white photographer who identifies with people who are different.
  • Ben Westwood Ben Westwood's has become one of the world's top erotic photographers.

• PUBLICATION

  • WINNER Shooting Sex by Bob Carlos ClarkAll the sexiest photographs by Britain's top erotic photographer, in one beautiful album.
  • Love and Lust by Donna Ferrato An extraordinary collection of photographs which, at last, humanise sex, and span the vast extent of human love.
  • The Robert Crumb Handbook A treasure chest of work by a man we consider to have been of enormous influence.

• SPECIAL JUDGES AWARD

  • WINNER Sh! Women's Erotic EmporiumEverybody says this is the best sex shop in town.

• striptease artist (Female)

  • WINNER Ima DollCanadian Ima Doll is a sexual acrobat with an amazing petite body and the cutest of faces.
  • Chiqui The theatrical concept of her show was perfectly balanced with the erotic, maintaining the temperature at scalding point throughout.
  • GI G-Spot Funky, down-and-dirty, cheeky, voluptuous, enthusiastic and generally fabulous stripper from Edinburgh.
  • Gypsy Charms Dark, feline, sinewy, lithe and very horny.

• striptease artist (Male)

  • WINNER Sunny / Snake BoySunny brought the house down with his incredibly sexy body movements, suggestive facial expressions and delightful demeanor.
  • Lightning A bouncing Euro-casual with cute tache and 80s leisurewear.

• SEX WORKER

  • WINNER Kim
  • Wendy - Soho Maid Wendy was the maid in a recent TV programme about a Soho brothel which was part of the BBC1 Vice series.

• WEBSITE

  • WINNER www.fuckforforest.comA group of idealists who created a porn site and send all its subscription money to save the forest projects.
  • Eroticalee2.blogspot.com
  • www.striporama.co.uk David Flint, an authority on all things erotic, has produced this fabulous website which glorifies striptease.
  • secondlife.com An online role-playing game which allows you to create your fantasyself in 3D and interact in real time with others, as you wish.

• WRITER

  • WINNER Andy Quan
  • Emily Dubberly
  • Toni Bentley Toni's new book, The Surrender is a memoir devoted to anal sex.

• OUTSIDERS AWARD

  • WINNER Eleni StephaniEleni has been a member of Outsiders for almost a decade, and volunteered to be the model for the Outsiders 25th Anniversary publicity shots.

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