Fish therapy

Namiko Kitaura, a photographer from Japan, made this intriguing series of images from a girl bathing and swimming while a school of small fish teases her skin.

I wonder where this collective fetish for aquatic animals in Japan comes from. From the almost “classic” octopus Shunga to these little fish biting and swimming on this young girls skin. Somehow I it’s both disturbing AND erotic…

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