David Steinberg: Photographing an Old Friend and Her Lover

I have posted several portfolios of couples I met during an extraordinary stay in Portland, Oregon, in October 2003. I had been invited to Portland to perform my multimedia erotic theatre show, “Celebration of Eros,” and to be the guest of honor at a play party where I photographed several volunteer couples while other people at the party enthusiastically observed, some of whom then volunteered to be photographed themselves.

While in Portland I stayed at the beautiful home of my friend, Anna,...