Alejandra Guerrero, the Chicago-based photographer who had a big hit back in 2020 with her first fetish photography monograph, Wicked Women, expects to have her second book out this autumn with the same publisher (London’s Circa Press).

Titled Auto Erotica, the new book combines two of Guerrero’s enduring interests: powerful cars and even more powerful women!

“This collection of vignettes features not only captivating models but also an assortment of cars as protagonists,” she says. “I started working on this project nine years ago, keeping the majority of the work unpublished. Now, I feel it's finally ready to be released, showcasing many never-before-seen photos.

“In Auto Erotica,” she continues, “I draw upon my lifelong passion for cars, stemming from childhood memories of sitting in my mother's Mercedes and watching my mechanical engineer father fix up cool cars. These experiences inspired an adult fascination that eventually led to this electrifying body of work, following the success of Wicked Women.

Set to be crafted in Belgium with fine art paper, featuring striking duotone and colour offset-lithographic printing and a beautiful binding, Auto Erotica promises to a feast for the senses — something for which all Circa’s fetish and erotic photography books are renowned.

Another thing this publisher is known for is producing high quality books that sell at half the price they would retail at using the traditional publishing industry approach. Circa’s ‘secret’ is that it crowdfunds its high-end projects on Kickstarter, setting targets that enable it to cover the bulk of upfront production and, especially, printing costs.

As long as the publisher has set the target correctly, the book gets printed and delivered to everyone who pledged support in return for one of the rewards on offer. And every book sold after all advance orders and rewards are fulfilled is then profit that keeps the publishing business going.

Auto Erotica’s Kickstarter campaign began about a week ago and runs until mid-May. The campaign target is £22,500 and at the time of writing, the chances of reaching it were looking good.

For supporters of the campaign, ten levels of reward are on offer, from a basic £60 for a signed copy of the book up to £2,500 for a very fancy boxed collector’s edition including signed prints. And beyond that there’s the offer of an Alejandra Guerrero photo-shoot for a supporter and partner.

You can read all about the Auto Erotica campaign, see images from the book and check out all the rewards on offer by clicking on the link below.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/circa/alejandra-guerrero-auto-erotica/