Van Darkholme

Van Darkholme is a American rope-bondage artist.

Era: 2000s

ROPE-BONDAGE ARTIST · PHOTOGRAPHER

Vietnam-born, US-based rope-bondage artist, photographer, author and adult-media director working publicly as Van Darkholme / VansamaOfficial. San Francisco Bay Guardian's 2008 Armory feature identifies him as a Shibari rope-bondage expert, porn performer and proprietor of Muscle Bound Productions, and documents his move from Los Angeles to San Francisco to helm Kink's Bound Gods launch. The Stranger independently describes him as a shibari expert and author / photographer of the 2006 photo book Male Bondage: Art Deserves a Witness, while his official site preserves the 2008-2017 Kink.com director period and later KinkMen return. His rope-specific relevance is the shibari / bondage-craft role, photography and selected book rather than a full adult-media catalogue.

Influenced by: Western Bondage Media Craft.