LAS VEGAS SUN - ROBIN LEACH
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011

Steve Diet Goedde's Dream Menagerie at Sin City Gallery Downtown's Sin City Gallery celebrated its grand opening with a 20-year retrospective from photographer Steve Diet Goedde over the weekend, attracting buyers from all over the country for its inaugural exhibition.

"We have received such an incredible positive reaction to the opening of Sin City Gallery from collectors and artists all over the world," gallery owner and global erotic art expert Dr. Laura Henkel said: "Thankfully, we had several ultra-chromium ink and hand-developed silver gelatin prints to meet the demands of collectors present. People simply love Steve's work!"

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LAS VEGAS CITY LIFE
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011

Steve Diet Goedde -- Dream Menagerie The windows just might fog up over at Laura Henkel Fine Art's grand reopening, under the new name Sin City Gallery. The name, Henkel says, better represents the gallery's "sexy, sophisticated art."

The gallery's February debut displays a 20-year retrospective of the award-winning fetish photographer Steve Diet Goedde. Similar to predecessors, such as Robert Mapplethorpe, Goedde's silver-gelatine images capitalize on the use of natural light, lending the racy subject matter a surprising, sublime quality. Staying within the same visual key, images such as "Micki" tug humorously, as a petite blond attempts to fit herself into a small suitcase sitting on a bed. The presentation leans its focus towards fetish attire with photographs such as "Masuimi," which emphasizes the slender-ribbed constriction of a corset, and "Latex Gloves," which examines the liquid gloss of black latex gloves. The exhibition is part of Henkel's ongoing artistic mission to "break down notions of segregation associated with explicit art." JK Sin City Gallery, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 100, through Feb. 26, free. (Artist talk: 12 p.m. Feb. 5.)

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AVN
January 14, 2010

LAS VEGAS—Sin City Gallery celebrated its grand opening with a 20-year retrospective from internationally acclaimed photographer Steve Diet Goedde on Feb. 4. Friday's event attracted art buyers from all over the country to the gallery's inaugural exhibition. Sin City Gallery also hosted an intimate Q&A with Goedde on Saturday, Feb. 5, so that collectors of his work could gain insight into his subtly erotic approach to photographing alternative fashion. The weekend’s festivities provided fans with a rare opportunity to meet the artist and learn about his his techniques and artistic vision.

Gallery owner Laura Henkel said, "We have received such an incredible positive reaction to the opening of Sin City Gallery from collectors and artists all over the world. We felt extremely honored to have Steve present as our first exhibition. Thankfully, we had several ultra-chromium ink and hand-developed silver gelatin prints to meet the demands of collectors present. People simply love his work!"

Sin City Gallery Manager Lou Lou Roxy also commented, "Not only are people contacting us for Steve’s work, we have had numerous online and telephone sales for Francois Dubeau, Ross Johnston and Bobby Logic due to all the media attention. People seem to enjoy our website. Many were not able to attend the exhibition in person due to poor weather in other parts of the country, yet they really want Steve’s work. We have been communicating with buyers by phone, Internet and Skype.”

HOLLYWOOD INDEPENDENT
January 14, 2010

Steve Diet Goedde's Intimate Captures - A photographic exhibit by Steve Diet Goedde, considfed to be the Ansel Adams of Erotic Photography, will accompany the inaugural opening of L.A.'s newest lingerie boutique, Sugar Lillie dessous prives, a mide-to-high-end destination that will carrry art exhibits, lectures, and readings along with lingerie lines from around the world.