Claude Louis-Combet and Alain Controu's 'L'heure canidée' Explores Animal Eroticism

The book 'L'heure canidée', published by Éditions Léo Scheer, pairs photographs by Alain Controu with a narrative by Claude Louis-Combet. Controu's photographic series, recently exhibited at Galerie Rachlin-Lemarié, depicts a dog in lascivious poses, challenging the notion of animals as mere instinct-driven machines. The images show the animal on its back, legs spread, with a tumescent sex, evoking a sense of voluptuousness. Louis-Combet's accompanying story follows a man lost in a forest who hears sounds of lovemaking, only to discover the source is a dog and a woman's hand on its shoulder, leading to an encounter described as 'sacred obscenity'. The work probes the intersection of human and animal desire, suggesting that eroticism is a spice of life for both species.