This image was created as part of an artistic BDSM photoshoot, but it does not tell the story of eroticism. It tells about standing. About being locked in, about silence, about stillness and about the desire for light.

The figure in the frame is wearing a straitjacket and a gag, which take away the ability to move and speak. However, they are not an end in themselves - they become a symbol of restriction, control and inner imprisonment. The subtle trace of liquid on the mouth does not provoke, but emphasizes the physicality and fragility of existence, the dependence of the body on the world in which it finds itself.

Most important, however, is the gaze. Longing, focused on a bright spot that illuminates the face. This light becomes a metaphor for hope, for going out, for the possibility of transcending one's own limits - even if only in thought.

The light becomes a metaphor for hope, for leaving, for the possibility of transcending one's own limits - even if only in thought.

"High Hopes" is an artistic photograph of bondage and BDSM that uses the aesthetics of restriction not to shock, but to tell a story about the tension between confinement and freedom, between control and the desire to breathe. It's an image about the mental state, not the act.