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Photographer and SA Pal <a href="http://www.ruthbayer.com/" target="_blank">Ruth Bayer</a> has put together a delightful book of photographs of people under the influence of room odouriser amyl nitrate.
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 59px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">To capture a moment in which the subject loses control, or at least slackens their grip on the reins, is a frequent goal in photography...</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 59px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">In 'Poppers' , photographer Ruth Bayer achieves a simple but effective frisson between the composed, formal relationship of camera and subject, and the rogue element introduced by her subjects' inhalation of Poppers - the street name for a legal compound belonging to the alkyl nitrate family; a muscle relaxant which causes the dilation of blood vessels, leading to increased blood flow and a rush of heat and euphoria.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 59px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Fascinated by the watery, dilated eyes and sensually heightened faces of those she saw taking Poppers in nightclubs, Ruth set out to capture those fleeting moments of euphoric aware/unawareness in the series of photographs presented in this book.</div>
<em>To capture a moment in which the subject loses control, or at least slackens their grip on the reins, is a frequent goal in photography...In 'Poppers' , photographer Ruth Bayer achieves a simple but effective frisson between the composed, formal relationship of camera and subject, and the rogue element introduced by her subjects' inhalation of Poppers - the street name for a legal compound belonging to the alkyl nitrate family; a muscle relaxant which causes the dilation of blood vessels, leading to increased blood flow and a rush of heat and euphoria.</em>

You can read an interview with Ruth, and see some of her pictures <a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/view/default.aspx?Category=27&amp;ArticleID=7376&amp;PageNum=1" target="_blank">here</a> at <em>Dazed &amp; Confused</em> magazine, or buy the book at <a href="http://www.ruthbayer.com/" target="_blank">Ruth's own site</a>.