In this series, photographer Javier Carmona deftly walks the quivering tightrope between sex's two primary sensations: ecstasy and discomfort. Some of the discomfort is literal — a girl on a fireplace mantle struggles for balance against the counterweight of her own enormous boob. But other shots show a more internal distress that, for many of us, parallels the fireworks display of thoughts that occur during sex: ambivalence about our bodies, the unfamiliarity of intimate touch. It's as if he's read our minds. — Will Doig