It’s not their faces we are usually interested in, but their sexual performance. And photographer Roger Kisby wanted to shake things up a little.

During his visit to AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, Las Vegas, the Texan photographer came up with the idea of presenting the unknown side of the actors, who are used to presenting themselves in a certain way, less natural, less athentic. And this is what he searched for in his models’ portraits.

“They have a certain way they’re used to being shot. They’d have a kind of porn look that they do — the sexy eyes and pouty lips. You’ll still see that in some of the pictures I’ve shown. But I tried to steer them away from that.”