“I am a chronic daydreamer and a bit of a pervert, so to have an opportunity to lock you in and take you with me make my ass twitch – I love it!” says US photographer Justin Monroe of his debut photography book, Down The Rabbit Hole.

And lock you in, it does. Charged, confronting, provocative, even downright offensive – this is photography taken with the red pill. Lots of it.

“Down the Rabbit Hole is basically the story of my life,” Monroe tells AXN.

“I am like Alice falling into an undiscovered world, like a voyager seeking answers, yet coming to the realisation that the answers I seek are subject to change without notice. Nothing is ever really what it seems, especially down the rabbit hole.”

Famed as an artist with a unique style and vision, Monroe set out to push the boundaries, challenging himself to see how far he could break them. In composing his scenes, everything was fair game. Crucifixes, nudity, bondage, fairytales – you name it. It’s a pop-cultural caravan filled with a band of scoundrels and deviants.

“We set out to create an environment where nothing is sacred and everything is questioned,” he says. “I absolutely did not just want another male physique pictorial. Down the Rabbit Hole was conceptually perfect – it gave me the platform to go crazy in this sinful circus of transsexuals, porn stars, werewolfs, evil queens, a very dirty bunny, and yes, some really super hot guys. We wanted it to be an in-your-face mind trip, so correct casting was crucial.”

Among those featured are US transsexual Amanda Lepore and caustic TV star, Janice Dickinson.