Vixen

A Pornographic Pioneer

Greg Lansky was born in Paris, France in 1982. He claims to have been always fascinated by the sleek pornographic magazines of his age, such as Playboy and Penthouse. Later, he would go on to attend marketing school in Paris, which led him to work for various television networks. Apparently, though, adult entertainment remained his true love. "I just loved the fact that it wasn't politically correct," Lansky says, "It was this aspect of society that everyone loves and worships in private, but in public it has a lot of shame. I love the paradox of it. People were absolutely obsessed with it in private and in public no one would talk about it.” These are the words of a man who is truly passionate about his craft. A quality that, in the world of adult entertainment, is exceedingly rare. The overwhelming majority of pornographers are in the business because they like sex and want to make a quick buck. Not Lansky. He sees porn for all of its inherent complexity, its double standards. He has a deeper understanding of the art form than most. It is not all about just showing two people going at it in front of a camera. It is more than that. Porn cuts deep into the human experience, into societal norms and hypocrisies. It is one of the most pleasurable paradoxes of the world. Lansky began pursuing his dream of working in the adult entertainment industry in 2005 with a lifelong friend, Mike Adriano. With Lansky’s background in French television and Adriano’s background of real estate, the two of them, used Adriano’s listings to land the set for their first adult film, Slut Diaries. Later that year, the pair sold this debut at the Venus Fair in Berlin. This is also where Lansky would meet Scott Taylor of New Sensations – an introduction that would change his life forever. New Sensations would offer Lansky a directorial contract in 2006, with which he would produce a great deal of films under the New Sensations, Digital Sin umbrella. By the time 2007 rolled around, though, Lansky was ready for new horizons. He was ready to begin his own production company. And so, he did just that. He also began directing for a little company called Reality Kings. He produced a laundry list of videos for them between the years of 2007 and 2014. Then it was time for Lansky to create his own company. He founded the popular interracial porn site BLACKED in 2014.

Where it all Began

The next year, Lansky’s production company incorporated an all anal site, the widely visited Tushy. Tushy went on to win 9 AVN awards in 2015 … an extremely impressive feat for a brand-new porn studio. But Lansky was far from finalizing his pornographic vision. He had even bigger and brighter dreams yet in store. 2016 was the year in which Greg Lansky started Vixen. This is the site that would propel Lansky to superstardom, both within the adult entertainment industry and beyond. His acceptance speech for the 2017 AVN awards, for which he’d won best marketing campaign and best new imprint, garnered a great deal of press and social media attention.

The Spielberg of Porn

Greg Lansky is widely considered to be the most artful pornographer in the industry. He is praised for the ways in which he is able to blur the lines between what is obscene and what is serene; what is porn and what is art. For Lansky, there is no difference. If a film can be art, why then can’t a film of two people doing the most natural human act also be art? People have referred to him as the “Spielberg of Porn,” a title that has been hard earned, no doubt. He is truly a visionary and a one of a kind talent in his medium. Greg Lansky, though, is but one of many reasons why Vixen is a porn site worth your attention. If you don’t come for the artful and very skillful approach to filmmaking that is characteristic of all of Lansky’s productions (Vixen included), you can at least get on board for the fact that Vixen’s films are some of the most erotic and sure to please in all of the industry. What’s more, the site, too, is impeccably designed. Vixen does not look like your average, run of the mill porn site. It’s not smutty at all. It is sleek. It is classy. It is professional. In a word, just like the videos that it provides, it is sexy. A minimalist, black and white design has an air of the classic. It is nostalgic in some ways of the magazines that inspired Lansky as a kid. There is a touch of Playboy and whispers of Penthouse all over this website. This is a professional, black tie affair of a porn site. Which makes for an incredible and unique experience … a rare feat for an imprint of this industry.

Artful, but not Pretentious

The site does not get too caught up in itself either, which is a risk you always run when you elevate your porn site to the level of art. It is still straight to the point. No bull. From the very second you log into the member’s area, you will have instant access to porn. You don’t have to go hunting for it. The main difference, really, between Vixen and other premium porn sites out there is how good Vixen looks in delivering you that instant dose of xxx. Plus, it appears as if Vixen is also in beta mode on a new layout which, if you can believe it, is somehow even better than the current site. Things are even more streamlined, more experiential. So, if you are considering a membership to Vixen, that is one of the many things you can look forward to. It is always reassuring to see that a site is constantly improving upon itself, constantly upgrading and trying to better serve its members. That is what you want in a premium porn site. This is a truly unique site. Words do not even do it justice. It has just about everything you could possibly look for in a porn site … great design, awesome user experience, incredible (and we’re talking next level here) porn, and plenty of videos to enjoy. There are, however, just a few downsides to the site that need to be aired out. Don’t fret, they aren’t huge make or break issues with the site, just a few minor concerns that you should know about going in.

A Couple Letdowns

For one, Vixen does not upload new content nearly as frequently as some of its competitors. Plenty of premium porn sites out there – like Reality Kings, Mofos, Team Skeet, and Brazzers, for instance – offer daily video uploads. Other sites can guarantee that you will never go a day without a new porno. Vixen, however, can not make the same promise. They offer a weekly upload. Not the greatest rate, in the opinion of Pornsites.com. But it is important to bear in mind that the aforementioned porn sites also do not produce porn that boarders on what people could call ‘art.’ So, I suppose it’s a give and take. You sacrifice some of the frequency of the daily uploads, but you gain unfettered access to some of the greatest porn ever made, with some of the most beautiful women you have ever seen. Oh, yeah, that’s the other thing … the girls on Vixen are out of this world. You will think you are watching footage of a supermodel on a bikini shoot in some tropical paradise … until the xxx action begins, of course. The only other downside to this site, though, that Porn Sites can think of is probably the fact that there is no real convenient way to search videos. Not thoroughly or by specific parameters. You can browse videos, of course, by recency. But honestly, that is about your only filtering option. There is no way to view videos by popularity or rating. And there is certainly no advanced search function that lets you pare down videos to only brunettes or based on body type or cup size. So, that is a bit of a bummer. However, it is hard to imagine not wanting to click on every video that comes up anyway. So, maybe it is all part of the experience. All in all, nobody in the adult entertainment industry is coming close to doing what Greg Lansky is doing with Vixen. And it will become immediately clear what is meant by that the very moment you log into the members’ area of this site. Should you decide to pay money for any porn site out there, Vixen would definitely be a wise choice. This is porn for the discerning gentleman (and gentlelady).