“I make work about the desire to form connections with others and how difficult it can sometimes be to actually do that. For the ‘I Throw Myself at Men’ series I was thinking about romantic connections and how awkward, painful, and wonderful it can be to try and form an attachment to another person,” according to Lilly McElroy in an interview with the Huffington Post two years ago. The L.A. based artist first started the project with the use of Craigslist, but later learned that directly approaching men at bars was more efficient and enjoyable. In all of these pictures only the bartender, the photographer, and the man playing the human catcher were in on the project.