27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Beauty of Male, July 29, 2000
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This review is from: Adonis: Masterpieces of Male Erotic Photography (Paperback)
I was also breathless as I looked through the pages of men. They were incredibly beautiful.
My favorite picture is of the two men in bed together, naked. There is a tenderness to their picture that is absolutely beautiful.
This book is a wonderful celebration of the male form.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Filtered Masterpieces, August 6, 2005
This review is from: Adonis: Masterpieces of Male Erotic Photography (Paperback)
For information, the back cover text is illegible as a scan of fine lettering on black and reads, "ADONIS is a stunning collection of nearly 200 of the best erotic photographs of the male form, in both black and white and color, featuring the work of some of the world's seminal fashion, portrait and erotic photographers. Photographers whose work appears as part of this important collection include Horst P. Horst, Nan Goldin, Greg Gorman, Doris Kloster, Rob Lang, Mark Morrisroe, Richard Phibbs, Pierre et Gilles, Herb Ritts, Wolfgang Tillmans, Andy Warhol, Trevor Watson." Among the name-dropping, I liked only certain selections by et Gilles and Phibbs. Among 223 pages, 49 photographers are covered at a few pages each. The content begins on page 20, so there are 204 plates; however, only about 25 feature frontal nudity. I purposely do not say FULL frontal nudity because, of the 25, about 15, or 3/5, are what I would call torso shots (faceless or face not discernible). Overall, too many behinds are featured and too few fronts, as the author seems to have mainly selected works in which the subjects are twisted every which way to hide or obscure their private parts. Having seen other and, in my opinion, better works by some of the photographers, I must conclude that the author prefers back rather than front views and prefers mystery in frontals. For example, the few by Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden are more like the worst rather than "stunning" or "important." Too bad, as von Gloeden, I think, came closest to the Adonis ideal, using classical Greek or Greco-Roman settings (Taormina: Wilhelm Von Gloeden, for example) and romanesque, Italian models. Letting the buyer beware, this fits a general trend that some women (I presume that the author is female) may be overly concerned with buns. Although I just received the book, I am going to sell my copy.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Adonis: Masterpieces of Male Erotic Photography, March 29, 2000
By A Customer
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At the first crack of this book, I stood breathless, staring at the beauty of the male form and at the quality of the photographs. This book features not only modern photographs, but equally impressive older shots of outstanding male specimens. The book is quite exciting to slowly peruse and the name of the book duly expresses what subject is uncovered within the bindings. A great addition to a photo lovers collection of books.
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