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Angel's Delight: Erotic Fantasy Photography

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Although not quite what I expected, this book was far from being a disappointment. It is not solely focused on women dressed as angels, it is mainly an erotic Fantasy Photography book. 9 photographers from North-central europe are featured, with more than 10 photographs from each. Styles differ, from body-painting (for a comic-book effect) to completely photoshopped settings and landscapes, to a contortionist/dancer - but always the theme remains, the female in ways you probably have not seen before.

.. but so much more!

I don't like all of the works in this gallery, some even make me skip pages, but it doesn't matter. The idea behind these pictures is still very strong and everyone has a different taste, so why not. But still, the book is so much more than I expected. The photos are all really impressive works of art. Some need alot of time untill you can get the whole idea, others are just gorgeous with a touch of some kind of sweet fetish.

I totally recommend this to nude photography lovers!

This lush book collects ten artists' photographic works, loosely based on the theme of "angels." Given that classic and common theme, it's amazing how many modern and unique visions these artists present.

The collection starts with Leroy Roper's gorgeously body-painted models, often set against fantasy backdrops. Martin Boelt's work follows. His first piece creates stark contrast to Ropers: matted hair and mud-caked skin, after Roper's elegant adornments. He presents chain-mail costumes, too, where metal geometries set off the model's organic curves, but also echo the steely strength of the woman inside. O'Byrne's fantastic composites follow, then others in other styles: fantasy/fetish, formal figure studies, illusions of more than human grace, and monumental statements of human athletic power.

Concept never elbows out the photographers' basic search for beauty. Irrespective of setting or props, the model herself always comes through as the image's real focus. Perhaps these photos won't challenge the viewer; perhaps the "angels" theme gets stretched rather far a few times. No matter, this remains an enjoyable and varied collection.

-- wiredweird

This book's title bills itself as Erotic Fantasy Photography. I have don't really think of it as all that erotic. I find the book to have some great artistic nudes with a fantasy theme done by various photographers. The photographers have some great setup shots, and I would love to have seen how they were made. The photos are mostly Black and whites but run the gamut from that to tinted, duotones and some color ones. I see this book a great reference for themed nude portraiture, and just looking through gave me some good idea for different type of lighting techniques to try out.
The last section by Beat a. won Weissenfluh alone makes this book worth the price of purchase. Showing you a fine art photographic study of forms in black and white.(with some color). All in all I am impressed that amphoto puts this out and it has upped my opinion of that publisher quite a bit.

The cover is what pulled me in on this book, because it looked so good. Once I received the book I realized that the cover shot was the best shot of all. The title suggested that there'd be more angel shots, but the fact is, it is divided up into several sections representing different photographers, all of which have different ideas of what erotic fantasy is. The one that has the most angels in it is the biggest disappointment. Most of his models wear the same pair of turkey feather wings held on by a fuzzy neck strap. Personally, I hate those wings, and to see them so overused was a big disappointment. However, other sections did provide the rare gem. Overall, I liked about 15% of the photos, the rest seemed pretty common, middle of the road, kind of like deja vu, seen it before. Even the prop used in the cover photo is a paited backdrop used numerous times within. BUt the cover alone was worth the purchase price, and if it sits on my coffee table and is never opened I'd be just as pleased with it.

Marcus Hoffman (ed.), Angel's Delight: Erotic Fantasy Photography (Amphoto, 2006)

You know, I don't know why I subject myself to books like this, given that I'm 99% sure before I open any of them that the models therein will be far too skinny for my tastes. Okay, yes, I do: I grabbed this one solely so I could use this subject line in the Amazon review.

And that's exactly what I got: skinny chicks. I grant you, skinny chicks with some really, really great props. In case the title's not explicit enough for you, note the "fantasy" here should be read as, for a good portion of the book, BDSM; you might want to stay away if that sort of thing makes you squeamish. As for the photography itself, it's all certainly very pretty, and the shots are quite well-composed, but if you get the idea that I'm damning this with faint praise, you'd be right; one expects something more from an expensive coffee-table book, something that really stands out or pushes the envelope or whatever the kids are calling it these days. And I'm not seeing it. So if you don't mind dropping some serious cash on "pretty," here you go. Otherwise, look a bit farther afield. ** ½