Customer Reviews

Asian Ladies (Photo Book Series)

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First of all, I purchased Uwe Ommer's book "Black Ladies", and was very pleased with it. So I decided to buy this next one. It is better then the first. The photography's are both sensual, and erotic, as are the subjects themselves. Selected backgrounds and various locations show you a glimpse of the exotic far east. This is not for anyone who is looking for "sleazy" porn. This is a genuine presentation of the beauty of the asian woman. I recommend this for the serious person who enjoys the gracefulness of the female body in photography, both semi and fully nude photos.

This book is titled Asian Women and features "oriental" or Southeastern Asian women rather than Indian and every other variation of the continent. I don't see that as anything to complain about. With Black Women, the author/photographer Ommer captured women of many skin tones and features, but did not shoot every type of black woman -- there were few light-skinned women, and none from the U.S. or Europe judging by their surrounding motifs -- yet that book was adored by reviewers who disliked this one. I thought both were very good, but prefer Asian Women simply because I like these photos more for various reasons.

If you consider nudes exploitative, or feel that photos of women of color that might appeal to Western males are somehow evil, please seek other types of photography to enjoy and spare yourself the moral qualms. People, Westerners and otherwise, find certain physical characteristics attractive and enjoy admiring and examining them -- even if those characteristics are primarily found among a different ethnicity. Nothing wrong with that as far as I can tell. And it doesn't explain why my wife, a fellow photography enthusiast, also likes this book.

So, if you appreciate the following: artistic nude photography (i.e., deft lighting, compostion, posing and yes, *emotion*) with a sensual twist, vibrant colors and beautiful Asian women -- who can be appreciated for any and many reasons that don't include "Western superiority" or exploitation -- than I would very highly recommend this book for you. I agree with the reviewers who likened this to some rare books from the Asahi Press in Japan. Put the political correctness aside and enjoy these photos for whatever reason you want, but be assured that visually they are both technically sound and sensually stirring.

Artistic nudes are done in black and white much more often than in color. Rarely are color nudes very artistic. Uwe Ommer's nudes are an exception. He has established himself as one of the world's finest photographers of the nude in color. Only Japanese photo books (hard to find outside of Japan) feature color nudes equal to or better than Uwe Ommer's nudes.

Uwe Ommer is a master of lighting. His rather unique lighting style adds to the romantic mystique of the settings of the photos in this book. The colors are often rich, deep, and saturated, and yet the skin tones are beautiful.

The images are at the same time highly erotic and very tasteful. Interestingly enough they are less explicit than even Playboy magazine, but at the same time many times more erotic than magazines that show images much more explicit than Playboy. Though very erotic, the women are photographed in a way that is definitely not exploitive. Even many women will approve of the images.

The models are extreamly attractive women posed in beautiful romantic settings that display a definite Oriental motif.

If you are bored with the typical color nudes you're bombarded with in the mass media, you will probably enjoy this book.

If you appriciate the beauty of Asian women you will definitely absolutely love this book.

I thought this was a beautiful book. I admit I like Asian women, and there being so few books of Asian nudes in this country of a tasteful nature, I wanted this book. The beauty of some of the models in this book is breathtaking.

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.

It's a beautifully printed coffee-table book. Each page reprodcues one photo, at a scale large enough for lots of detail to come through. No text, just a beautiful young woman. Ommer presents a variety of faces and figures, many in settings that just emphasize the young woman's charm. The collection represents much of the variety in East Asian beauty, and gives good representation to the slim, elegant bust so distinctive to this population.

As much as I like these photos, I found two things to wish for. First is that Ommer could have represented more of Asia in this collection - India is Asia, and is home to a half-billion samples of feminine beauty, none of which appeared here. Second was the way poses tended towards a sameness. They invariably captured the face, and usually the bust and torso. The whole woman has hips and legs, too, that complete the graceful curve of a female figure. These were under-represented by the 3/4 length portrait format that Ommer favors. And, a minor point, lack of titles and even page numbers makes it hard to discuss specific images.

It's a lovely collection, and a complement to other collections that favor European features and figures. It could have been more, though.

//wiredweird

The concept of capturing a continents women could have been done in a much more imaginative and artistic way. The photographs in this book are flat and cold. The author has caught only the outside, not the inside, of the models.

This book is an extenceive compiliation of beautiful,and erotic (but hardly pornographic) photographs of nude and semi-nude Asian women.However,that is all that this book is.
The photographs are beautiful and tastefully taken;however, there is no data provided on who the subjects are or why they have choesn to be photographed. There is a brief written introduction,written in polyglot and very vauge,extoling the virtues of Asian women--but it is of no use to anyone in search of love or a casual encounter.
If you love erotic photography,I strongly recommend this book.However,if you are looking for pornography or a "how-to" manual for courting and/or seducing an Asain woman,you should look elsewere.

this isn't a bad book. some of the photos are great, although they seem to focus on nipples overly much, whereas everyone knows asian women's best assets are their eyes! ;)

seriously, i bought this book for painting reference, and it serves it's purpose.

not bad.

I don't really have much to add to the reviews already here, however I would like to add my humble voice in the category of "It's A Great Book". As an art lover I find it to be a very good art book, I recommend it.

I did not find this book that well done. There were no captions to tell which countries the models were from and I did not find the photography up to the mark. I have seen much better magazine work done in Asia. The photographer had such a Fantastic subject matter and did not capitalize on it.