The Bear Cult: Photographs by Chris Nelson [Paperback]

Chris Nelson (Author), Edward Lucie-smith (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Gay Men's Press; 4 edition (November 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0854491619
• ISBN-13: 978-0854491612
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,504,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, simple, masculine, April 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bear Cult: Photographs by Chris Nelson (Paperback)

Waaay back in the early days of Bear Magazine, Brahma studios was born... and with it wonderful photography. This book is a collection from those days. Simple, masculine, erotic. To call this 'bear porn' is a mistake. This is classic male erotic, with a wonderfully bear-ish 'slant'. (just wish it was hard back to allow it to stay open!)

Still a classic.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fans of Brit Bear Edward Lucie-Smith's 2 bear photobooks, April 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bear Cult: Photographs by Chris Nelson (Paperback)

My not-so-insignificant Otherbear and I are both fans of anything the British critic and photographer Edward Lucie-Smith puts his name on, so we both got off on both the Lucie-Smith bearish books of photos by Chris Nelson and Jack Fritscher which are Amazon.com musts for any serious bear collector of not-at-all-insignificant Otherbears, especially with the end of Bear magazine.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two essential bear photo books that chronicle us all, December 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bear Cult: Photographs by Chris Nelson (Paperback)

Chris Nelson's "Bear Cult" makes a perfect companion with Jack Fritscher's "American Men" which afterSeptember 11 terrorist attacks is an apt title. Both books came out about the same time---in fact, Fritscher is in Nelson's "Bear Cult." Do all bears know each other? Both are very different photographers. Nelson: stills only. Fritscher: stills backed with videos. British bear critic Edward Lucie Smith wrote the intro to both books. I confess I've used them both as art and as bearotica. Plus the bear look really is an American invention. These two prime bear photography books should lead the way to more bear photo books. I recommend both these landmark books for every gentleman's library.