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Black Friends

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This is an astounding volume of nude and semi-nude photography of the African male. The first book by Willibrod Haas to be widely available in the U.S. and Europe, it clearly marks his work as the standard by which all other photographers -- of models of any race -- must be judged. The technical quality of the images are absolutely impeccable. Superb! It is so difficult to photograph black models: The quality and quantity of light, exposures, and the wide variation in skin tones makes it exceptionally hard. Yet, Haas brings it off. The printing is excellent, and the binding good. My only quibble is that this should have been a big, oversize, 11"x17" coffee-table book and not the standard volume it is.

This is a light weight book of nude and semi-nude pictures of black men. Most don't seem to have had too much fancy editing done to them. In fact, most of the men in the pictures themselves look very ordinary, like people you'd see walking downtown. I'm really surprised how simple the pictures were. Perhaps the photographer intended it this way.

This is a book with art you might appreciate.