Eros [Hardcover]

Linda Ferrer (Compiler, Editor), Jane Lahr (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

Eros is a lovlingly designed and exquisitely printed collection of sensual photographs coupled with insprired, passionate words. It is a celebration of the profound and delicious union that occurs when love between a man and woman becomes sexual. With close to 120 photographs printed in luxurious duotone, some of the greatest masters of photography are represented, while the text is drawn from contemporary and classic sources. 120 photos.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A joyful, uninhibited and tasteful celebration of heterosexual love and the human body, this portfolio weds photographs by Helmut Newton, Edward Weston, Annie Leibovitz, Imogen Cunningham, Manuel Alvaro Bravo, Robert Mapplethorpe, Greg Gorman, Brassai, Man Ray and others to erotic prose and poetry selections. Earthy snippets from Henry Miller, Sallie Tisdale, D.H. Lawrence, Erica Jong, Frank Harris and Jeanette Winterson tie sexual delight to love, spiritual rapture, curiosity and exploration of self and other. Walt Whitman's incantatory lyric "This is the female form" seems perfectly juxtaposed with Barbara Brodnick's buxom Nude 1. Although the pictures have a certain sameness, there are dozens of strong, complex compositions in a variety of settings, and the poetry selections, ranging from Robert Graves and Muriel Rukeyser to Ezra Pound's translation of an ancient Egyptian ode, are marvelous. Lahr coedited Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature; Ferrer is a freelance picture editor. BOMC selection.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang; First edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556704879
• ISBN-13: 978-1556704871
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 11.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #718,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Gorgeous Nude Photography, December 10, 2000

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carol irvin "carol irvin" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eros (Hardcover)

These are the most wonderful nude photographs imaginable. They are not as shocking as the Mapplethorpe photographs but they are as artistic and as sensuous as his are. Unfortunately, you have to buy your copy used. That's the way I had to buy mine. I have bought many other nude photography books new but, except for Mapplethorpe's work, none of them are as good as this book. I spent a small fortune on photographer David Hamilton's book new, for example, and I look in Hamilton's book one tenth of the time I look inside this book. This book contains both nude men and women plus couples. You can't go wrong buying this book. Get it while you can as my experience with great out of print books is that the price skyrockets before long.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost in Reprint, February 13, 2000

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Robert B.Schoene (Seattle, Washingtom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eros (Hardcover)

I had the good fortune of buying a couple of copies of this book when it was published and finding a copy on a sale desk this year. It is one of the most beautiful and sensuous books of the human body in any media that I have ever seen. I can't figure out why it is not being reprinted. I am upset since I would buy a "bushelful" to give as presents for many years to come. It is timeless.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suculent photos married to beautiful erotic text., October 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Eros (Hardcover)

This shimmering collection of nudes,male and female,can be debated to be a perfect gift for your love. Inscribed with your own words and pointing to a page of succulent text and a most erotic body you will surely send the arrow home like Cupid.A woman's breast cast upon with a vine's shadow is not far from the lower torso of what's surely a male dancer, toe pointing on a small wooden ball.A jug of wine , a loaf of bread and this.Review this beautiful book of nudes together by a roaring fire.