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Eros

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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.

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.

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.

How else can it be put? This book is a visual documentation of the beauty of sex. From the nude body to the act. It's erotic, yes, but it's not porn. It's not distasteful. It can be arrousing and beautiful at times, ugly and honest at others. Still, a cetain undescribable sense of art is never lost. The collaborators did an extraordinary job at finding the perfect pictures that capture the essence of eroticism without the trash of pornography. Featured artists include May Ray, Albert Watson, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Lisa Spindler (my favorites) among many others. A definite must for romantics or fans of artistic photography, nudes, or just sex.

The black and white Photos are truly art, and the poetry is well suited to the photos. This is an adult book that stays where I can share it with my friends who enjoy beautiful art and poetry. This erotica is tastefully done and I am sorry that this book is no longer available it makes a great gift for special friends.

What a gorgeous collection! For me, the attraction is in the images. There's generally one B&W photo per two-page spread, beautifully printed at a large size. A lot of the pictures show a single figure, male or female. My favorites, though, show couples embracing. Although wonderfully sensual, all these photos meet the highest standards of good taste. Still, people shy about seeing the whole body might think twice.

Most two-page spreads also include extract from the literature of love. That includes everything from the classical periods of Egypt and China up to Walt Whitman, e e cummings, and Erica Jong. Like the photos, all of the chosen texts avoid vulgarity. Also like the photos, some of the passages evoked more for me than others did.

I can easily imagine a couple enjoying this together, on some night warmed by a fire, a blanket, and each other.

-- wiredweird

"And all her face was honey to my mouth, And all her body pasture to mine eyes" -- This book shows you a broad selection of different ways of photographing nudes. Very good for photographers to catch up some ideas! In part wonderful texts and poems.

Wow, what a treat! I purchased this book for my wife (oh, okay, for the two of us) for Valentine's Day. It was perfect!!!

Very sensuous and enjoyable. Some full frontal nudity, but absolutely nothing offensive. All beautiful and erotic.

This is a high-quality, coffee-table type book celebrating heterosexual love and sex. I wish we could find similar movies--people just making wholesome, beautiful love. (We're not all that interested in the XXX variety of pornography that also passes as instructional books/videos for plumbers learning how to "lay pipe," know what I mean?)

Eros is pure class for adults. Buy it and enjoy it with someone special.

I wrote this review in 1998. I will rewrite it here and say, that i have given this book as a gift many times and all the recpients have loved it. In 1998 I wrote the following and when I looked at it today.......I felt the same but even more so.Here it is............."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"

This is an excellent compilation of good monochrome nude photography containing pictures of all the well known names in the field.

The quality and format of the book is very good and is a pleasure to read and page trough.

Some of the images find you looking for books made by the specific photographer...and there is the slight disappointment, I wish the makers of "Eros" could have had the insight to list photo art books by the authors of the great plates.