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A Massive Collection of Nudes!, April 7, 2008
This review is from: My Favorite Model: 43 Outstanding Contemporary Photographers Portray 44 Gorgeous Models (English and French Edition) (Hardcover)
"Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder." This simple precept is explored to its fullest in Goliath's latest anthology of modern day photographers, each of whom were asked to showcase their most prized nudes of their favorite model. An impressive and diverse range of artists are featured including Richard Murrian, Craig Morey, Sabine Schoenberger, Dave Naz, Christine Kessler, Peter Janhans, Peter Gorman, Mark Frank, Andrew Einhorn, John Donegan, Emma Delves-Broughton, Bob Coulter, and many, many others. It's a electrifying collection of glamour and art nudes from an array of photographers and models working at the apex of their power.
Each model is the focus of an individual chapter of exquisite pictures. And she is allowed to express herself through a simple, Playboyesque list of questions such as "Where do you Live?", "How did you become a Model?", "Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs?", "Democrat or Republican?", etc. As with the photographers, there is a diverse assemblage of women here, all of whom are amazingly beautiful and some that are very well known in their own right, like Liz Ashley, Sativa Verte, and Carlotta Champagne to mention a few.
The production quality of the book itself is magnificent. And it's 320 pages gives it the feel of a massive, erotic textbook of sorts. This is a delightful collection of nudes and insights that all will enjoy.
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Stunning, Original Erotic Photos of Models Who Own the Camera Lens, February 29, 2008
This review is from: My Favorite Model: 43 Outstanding Contemporary Photographers Portray 44 Gorgeous Models (English and French Edition) (Hardcover)
This is an absolutely stunning book of photography featuring a wide range of models and styles. From simple nudes to full-on fetish, these photographers showcase everything from bondage to outdoor nudity to the finest in latex attire. I have many favorites here, but what I loved is discovering new photographers and models alongside favorites like Justine Joli, who is absolutely smokin' hot here (as well as literally smoking, turning the act of placing a cigarette in one's mouth into an erotic art form).
The Hikari Kesho set of Karia and friend, featuring mistress and sub play while also slightly mocking it is to be commended as well. Emma Delves-Broughton brings us Valeria, who is, I believe, on the cover of her book Kinky Couture, but here she's also in a cute little blue latex waitress outfit on roller skates, transforming herself into some kind of kinky waitress on wheels. Katja Ehrhardt's photos of the striking Ulorin Vex, with a different hair color in each as she models a black latex headdress and gloves, are arresting in their boldness. They're followed by the lightheartedness of Happy Naked Girls photographer Andrew Einhorn showing off Lorina, a pretty but somewhat plain girl who's holding a camera of her own.
This book features some models who look like typical California blonde beach babes worthy of pinup calendars, to others who'd be perfectly at home in the dirtiest of dungeons. The short interviews with each model give a little glimpse into their personalities, and their websites so we can go ogle more photos; I certainly plan to. What's also wonderful about this collection is that one has the sense that the models are equal participants in the shoots. They stare back boldly, sometimes defiantly. They take up space, and truly pose, instead of just staring back at the camera and waiting for the person behind the lens to work their magic. While this book is meant to, and does, showcase some of the best erotic photographers in the world, it also highlights the importance of the models, who are clearly making statements of their own via their clothing (or lack of it), piercings, hair, and body language. This is a book I plan to revisit often.
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Incredible variety, February 9, 2009
This review is from: My Favorite Model: 43 Outstanding Contemporary Photographers Portray 44 Gorgeous Models (English and French Edition) (Hardcover)
Ask forty-plus artists for their favorite anything, and you can be sure of a wide range of answers. Looks range from natural (including the model Sativa Verte and Lorina) to the most wildly artificial (such as Erhardt's Ulorin Vex). Some models and their photographers emphasize a look of youth (like Michaela), pinup ideal (Mica), girl-next-door prettiness (Oriana Small), boudoir fantasy (Mary Latexa), or fetish of some kind (like Katya's elaborately knotted bondage scenes). Attire ranges from none at all (Nela, for example) through exotic costuming (like Silke). Lingerie show up in many forms, including one (a ruffled thing on October Noire) that looks like some sea creature glommed onto her hip. Given all these unabashed ways to look at figure, the one blatant bit of airbrushing (on Zamura) created a disconcerting look of anatomical incompleteness.
Each photo in this collection represents a collaboration of model and photographer. Often, the photographer has some vision in mind, in which the model appears more as a prop than as a person in her own right. At the opposite end of the scale (as with Hanna Jane, for one) the model's innate charm takes center stage. I have to admit, the latter appeals to me in ways the former can't, but this book offers so many visions that there's bound to be something for everyone.
-- wiredweird
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