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Fetish: Masterpieces of Erotic Fantasy Photography

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You will be hard pressed to find a better collection of fetish photography from such a wide cross section of photographers. This is certainly the Best of the Best.

48 photographers are represented in "Fetish", a survey of recent trends in determinedly decadent photos of women in vinyl, rubber or rope. Some, like Nobuyoshi Araki, show 2 photos, most get 4 photos and a few photogs get 6 pix, giving a fairly shallow sampling of each photographer. The range of work shown is also fairly narrow, but in this field, perhaps that's a benefit, particularly for newcomers. For example, there's nothing in "Fetish" to compare with Mapplethorpe's photo of a ... nailed and wired to a block of wood -- in fact there are very few photos involving males at all. So while the book deals with material that remains controversial and retains an illicit look, "Fetish" is a fairly safe first stride into the dark side. Reproduction quality is uneven but in the many cases where it is good, it is very good indeed. I REALLY want to hang out with Derek Ridgers...or Sandra Jensen. Really. I do. They must be much more interesting people than I am. And PLEASE could I hire a model like Mike McMillan's redhead with the blue rope. Gasp, what a picture.

A survey of fetish work. As a result it doesn't hold together like a single photographer's work would, for example, the book jarringly jumps from black and white , to color, and back again, and the subject matter varies from the ordinary to the unusual. If you're looking for the high-style of a Joel Peter Witkin, this isn't your book.

This book is an excellent introduction and sampling of the genre of fetish photography. Some of the top names in the field have their work included, such as Steve Diet Goedde, (the late) Gunther Blum, Jo Hammar, Nik Marchant, Doris Kloster, and Eric Kroll.

A pleasant but not exciting collection of fetish photographs by various photographers. Because every photographer only gets a page or two or three, there is no continuity to any of the photos besides the very loosely defined term FETISH. There's a little skin, some light bondage, some artsy posing and some photo-doctoring. The predominant garb is leather and latex, the two tried-and-true staples of fetish photography. Worth getting but not all that exciting. A good coffee table or bathroom book for a liberal household.

this collection of the best work of several dozen fetish & erotic photographers from around the world will take your breath away. everything from the 1950s to now.

This book is very well done and delivered. Featuring some of the best fetish photography around, in addition to having the top models present in this book I give it two thumbs up.

As a coinsure of fetish myself, I highly recommend this book.

This book is an excelent compilation of the top fetish photographers in the market. Excelent photographs and very nice styles. If you like fetish art this book is a MUST.

This is a book which will appeal to most anyone. Brilliant photography from a selection of top artists. I really enjoyed it.

One of the best cover shots of all time(responsible for the two star rating). Unfortunately that's about it.