Gods of Sport [Hardcover]

Pedro Virgil (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2008

Pedro Virgil's styled portraits of athlete's bodies celebrate testosterone-laden masculinity. With elegant poses and vivid coloring Virgil manages to create tension as well as including a tongue-in-cheek pathos that will bring a smile to your face.

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About the Author

Australian photographer Pedro Virgil has been making waves with his work for years in magazines like BENT and DNA. He has also photographed for ROLEX, DIESEL and others. He puts a lot of work into all his images, resulting in professional high-gloss works of art of the superlative! These photos were taken for a calendar being sold to support of the McGraith Foundation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Bruno Gmunder Verlag Gmbh; First Edition edition (March 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3861878968
• ISBN-13: 978-3861878964
• Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 10.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,464,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There are better books out there on the sporting male form, April 20, 2008

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Frank "National Boomerang" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gods of Sport (Hardcover)

I just received this much-anticipated book, and overall, I am very disappointed with it. Though the men are indeed extremely rugged and handsome, the images are hardly racy or tantalizing; it's clear the men were very uncomfortable with their nudity as most images have the men with their jeans pulled partially down their backside, and any frontal images have the genitals hidden behind shadows or hand-held towels. Strangely, there are several images spread over both pages, but the second page is completely blackened (for effect). Overall, the images are staight out of a men's fitness magazine like Exercise for Men Only.

There are better books that portray the male form more vibrantly and sensually: the various Bondi books and the Dieux du Stade books - all which I highly recommend.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Expensive and Disappointing, April 21, 2008

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E & E Dad "Erotic Book Viewer" (Country of Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gods of Sport (Hardcover)

This is a very thick and overpriced book. If you were looking for full frontal nudity, spend you money some place else. The photography is rather dark. And it is most annoying, that each one of the photos has the models with some grease on their bodies. What is that about ? Don't waste your money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, December 20, 2009

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Miawil (Miami) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gods of Sport (Hardcover)

Ironically, while this book does not feature full frontal nudity - and I am a fan of full frontal - I consider it to be highly superior to that "other" photobook featuring the French rugby/soccer? team, that did feature some full frontals. The atheletes featured here are almost uniformly more handsome, and with bodies more buff and defined. Another plus? The photos are all in glorious color, unlike that other book which was black and white.

Of course, the fact that not everything is shown is a drawback, especially considering the hefty price of the book. But I also think one should take into consideration that the athletes featured here are professional men, not models, men who are celebrities in their own field. It is a little unrealistic to expect Mr. Virgil to be have been able to get these men to disclose everything to the camera. Some of these guys are so beautiful that what is shown is more than enough to take ones breath away. The only reason I give the book 4 stars is that while I realize this would have been improbable, I still wish the pictures had revealed more.

So impressed was I by this book that I am considering buying Mr. Virgil's latest book, and again this is coming from someone who generally does not like to spend so much money on books of this genre that tease more than reveal. His photo's are that good.