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Heavenly Beauties

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This is one of those overlooked gems that collectors really need to take a second look at. It has not received the proper attention from the press, at least in America, and there has been some confusion due to the change in title from Heavenly Girls to Heavenly Beauties. But don't let that distract you - this is an amazing publication from one of the most exciting art photographers in all of modern Europe. It's a perfectly produced photography book with dimensions of 8.5x10.5 inches (21x27cm) and features approximately 250 black & white photographs, with all but two or three being full nudes.

Belgian photographer Baetens is a riveting talent. His nudes are absolutely stunning and his original composition and style put him amongst the elite photographers in the genre. He is also well known in Europe as a fashion and travel photographer. But his nudes are ultra-extraordinary. His beautiful subjects radiate in the wide variety of settings that Baetens shoots in; such as gargantuan industrial sites, quaint bedroom chambers, agriculture fields, dilapidated buildings, and lush woodlands. Baeten's spectacular vision is what unifies this work, ties it together into one big, spine-tingling show. It is truly a glimpse of what heaven must be like.

This book contains very beautiful women posed very nicely. The images of the women in the empty room are great. I think the photographer replicates himself a little bit in the book, displaying images that are so close to eachother that they are not diiferentiated from eachother well enough. if they were suppoed to show a series, then it doesnt come off well enough.

There are some amazing images where I found myself staring at the beauty of the image.

I actually returned this book after thumbing through it. Unfortunately, it is just the photography of one man, and not a compilation. Unfortunately, he has a defined theme, contrasting beautiful women with decaying urban settings, which grows very stale. I found a few photographs to be very artful, but overall I felt they worked more-so as landscapes than as nudes.

Great Black and White photos. Very appealing to the eye. And a great sense of textures, with the different environment's. I really enjoy this photographers work.

As my title to this review suggests the photos inside are not on par with the cover! this is a nice book of B&W photos of parts of the female form, some are even in focus. The majority of the models inside are thin to the point of their ribs show even when not streching. most have small breast and do not have the almost hourglass figure of the cover model. Sure there is a small precent of the models inside that are as well proportioned and pretty as the cover model, but it is a small precentage. Also in the cover shot the surroundings/landscape inhances the female form and does not that your attention elsewhere, whereas inside many of the photos the surrondings detract or even obscure the model. I am a photographer and I can appreciate most any part of the female form as the subject in a photo (although I prefer the whole more), but many of the photos here look as if taken by a high school student the frist time they ever photographed a nude model.

Pascal Baeten's "Heavenly Beauties" is a good publication on the subject of black & white photography of artistic nudes. The photos are retrospective in character to the mind's eye of the nude figure in an untarnished natural world or in some instances the nudes are placed in simplistic man made structures looking long abandoned but exhibit a strong pensive quality. The images captured here remind me of an idyllic image of the nude inhabiting a teetering world on the brooding edge of reality and illusion. This is a noteworthy publication on the nude subject.

The photos are that type that have you coming back to the book repeatedly. The lighting is above reproach and the locations are varied and well thought out. It's a great book for creative ideas on photographing women. Never crosses the line as do so many other photobooks.

This book is a collection of black and white nude photography. There is some variety, though, not quite as much as I would like to. I would recommend to check it out in random order instead of sequentially. It may be a bit monotonous if done so.

One of the minus of the book is the fact that most basically every model is quite skinny. I know that the accepted standard of beauty call for thin slender women, but I think all these models are underweight, some of them severely.

Good for the money, but not great.

I have never had any issues with skylight pubication. this is no execption. Many photo feel 'real' and not staged. A very fine collection.

A great photographer with an eye for beautiful models make a perfect combination! Stunning work! Enjoy!