Just Between Us [Hardcover]

Greg Gorman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2002

Over the last two decades, photographer Greg Gorman has carved out a classically refined style that is uniquely his own. In his portraits of Streisand, DiCaprio, De Niro, and Travolta, his fine art work, and his major ad campaigns, Gorman’s images suggest a mastery of the medium that few have rivaled. Continuing his exploration of the male nude, Just Between Us is a highly charged work focused exclusively on one model. During a year of shooting, an unusually collaborative relationship evolved between artist and subject. What unfolds is a photographic narrative unfettered by convention — a bold compilation of images unmatched for its candor and sexuality. 250 photographs are featured.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Arena Editions; First Edition edition (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892041561
• ISBN-13: 978-1892041562
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,643,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AN EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE, May 14, 2002

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This review is from: Just Between Us (Hardcover)

No book of its kind (even Chop Suey Club by Bruce Weber) has ever given us such a close view of the relationship between the model and the photographer. You were simply drawn into their world flipping through this book.

Greg Gorman has definitely relaxed and let his guard down this time, which gave us an amazing perspective of the other side of his work, other than his now rather well known immaculately styled portraits. These all results in a wonderful rich combination of well crafted fashion styled works and spontaneuos emotional shoots in the school of Nobuyoshi ARAKI.
Non of the shoots should be viewed on its own or you'll miss understanding the true feeling of this book.

Definitely a highly collectable item.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than just another pretty face, September 19, 2002

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Jeff Abell (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Just Between Us (Hardcover)

...I also think there's more going on in these images than Gorman's luscious black&white ganders at Knudson's anatomy. As an academic who thinks a lot about gender roles, and sexual orientation, I find this collaboration between a gay photographer and a straight model a provocative exploration of those very issues. The most interesting images are not those where Knudson is showing off his (admittedly fabulous) body parts, but those that seem to question men's relationships with their bodies and the roles society expects them to play... There's a sort of innocent charm in these photos, a heart warming candor, like a Norman Rockwell picture of a boy and his dog. (Okay, laugh if you will, but I mean it.)... Bravos to both Gregs in this project.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greg Gorman's "JUST BETWEEN US" - a special book., March 22, 2002

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Bill Foster "monsterteacher" (presently in Vermont) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Just Between Us (Hardcover)

Greg Gorman's "JUST BETWEEN US," recently released by the "boutique" publishing house, Arena Editions, is a collaboration between the very well known and admired photographer and his subject, Greg Knudson. The quality of the work is exceptional in several respects. Gorman, has long ago established himself as a master photographer and has nothing to prove further concerning his considerable skills. What Gorman has created here is a photographic essay featuring one gentleman, Greg Knudson. In certain respects it is not unlike the collaboration between Bruce Weber and Peter Johnson in Weber's now famous "The Chop Suey Club" which was also published by Arena Editions. However, Weber certainly took into consideration that his model (at least at the beginning of their effort) was quite young. Weber appears to have been very sensitive to this fact and produced a beautiful book that showed great respect for his model, Peter Johnson. In Gorman's collaboration with Mr. Knudson, a mature gentleman, both photographer and model could in good taste go much further than Weber did with Chop Suey. The book, with Greg Knudson as its striking focal point is certainly sexy and sexual. It is without a doubt a "no holds barred" work on the male nude, and goes well beyond what one might expect in a serious photographic essay on the male nude. For all who encounter the book, it will certainly be striking, while for some it may be shocking. However, no one will walk away from the book considering it ordinary. It is anything but that. As for the volume itself, it is beautiful and well-made. The paper used is of high quality heavy stock; the clothbound cover is beautiful and a great deal of attention has obviously gone into the production of the volume as a whole. How a volume of this quality ands size can be retailed at such a low cost is amazing. The first printing will probably sell out before I finish writing this piece - AND IT SHOULD!!