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The unexpected voyeur, January 12, 2006
This review is from: Layley (Hardcover)
Voyeur:
1)A person who derives sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point.
2)An obsessive observer of sordid or sensational subjects.
I met Layley on Myspace and getting to know a little about her as person has given me a modicum of affection and respect for her. Subsequently I decided to purchase her book, both to satisfy my curiousity as a heterosexual male as to how she looked naked and to help support a new friend. What I expected was some pretty pictures of a pretty woman maybe showing a few "naughty bits". What I recieved was very much more. From the introduction to the last page I was intrigued and captivated. Layley is obviously an attractive well built woman. The pictures told an additional story. A story of a young woman getting to know herself and her sexuality. A story of a woman discovering a power within herself she had previously not known was there. This was a story told page after page. When I had finished my first strip through I felt something totally unexpected. A bit of embarassment almost as if I had been peeking in a window at her personally and not just gazing at images. I was amazed and all subsequent viewings have only made me more of an admirer of her and the photographer who was able to capture all of this. This was the best money I have spent in a long long time and I want to thank Layley and John personally for the experience they have provided.
I highly recommend this book and anxiously await the sequel(s).
Kin Orr
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Very sexy pictures of a very beautiful young woman., May 18, 2006
This review is from: Layley (Hardcover)
From Thomas S. Roche (Eros Zine):
John Donnegan's Layley is an interesting book in that Layley, the model, had never posed nude before John Donnegan turned his lens on her. Layley, as you can see from the cover, is drop-dead gorgeous, and her sensuality comes out explosively in the more than 150 pages of artful black and white shots. Despite this intense sexuality, the work produced in this collaboration between Layley and Donnegan is subtle, tasteful and nuanced. Some other reviewers said they find the shots cold and distanced, but that wasn't my experience of them at all. The book features mostly nudes, with some bondage and fetish elements and some lingerie. Very sexy pictures of a very beautiful young woman.
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35 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
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Layley is Electrifying!, November 8, 2005
This review is from: Layley (Hardcover)
This is a marvelous book of nude portraiture from a photographer that was relatively unknown in the genre of art nudes, at least up until now. This book is sure to catapult Donegan to ever greater heights, especially given his renown in the commercial sectors of fashion and music. Every image is black & white, razor sharp, and superbly composed, with just an occasional of hint of quirkiness that reminds one of Helmut Newton's similar tendencies. The production quality is flawless. Text is provided in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
The sole subject of this book is Layley. She is quite young and unquestionably beautiful. She also bears a striking resemblance to film actress Robin Wright. But this book is more than a portfolio of nudes. It is a collaboration between model and photographer where Donegan serves not so much as the director or coach or even her lover. The amazing dynamic captured here is Layley discovering and unabashedly relishing her newfound sense or power, derived from her own sense of self and burgeoning sexuality. Donegan serves as the divining rod, he's a water boy drawing from the well. Layley is electrifying. She poses and prances and twists her delicious frame oozing sexuality from every pore unlike anyone seen before. Rarely has a work generated such heat without resorting to the obvious cliches so rampant in porn. The work presented ranges from soft nudes to sensual fetish to nuclear-powered spread shots. And what she does with her derriere is absolutely incredible. Layley possesses more charisma in that single region of her body than most snake-handling evangelicals can generate in even the most orchestrated retreats.
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