Naked in Apartment 7 [Hardcover]

Peter Gorman (Author, Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2001

In New York, Apartment 7 is 300 square feet small. There Peter Gorman meets and photographs his models, develops and prints their pictures and waits for the next shoot. He uses every inch of space to create a world unique to him. Rarely venturing out of Manhattan, he spend weeks at a time holed up in his apartment shooting and printing. The world I photograph comes to me, so why would I ever leave? The photographs from Apartment 7 are a testament to one man's search for fulfillment in his private universe. In English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, and Italiano

Editorial Reviews

Review

Peter J. Gorman's new series assembles women who are intriguing, individual and proudly sexual. -- Reed Massengill, Black+White

Who cares about time, desks, lamps and the other paraphernalia of life, the image seems to ask, when there's a sexually wired female spread out in the foreground. -- Inda Schaenen, salon

About the Author

Pulitzer Prize nominated author

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Goliath Books (August 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3980760200
• ISBN-13: 978-3980760201
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #896,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Less than what I expected, January 22, 2004

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Isabella Valentine - www.IsabellaValentine.com (Bloomington, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Naked in Apartment 7 (Hardcover)

I had heard good reviews on this book when I received it, so I opened it with a smile - a complete open and positive mind.

What I expected: Black and white erotic nude female photography with various lighting, emotional facial expressions, and classy-elegant poses in an apartment

What I got instead: The only thing that I had assumed right - was the fact it was all black and white nude female photography.

What I noticed about the book:

The photographer sometimes uses filters to create blurring effects (not all pictures are just still photos - a lot of them have body parts intentionally blurred or the outline of their body blurred) - Not necessarily a good or bad thing, I just didn't think he did it effectively. Some turned out nice, some just looked overdone.

The photos are not classy and erotic. This looks like maybe a b&w higher scale version of Hustler meets Playboy. The models are masturbating with full frontal nudity. In some cases, you see wide open legs staring at you directly on the page.

Erotic? No. Sexual? Yes. You can definitely tell a man did this photography. These pictures look like they were taken with the entire intent of having a reader masturbate to them.

The quality of the photos are unmistakably professional. No doubt about that. The lighting is fine, although not varied (I wish he had various lighting shots, but he seemed consistent throughout). He has a good variety of models in this book, all ethnicities including caucasian, asian, african-american, and hispanic.

All expressions are basically the same. Bored. Boredom. Bored. Is this picture taken yet? Tired. Bored. What are you looking at? No smiles. No parted lips. No looks of mystery. No sadness. No anger. No contemplation. Nothing. Just boredom.

I don't like the flow of the book. I am actually looking at the book now (there are no page numbers so I cannot tell you which page I am on)... but there are four pictures on this particular 2-page spread. Picture 1: On the left is a girl on her back masturbating with both hands (one on breast, one on vagina) staring at camera in boredom. Picture 2: A picture of a man brushing his teeth in the mirror (why is he in this book?) Picture 3: A girl standing up with her shirt up to her neck and her panties coming off of her with some electronic device in her right hand (is she shaving? who knows?) Picture 4: A girl with opened legs with knee high black boots sitting on a toilet seat with an opened black shirt.

I had hoped for "less is more" - where it might show the curve of a nude body but not show anything. There was very little left to the imagination in this book. Open crotch shots, full frontal nudity directly in front of you. Very few photos where the model tries to cover herself for a more classy erotic shot.

While this book may be an interesting browse for those with aural pleasures in mind... this is not exactly an artist's reference book for the shelves.

I was highly disappointed.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There is a Heaven and it is in Gorman's Apartment, October 9, 2001

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Gilles Usorets - See all my reviews

This review is from: Naked in Apartment 7 (Hardcover)

Masterful. I have been a long time fan of Mr. Gorman's work since I first saw his photographs in the photo magazine Black + White. The title "Naked in Apartment 7" refers to the beautiful naked models Gorman photographs in his New York apartment (I would love to live across the street from him with my binoculars at the ever ready) To call his work voyeuristic is an understatement to what his photographs represent, he is an active participant and the models seem to be performing for him, we are the voyeurs looking at what he has captured for himself. The photographs range from the simple half dressed women standing in his kitchen to the open legged nude in the full throws of her own enjoyment spread out on Gorman's couch seeming to explore her own ultra exhibitionist fantasies for Gorman. These women are intense and beautiful, they seem to be driven by their own strength and not by the male ego.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hits the sweet spot, November 24, 2001

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"fltrip" (Naples, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Naked in Apartment 7 (Hardcover)

I really love this book. I am so sick of all the run of the mill glamour (...) that is out there, that it is great to see photography with some edge to it. I see more going on in these photographs of wild women than I have seen in a long time. Not for everyone, some of the models are a bit unkempt for my taste, but an extensive cross section of women. The photography has a harsh sinister look to it at times, but not in a fetishized way. I am not sure what the point of shooting in one apartment is and the photos with Gorman in them are a bit dorky, but over all this book hits the sweet spot with me