Steven Arnold: "Exotic Tableaux" [Hardcover]

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Edition Stemmle; 1ST edition (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3905514982
• ISBN-13: 978-3905514988
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 11.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,810,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kitsch as Art, November 9, 2002

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This review is from: Steven Arnold: "Exotic Tableaux" (Hardcover)

Steven Arnold (died 1994) was a master of drama. He used his camera to concoct bizarre fantasies rich in imagination and overflowing with props. He had no fear as far as subject matter and he painted is often nude models, draped, positioned and manipulated them, and the results are like Rorschach tests - often bipartite views that serve to make the eye investigate while it is titilating. Other phototographers have used the staged studio setup (Joel Peter Witkin is the most familiar of these), but few have pulled off the theatical, operatic, erotic images like Steven Arnold. This is a priceless book that can be enjoyed on many levels. A definite collectors item!