Colorotic (Compact Books Photo) [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

by Pierre Thomas Karkau (Photographer), daab publishing (Author)

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Product Description
Pierre Thomas Karkau lives and works in Düsseldorf (Germany) as a fashion photographer. His first book "Models Secret" was published 2001.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: daab; illustrated edition edition (November 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3937718311
• ISBN-13: 978-3937718316
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,345,739 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Skip this year's subscription to FHM and Maxxim, June 21, 2006

By	Paul K. Talley - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked this item up purely out of interest to see what Karkau had done. My reason for a rating of only 3 stars is based on the content relative to the other works I have in my library (Newton, Mapplethorpe, Bisang, May, etc.). What Karkau has done is present the erotic without slipping into the pornographic. He does it well. However, comparing his work to Peter Gorman or Marc Baptiste, I find a lot of the poses obviously contrived. The key word here is "obviously". These seemed to conflict with the raw aspect of the photos themselves. It presents as a conflict between glamour and casual nude photography. Perhaps this is what was intended. A sort of shooting for Diesel at home. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. A buy if you are an FHM or Maxxim fan.