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Kishin Shinoyama is the grandmaster of contemporary Japanese photography.

From his beginnings in 1959 he has been obsessed with the nude female body. Shinoyama's erotic oeuvre is both a visual parade of earthly passions between heaven and hell and a journey through fifty years of erotic zeitgeist oscillating between art and kitsch, the sublime and the vulgar, joy and grief, pleasure and pain, classics and pop.

A compilation of beautiful aesthetic black and white images of nude photography. A visual work, pure and glamorous.

For Greg Gorman Andresґ strong sense of composition coupled with the placement of imagery within the frame often pushed the edge of eroticism." With this high praise, the photographic collection Nudes was awarded the coveted Kodak Photography Book Prize. Out of print for years, Bitesnich's remarkable first book is now available in a slightly smaller format, and its reissue will delight the many fans of this supremely talented artist.

At the center of Bitesnich's work are the contours and surfaces of the human body-male and female figures transformed into timeless works of art. Bitesnich's adroit use of light and shadow creates a classic yet playful tension that is complemented by his precision and depth of tone. Erotic and highly charged, yet simple and technically near-perfect, Nudes is a celebration of the human body that establishes Bitesnich as one of the masters of black-and-white photography.

The nude has always been a source of inspiration and one of the main themes of photography.
Various perspectives of the naked body are presented to the observers' eyes on ca. 700 pages, representing the diverse interpretations of photographers from all over the world.
The motifs Man, Woman, and Pair open up a world of the senses that has much more to offer than just a nude that one can touch.
This feast for the eyes is a must for everyone interested in artful photography and erotic images.

- A glossy, superb collection of erotic photography
- State-of-the-art photography of females, males, and couples
- A unique survey of current nudes photography

With a thematic explanatory introduction by the artist and fascinating behind-the-scene images, illustrating the ideas and inspirations for the artworks and their production process

Our daily lives are overwhelmed by visual stimuli. With his works, Berlin artist Yoram Roth creates a counter-draft by placing a certain focus in the picture and thus giving the work an additional dimension, thus inviting us to linger. This luxurious new coffee table book, Nudes in Steel, gathers Roth’s latest works that have a particular focus on the human body. It documents Yoram Roth’s discovery, and mastery of the unique photographic language of crops, which has become his signature style. The collection spans four Yoram Roth series, each of which bring image details to the foreground with the help of steel frames. Thematically, the series is inspired by Renaissance and Baroque painting and evolves from narrative work (Quiet Devotion, 2012-2013); a play of light and shadow (Personal Disclosure, 2014-2015); a new emphasis on figuration (White Set, 2015); and a staging of the fragile human body in a harsh, inhospitable environment (Brutalism, 2016). The carefully created book reveals the artistic motivation and technical innovation behind these masterpieces in steel. In this way, the artist takes us on a visual journey that as a counter-draft to our daily optical overload of stimuli invites us to a contemplative picture enjoyment. Nudes in Steel presents Yoram Roth´s masterpieces, carefully curated and juxtaposed in book form. Browse through the pages and take the time to let this artist photographer capture your imagination.

About the Author

Born in Berlin in 1968, Yoram Roth completed his photography studies at Fordham University in 1990. Yoram has been making images his whole life, but did not commit to fine art photography until he sold his company in the USA and moved back to his hometown in 2007. He is the father of three sons, and continues to split his time between making art, building a photography collection, and leading a business in the photographic art world.

 - A must for fans of Yoram Roth’s works and any contemporary art lover
 - A lush photography coffee table book that includes four separate series of work and a focus on the human body

A collection of the best portraits and smoking shots from the wildly popular French firefighter calendars, personally selected by creator Fred Goudon.

A sensual, sexy homage to firefighters, this new volume spotlights the proud members of fire squads from all over France, who have discarded their helmets and gear to flash their best smiles and flex their muscles. Personally selected and beautifully shot by photographer Fred Goudon, the candid images from the popular 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendars offer readers the chance to fulfill their fantasies by discovering what these Gallic hunks look like underneath it all. Smoldering black-and-white and equally stunning color pictures uncover these everyday heroes in various states of undress, whether training and preparing for the call of duty or captured in gripping, intimate portraits. With their sculpted bodies on full display, this visual celebration of the masculine form, bravery, and spirited camaraderie is bound to raise the temperatures of photography aficionados everywhere.

About the Author:

Fred Goudon is a French photographer. His work has focused on the male form for over twenty years, and he is notably the photographer of the Firefighters and Dieux du Stade calendars, the latter featuring tantalizing portraits of international rugby stars.

36 duotone and 74 color photographs

36 duotone and 74 color photograhps

Published last fall, Andreas H. Bitesnich's book of sophisticated nude portraits is now available in a beautifully designed, slip-cased edition of 300 copies. This stunning collection of mostly color photographs was hailed as an unusual departure for an artist previously acclaimed as a master of black and white photography. It includes images of nude "forms" that are erotic and highly charged yet also simple and technically perfect, images that are a hallmark of Bitesnich's signature style

Jean-Paul Four is celebrated for his magnificent nudes in black-and-white. He loves women and his photos show a clear fetishist tendency.

Jean-Paul says he prefers working with non-professional models, as he feels they show greater emotional commitment. He must have some amazing friends, because his girls are all very beautiful and perfectly suit his style of outstandingly tasteful explicit photography.

Als Mode- und Werbefotograf entdeckte Jean-Paul Four die Ästhetik des nackten Frauenkörpers und ist inzwischen bekannt für seine außergewöhnliche, oft fetisch-orientiert s/w-Fotografie. Jean-Paul: „Ich bevorzuge jetzt mehr die Arbeit mit nicht-professionellen Models, weil ich fühle, daß sie mit einem tieferen emotionalen Engagement dabei sind.“ Er muß über einen erstaunlichen Freundeskreis verfügen, weil alle seine Modelle wunderschön sind und sich perfekt in seinen künstlerischen Stil einfügen, der von kraftvoller Erotik geprägt ist.

78 duotone plates

In the footsteps of George Brassaï and with a beautiful model on her side, French photographer Véronique Vial leads us through Paris at night. The contrast between nocturnal shadows and imperial illuminations, between the architecture in stone and the flesh of the body creates a mesmerizing play of voyeurism and exhibitionism, with Paris as the fitting, magical stage.

In den Fußstapfen von George Brassaï und mit einem schönen, nackten Model an der Seite führt uns die französische Photographin Véronique Vial in Paris Naked durch eine Pariser Sommernacht. Ihre Sammlung betörender Bilder hat zwei Sujets: die schöne, erotische Visionen, Träume und Empfindungen provozierende Frau und die Stadt Paris bei Nacht, wo dunkle Schatten und prunkvolle Beleuchtung aufeinander treffen. Der Kontrast zwischen der Architektur in Stein und dem weiblichen Körper aus Fleisch und Blut erzeugt ein faszinierendes Spiel zwischen Voyeurismus und Exhibitionismus. Die magische Stadt Paris ist die perfekte Bühne für die erotischen Phantasien im Auge des Betrachters auf einem langen nächtlichen Spaziergang zwischen Montmartre und Montparnasse. Véronique Vial lebt seit 1989 in Paris. Bekannt für ihre beiden Photobuch-Bestseller Women before 10 a.m. und Men before 10 a.m., ist Vial als Celebrity-, Reise-, Modeund Musikphotographin tätig und arbeitet regelmäßig mit dem kanadischen Cirque du Soleil.

Undress for history, please. The complete Pirelli retrospective

The notoriously exclusive Pirelli Calendar, featuring glamorous shots of beautiful women, was first published in 1964. Reserved for important clients and VIPs, the calendar has since grown into a legend of its own, showcasing the beauty of models such as Alessandra Ambrosio, Gisele Bündchen, Naomi Campbell, Laetitia Casta, Cindy Crawford, Penélope Cruz, Milla Jovovich, Heidi Klum, Angela Lindvall, Sophia Loren, and Kate Moss.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the now-legendary institution that is the Pirelli Calendar, TASCHEN brings you a retrospective volume reproducing the complete calendars, photographed by Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, Patrick Demarchelier, Nick Knight, Karl Lagerfeld, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, Sarah Moon, Uwe Ommer, Terry Richardson, Herb Ritts, Mario Sorrenti, Bert Stern, Mario Testino, Bruce Weber, and many more.

Bonus features include rarely and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes images of the shoots, the unpublished 1963 calendar, and a selection of "censored" images deemed too risqué by the editors of the time. With an introduction by Philippe Daverio and an interview with art directors Derek Forsyth and Martyn Walsh.

The author

Born in 1949, Philippe Daverio is a writer, art dealer and art historian. Between 1993 and 1997, he was Head of Culture for the City of Milan, and is currently Director of the Museum of the Milan Duomo. He has inaugurated four modern art galleries, and written for a number of different publications including Vogue, People, Panorama, and Liberal. Since March 2008 he has also directed the magazine Art e Dossier. He leads courses in History of Design at the Politecnico di Milano and is Professor of Sociology of Art at the University of Palermo.

Ever since Marilyn Monroe posed with “nothing on but the radio” in the 1950s, Playboy has celebrated the sensuality of the world’s biggest stars. Here, in all their glory, are some 150 breathtaking pictures of the magazine’s most famous heavenly bodies. With an introduction by Hugh Hefner himself.

With the first Centerfold, who just happened to be the radiant Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner masterminded a cultural icon: Playboy's Playmate of the Month. Now, for the first time ever, Playboy has gathered together every Centerfold from every issue into one luxurious collector's edition. That's over 600 beauties. We've reproduced these Centerfolds exactly as they appeared in the magazine to create a full-size, deluxe volume. Paging through this colossal, chronological collection provides a breathtaking view of our evolving appreciation of the female form: from the fifties fantasy of voluptuous blondes to the tawny beach girls of the seventies to the groomed and toned women of today. Housed in a handsome leather briefcase lined with velvet, this impressive tome is the ultimate indulgence for every passionate collector.

The beautiful woman celebrated on the following pages are the stuff dreams are made of - decades and decades of dreams. Even more remarkable, in the simple yet affirmative act of posing nude, they also became standard-bearers for a social revolution that began more than 50 years ago and continues-albeit in fits and starts - to the present day. The world has come a long way from the repression of the 1950s, but Americans still struggle at times with their sexual impulses. (Perhaps, more property, Americans still struggle at times with their neighbors' sexual impulses.) the lesson to be learned from these Centerfolds remains the same now at is was back in 1954: Good girls like sex, and there's nothing wrong with that. Thanks in no small part to its Playmates, "Playboy" continues to reflect the dreams of American men. These women are what makes the magazine special, which makes them truly special to me.

Mit dem ersten Playboy-Centerfold im Jahr 1953 - zufällig, oder auch nicht, war es der aufstrebende Weltstar Marilyn Monroe - hatte Hugh Hefner, Erfinder, Herausgeber und Verleger des Playboy, im"playmate of the month"einen Kultplatz für weibliche Aktphotographie geschaffen, um den sich in der Folge die schönsten Frauen der Welt reißen sollten und der dem Playboy als erotisches Magazin seine unverwechselbare monatliche Attraktion gab. Nun hat sich Playboy entschlossen, erstmals alle"playmate of the month"-Akte in einem einzigen Buch zusammenzustellen und, Seite für Seite, vor den Augen des Publikums aufzuschlagen: 625 farbige Aktphotos mit ebenso vielen entblößten Schönheiten, so wie sie im Playboy zu sehen waren, werden in zwei Buchvarianten vorgestellt: Das Luxusformat kommt im schwarzen Lederkoffer als limitierte Ausgabe im Originalformat des aufgeschlagenen Centerfold. Die Sammlung bleibt eine kolossale, fast in erotisches Delirium führende Feier des weiblichen Körpers und seiner Formen. Sie illustriert die kollektiven erotischen Phantasien, die Playboy-Leser - Männer wie Frauen - in den sechs Dekaden heimgesucht haben, und ihren Wandel. Zu jedem Jahrzehnt hat ein Schriftsteller oder eine Schriftstellerin von Rang einen einführenden Text geschrieben. So treffen Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Stella Stevens, Jenny McCarthy, Anna Nicole Smith, Pamela Anderson und alle anderen Schönen auf die Poetenaugen von Robert Coover, Paul Theroux, Robert Stone, Jay McInerney, Daphne Merkin und Maureen Gibbon. Das alles macht Playboy Centerfolds in seinen zwei Ausgaben zu einem kulturgeschichtlichen Dokument von besonderem Rang. Jung und Alt, Mann und Frau - alle werden begeistert sein. Auch der Sammler von Welt wird seinen schwarzen Erotik-Koffer gerne nach Hause tragen, andere wird bereits die kleine Ausgabe als Nirvana weiblicher Schönheit überwältigen.