Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

An Ambitious But Flawed Endeavor:

There are some incredibly fine works included in this book by very important artists who have photographed the nude male: for example, Imogene Cunningham, David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Eadweard Muybridge, Jan Saudek, Arthur Tress, Horst P. Horst, Herbert List, George Hoyningen-Huene, Wilhelm Von Gloeden and Man Ray. (I suppose we should add Andy Warhol to the list although I believe his greatest talent was his indefatigable self-promotion.) There are also photos here by Harriet Leibowitz, Roy Blakey... more info

Most images are disgustiing trash.:

Out of 90 images only 35 (5 are very good, other 30 so so)are acceptible for me. The remaining 55 are disgusting.
I respect those fetish. But I don't want to *see* them pissing on bed. Inside the book there even is a pic of an old man (the pic only took his head and breast) standing like a wood staring. It's meaningless and it' so annoying. I can only say that the editor want to prove he is tasteful and thoughtful by choosing so manny (*2/3*) disgusting/ugly photos here. However, it's not my taste and I... more info

fantastic:

Thank you Phil Braham. Quite possibly the best review of male nude photography/artists in years. Names like Man Ray, Wilhelm Von Gloeden, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe and Drew Wojcik speek for it self. The best reference book of top photographers exploring the subject of male nude.

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