Nu
de Fred Aufray

Présentation de l'éditeur
Fred Aufray earned his living as a glamorous fashion photographer in Paris, Milan and London. But for over seven years, the Frenchman dreamed of taking pictures of ordinary women in the same luxurious style as fashion nudes. So he began shooting Parisian women of all kinds married, single, pregnant... The result, Nu, is startling because of Aufray's whisper-soft technique, because of the way he brings out poignant beauty that is lost in everyday goings-on, and because, most of all, he encouraged his models to create their own poses. This romantic portraiture enterprise represents French sensuality at its most beguiling.

C'est en tant que photographe de mode à Paris, Milan et Londres que Fred Aufray gagna sa vie. Pourtant pendant plus de 7 ans, ce jeune photographe français rêva de photographier des femmes "ordinaires" sous l'angle du nu de mode. il se mit donc à mitrailler des jeunes femmes parisiennes célibataires pour certaines, mariées pour d'autres, enceintes aussi... Le résultat, Nu, est poignant tout autant en raison de la technique raffinée de Fred Aufray, que pour la manière dont il révèle la beauté saisissante de la femme souvent perdue dans le quotidien et surtout en fin de compte, parce que le photographe n'a cessé d'encourager ses modèles à créer leurs propres poses. Cet art du portrait et du nu s'inscrit tout naturellement dans la tradition française de la représentation de la sensualité.

Vor sieben Jahren begann der französische Avantgarde-Modefotograf Fred Aufray mit seinem innovativen Projekt: Er fotografierte das 'gewöhnliche' Mädchen von nebenan, eben nicht das Top-Modell, in sinnlichen Aktposen mit dem glamourösen Touch von Modeaufnahmen. Nu zeigt die Pariserinnen als authentische Frauen von heute - als Single, verheiratet, schwanger... Fred Aufray fängt ihre Weiblichkeit diskret in ungewöhnlichen und doch lebensnahen Gesten, Posen und Körperdetails ein. Extrem verführerisch, unglaublich sinnlich - eben französisch!

Naked
de Lidia Carbonelle

Book Description
The human physique has always been a central theme of the fine arts. Every body possesses its own singular beauty, and a photographer must recognize this unique style in order to express it. The simple bending of a knee or the tilt of a chin brings out new forms and character traits. Arising from the interaction between artful technique as well as a trusting relationship between photographer and model are veritable masterpieces of nude photography. Top contemporary photographers from Europe and America present their excellent art: from elegant to boldly erotic to provocative.

Eros
de Linda Ferrer, Jane Lahr

Book Description
A joyful, uninhibited and tasteful celebration of heterosexual love and the human body, this portfolio weds photographs by Helmut Newton, Edward Weston, Annie Leibovitz, Imogen Cunningham, Manuel Alvaro Bravo, Robert Mapplethorpe, Greg Gorman, Brassai, Man Ray and others to erotic prose and poetry selections. Earthy snippets from Henry Miller, Sallie Tisdale, D.H. Lawrence, Erica Jong, Frank Harris and Jeanette Winterson tie sexual delight to love, spiritual rapture, curiosity and exploration of self and other. Walt Whitman's incantatory lyric "This is the female form" seems perfectly juxtaposed with Barbara Brodnick's buxom Nude 1.

Although the pictures have a certain sameness, there are dozens of strong, complex compositions in a variety of settings, and the poetry selections, ranging from Robert Graves and Muriel Rukeyser to Ezra Pound's translation of an ancient Egyptian ode, are marvelous. Lahr coedited Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature; Ferrer is a freelance picture editor. BOMC selection.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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de Michelle Olley

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de Albert Arthur Allen (Photographies)

Female Nude
de Tony Mitchell