EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHY –
In this beautifully designed book, Paolo Roversi presents for the first time his nudes of the luminous faces of our times. Famous fashion models as well as unknown people are revealed as never before, in subtle, tender and near-mystical images full of erotic energy. pp. 128 illusts #0721/131121/130625
Larger sized hardcover in transparent dust jacket, within card slipcase.
Wear to transparent glassine jacket (as usual).
Nude Models: Guinevere van Seenus, Shalom Harlow, Jaimee Rishar, Kristen McMenamy, Amy Wesson, Janine Giddings, Kate Moss, Jenny Howorth, Michelle Hicks, Amber Valetta, Milla Jovovich, Jenny Knight, Angela Lindvall, Melanie Thierry, Ana, Audrey Marnay, Mayaan Keret, Trish Goff, Kirsten Owen, Tasha Tilberg, Tatiana Patitz, Emily Sandberg, Kirsten Owen, Sasha, Alexandra Egorova, Malgosia Bela, Matalia Semanova, Zora Starr, Karen Elson, Devon Aoki, Stella Tennant, Esther de Jong, Claudia, Ines de la Fressange, Tanga Moreau, Anne, Mathilde, Lida Egorova, Stella Tennant, Kasia Pysiak, Kirsten Owen, Meg.
Paolo Roversi is a contemporary Italian fashion and commercial photographer. Characterized by soft, monochromatic photographs of women, his work often features figures shrouded in shadow and photographed with special care to accentuate striking facial features. Born in 1947 in Ravenna, Italy, Roversi’s photography began in his teenage years and continued when he was employed by the Associated Press in 1970, and briefly hired as the assistant to
Laurence Sackman in 1974. His career has bloomed to include celebrity and fashion photography at publications such as
Elle,
Vogue, and
Marie Claire. Continuing to be a major force in contemporary fashion, he is notable for his use of 8×10 Polaroid film, which is no longer produced. “My photography is more subtraction than addition. I always try to take off things,” Roversi has said. “We all have a sort of mask of expression. You say goodbye, you smile, you are scared. I try to take all these masks away and little by little subtract until you have something pure left.” His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions worldwide, including at Pace MacGill Gallery in New York, James Gallery in Moscow, and Comme des Garçons in Tokyo, among others. He lives and works in Paris, France.
