Product Description

This is a large-format hardcover edition at a special bestseller price. "Animal sexuality differs from eroticism in that human sexuality is limited by taboos and the domain of eroticism is that of the transgression of these taboos" is how Georges Bataille explains eroticism. Casting a new light on that most human of acts, Roy Stuart presents us here with a book of erotic power rarely seen. The brilliant technique and skillful presentation of his videos and stills present sexuality directly and without prudery. They have earned this Paris based American a reputation as a grandmaster of the erotic camera. Stuart's photos and glimpse videos have acquired cult status even amongst experienced hardcore fans, and with good reason, for they represent an exquisite representation of the forbidden. In turns voyeuristic, in turns narrative, his pictures with their disarming explicitness subvert traditional moral codes and force the viewer to reevaluate his or her preconceived notions of sexuality. The photographs assembled in this book, which in another context might have been condemned, instead give a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of Roy Stuart's magical theatre of transgression and taboo.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6207352 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10
• Original language: Multilingual
• Binding: Hardcover
• 280 pages

Review
"Stuart's style and candor make voyeurism as respectable as you'd ever want it to be." Playboy United States"

About the Author
Based in Paris with a reputation as a grandmaster of the erotic camera, Roy Stuart has exhibited his work in numerous galleries throughout the world. He has published three best-sellers with TASCHEN prior to this final follow-up collection of subversive, erotic fantasy narratives. The book also contains a DVD which includes excerpts from his soon to be released feature film "The Lost Door."

Customer Reviews

beautiful in a very natural and raw sense
im not sure what the previous reviewer expected - perhaps "the bald and beautiful" but what stuart does extremely well is he is able to capture the raw natural form of some very lovely women. so know what you are going for .. dont get a guinness when all you like is bud!

Sizzle With Sass
This is a collection of erotic moments captured in pictures, by someone who actually seems to think this sort of thing should be fun. Yes, it gets a little kinky, and not all the bodies are glamor-perfect (not the problem one might think, as all the model choices seem very carefully considered), but Stuart doesn't seem so much interested in pushing the erotic envelope as finding out what's in it. And he's a pretty good photographer, in case anyone's wondering.

Great book
My girlfriend and I both really enjoyed this book. It's my first purchase of a Roy Stuart book, but I will definitely be buying more - really tasteful, artsy photography! Just terrific, in my opinion.