Product Description

In this latest work from the master of the contemporary photographic nude, Bitesnich displays his consummate flair for capturing the abstract beauty of the human body. His exacting lighting, extraordinary arrangements of figures, and sense for the novel set him apart. Transforming curves and profiles into highly kinetic compositions, he challenges us to see the familiar in fresh ways. Displaying technical excellence and artistic originality these images redefine the boundaries of nude photography.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #371464 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-15
• Original language: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 216 pages

From the Publisher

· An exciting new collection from a photographic master · Beautiful and original images certain to appeal to all who appreciate ground-breaking photography

About the Author
Born in 1964, Austrian photographer Andreas H. Bitesnich's work is equally appreciated in the worlds of art and advertising. Previous Bitesnich titles published by teNeues are: On Form (978-3-8238-4556-0), Nudes (978-3-8238-5559-0), Polanude (978-3-8327-9083-7), and Travel (978-3-8327-9198-8) and Woman.

Customer Reviews

The drama of body
This gorgeous oversized book (I don't have a coffee table) presents Bitesnich's unique view of the human form. Somehow, as that cover photo shows, he uses utterly literal renderings of figure to create mysterious abstractions. Many, like the set for which Guilia and Maria posed, offer at least three visual layers. The first layer exposes living curves of shoulder, arm, or other part in isolation. Light and dark play over the organic complexity, but the angles and curves don't yet merge together into anatomy that makes sense. In the second layer, the parts combine to form baffling wholes. Unusual poses, often taut and enclosed on themselves, show one or two bodies in unfamiliar perspectives and juxtapositions. Then, in the third depth, the viewer discovers the person within the image - just a person, with all the usual parts, even if the view isn't a familiar one.

Bitesnich covers a wider range of models than many photographers do. Men appear almost as often as women. Couples appear, too, adding more geometric possibilities. His photos of Dagmar show that beauty transcends the moment's fashionable looks; she radiates as much physical power as the male bodybuilders, but a power of uniquely womanly kind. And, perhaps best of all, Bitesnich works across a range of skin tones, from the palest to the glossiest darks. This contrast fascinates me. Light interacts differently with surfaces of different tone, so that lighter forms seem defined by their shadows, but deep-toned figures seem defined by their highlights. A few times, he even works with middle skin tones where both effects come into play.

I'm convinced that human vision evolved with an innate sensitivity to human forms; for example, scientific research suggests that babies are born preprogrammed to respond to faces. Bitesnich taps into that deep, wordless force within the viewer's mind. Then he uses that in a wonderful sense of play, as in the pictures of Irina, or simple and monumental tributes to the human animal.

-- wiredweird

Great Art book
I bought this book for my wife to use as a reference for her artistic painting. The images are wonderful, with the bodies used almost as abstract materials. Great examples of lighting, and positive and negative space. I highly reccomend this book.