Product Description

Showcasing 120 of photographer Gordon Thye's gorgeous, duotones, this coffee table book offers images that are sensitive, cheerful, aesthetic, and erotic. The photographs show a masterful use of light and shadow, with sharp and blurred focus that elicit a wide variety of emotions. The images include peaceful moments full of magic; stylized graphic compositions; surreal stage scenes; and erotic portraits of self-confident, young and beautiful women. With his aesthetically arranged poses, intentionally simple lighting, and an emphasis on the essential elements of design the photographer shows how little is actually required to achieve a great photograph.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #837934 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-01
• Released on: 2004-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Unbelievable book!!!
Wow - this is definitely one of the best erotic photography books. This one is shot entirely in black and white and the poses and pictures and lighting are varied, sexy, and consistent. There are many different models used, all of them quite beautiful and sexy in my opinion. Gordon Thye is definitely a professional, it shows in every picture and the models he chose are by far some of the prettiest. There are about 125 pages all of them on heavy glossy type paper and the photos are jumbo size and take up the whole page and there is no writing, no text. Nothing but beautiful exotic women.

I am a collector of erotic photography books and more times than not, I am usually fairly disappointed. Not with this one. This is a remarkable book and a MUST HAVE for any artist or photography enthusiast.

"Bared Females, Freckles, Innocence & Elegance"
"Nudes And Portraits," Gordon Thye, NY Watson-Guptil (AmPhoto) Books, 2004 ISBN: 0-8174-5558-2, HC 119 pgs., plus 6 pg. thumbnails, & 3 pgs. on Author, 13 1/4" x 9 7/8"

An artist's presentation of 106 B & W photographs on 119 pages, nearly every one a full-page reproduction, about half given modest borders. Overall, the author's models are attractive, young & overtly sensual by either looks, pose, minimal props, or now and then clothing. Thye's photographs have exqusite detail, bespeaking use of larger format studio cameras - none bear the tiniest hint of snapshot photography, but there is marvelous, generally simplistic, lighting for mood & for textural detail of eyes, lips, hair & freckles.

Stats: 42 photos did not show hand/fingers; 3 showed finger rings; 2 had jeweled navels, 2 wore earrings & 1 a necklace. Visible tattoos were the exception (5 models): 1 deltoid & thigh, 2 back, 1 abdomen & 1 chest. High heels featured on 14 models, while 2 or more models shown together in only 3 photos save a few multiple exposure of same model. Out-of-theme were 3 contrived postures: 1 panty-bra, 1 toilet scenic & 1 sought pubic sanctuary with a cluster of grapes.

In summary: an exquisite collection of young while blonde & brunette models of unusual spunky genre generally lacking in tattoos, jewelry, clothing, baring mostly all & whose physical features generally included natural free-style long hair, pert breasts, supple lips, looks of innocence & a generous sprinkling of wholesome facial freckles worn with elegance in complimentary lighting whilst freed of austere posing. Except for eye makeup, candid beauty is unveiled with a minimum of contrivences. Here is a good example of feminine pulchritude, a modicum of erotic charisma freed of pornographic or "para-erotic" particulars. The paper, printing & binding are first class. An excellent addition for the coffee table.

Beautiful Nudes from a Master
This is a magnificent book of artistic nudes printed entirely in black & white. It features 120 duotones packaged in a hard cover with dimensions of 13" x 9.5". Each page presents a single, large print of a beautiful model. Few photographers working today can profess to match Gordon Thye for his sheer creative control in shooting nudes. His models, all of which are strikingly beautiful women, are each part of a larger graphic commandeered by Thye. His mastery of the lines and curves of his nude subjects, created through a combination of lighting techniques, posing maneuvers, and a brilliant sense of composition, make this one of the most thrilling works of nudes published this year.