Product Description

the collection of photography in Petals captures the unigue beauty and central mystery of a womans body - the full flower of her vulva

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #646967 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-15
• Binding: Hardcover
• 112 pages

Review
Karras has mastered the art of capturing the beauty of women's essence...exploring the primal source of sexual magic. -- Linda E. Savage, Ph.D. author of Reclaming Goddess Sexuality

Petals is a joyful journey through a vulva garden of delights -- Betty Dodson Ph.D. author of Orgasms For Two

These are very delicate images. Karras has approached the subject with very near a botanist's eye. -- A.D. Coleman, international recognized art critic

About the Author
Nick Karras is a professional photographyin San Diego, California. His erotic work has been featured at galleries internationally.

Customer Reviews

Educational and Inspiring
I am a human sexuality professor and use pictures of "Petals" in my classroom. The soft tone of the pictures are a great way to introduce the vulva to beginners who have never really seen vulvas up close and who believe there is only one norm. Quite often after class I am flooded with comments about how these pictures made many of the women feel better about themselves and find beauty in their own petals. I also receive an overwelming response from the men in my classes too. Many have not seen such a wide variety in an up close setting. There are some petals that are shown without hair but this is only a reflection of the times and trends that are seen in pubic hair.

This book is always a coversation starter not only in my classroom but in my personal life as well. many of my friends when over will go through the book and tell me how they always were uncomfortable with their genitals...but now their genitals have become their "petals" and instead of viewing them as uncomfortable, now they are works of art.

All in all I commend Nick Karras for making such a bold move to tackle a topic that many people are fearful and possibly disgusted by and make it into something as beautiful as Petals.

Normal?
Working as an NP with both men and women who ask me 5 days a week if their 'petals' (I love that word) or the petals of their partners are normal I open up this book and give them time to look thru it..
The vast majority of the time I have had pleased and grateful reviewers. The most common remark is 'not only is mine normal but perhaps.... even beautiful!
I love the reminder that what is sometimes taken for granted, is indeed something to be cherished. Beautiful work!!

Never thought Vulva can be this beautiful
I got this book because my therapist recommended it. I just never thought my vulva was normal, (obviously, I never thought it was even remotely close to beautiful) so sexual connection had been somewhat compromised.
I gotta say...this book changed my world. I am so glad he did this in soft sepia tone. I couldn't have looked at it in full color... Although I do understand that full color probably is better for men or someone who wants to see them in more "raw" form. For me, personally, as I just always thought vulva was not a beautiful thing, sepia tone and the artistic yet realistic portrait of vulva was just simply...perfect.
Page by page, I gasped. At first, my reaction was...oh my, everyone is different! Then, I started to see the beauty in them. As I paid more and more attention (as they invite you in), I was fascinated by the individual uniqueness and its beauty. I now thought, wow, the vulva is beautiful.
Now, I looked at myself. What looked like the ugliest, strangest thing on earth now looks beautiful!!! I could not believe it!! This must be art therapy.
Anyway, thank you, Nick Karras, for making this amazing book.