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Nudes by Lee Friedlander Incredible black and white photographs of natural women (including Madona in her natural glory)

Photographs by: Robert Mapplethorpe

Especially good:   Lady : Lisa Lyon  a provocative portrait of Lisa Lyon, the first World Women's Bodybuilding Champion. A commanding work of photography by a modern master of the art.

Edward Weston : Nudes by Edward Weston Edward Weston's classic black and white nudes  take on another dimension; his headless torsos more closely resemble the work of painters and sculptors than the passionless images of ladies by other contemporary photographers.
Ars Erotica : An Arousing History of Erotic Art by Edward Lucie-Smith This supreme social and artistic history of the erotic illuminates the perception of sexuality through time. Voluptuous scenes by great masters of art, such as Fragonard and Picasso, combine with selected poetry and prose to express with finesse what most find difficult to verbalize
Erotica II; An Illustrated Anthology of Sexual Art and Literature by Charlotte Hill, William Wallace (Editor) This second entry offers the same beautiful and daring mix of forbidden art (paintings, lithographs, drawings, watercolors, and photographs--many by masters of the form) with excerpts from banned books (the famous and the anonymous)
Erotica III : An Illustrated Anthology of Sexual Art and Literature by Charlotte Hill , William Wallace (Editor) This third anthology in the immensely popular series contains magnificent erotic selections of paintings and drawings, sculpture and photos, poetry and prose, all chosen to stimulate and amuse. This final volume, like its predecessors, celebrates our rich sexual inheritance in words and images. Above all, it's about the fun and enjoyment of sex.

Erotique : Masterpieces of Erotic Photography
by Rod Ashford

The Best of Helmut Newton by Zdenek Felix, Noemi Smolik, Urs Stanhel (Editors)  Featuring a wonderful cross-section of Helmut Newton's work, this album includes fashion photographs for French Vogue, dating from the 1970s, his "big nudes, " portraits of celebrities, including Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Salvador Dali, and Daryl Hannah, and his materful cityscapes, night scenes, and ballet images.

Among Women by Tom Bianchi Bianchi has long been acclaimed for his masterful and groundbreaking photos of the male nude. Now he proves himself equal to the task of capturing the relationships between females--friends, mothers and daughters, sisters, and lovers--in all their affectionate and generous love.

Sirens by Marco Glaviano Remember the Sirens, those nymphs who lured mariners to their deaths with sweet, irresistible singing? Marco Glaviano's nymphs lure not with song, but with sunlight on glistening (scantily clad) flesh, and poses that flaunt the female form in all its glory. The fashion photographer, perhaps best known for his Cindy Crawford and Paulina Porizkova swimsuit calendars, has assembled a medley of photographs spanning his 25-year career, many never before published.

Eros by Linda Ferrer (Compiler), Jane Lahr (Editor) Eros is a lovlingly designed and exquisitely printed collection of sensual photographs coupled with insprired, passionate words. It is a celebration of the profound and delicious union that occurs when love between a man and woman becomes sexual. With close to 120 photographs printed in luxurious duotone, some of the greatest masters of photography are represented, while the text is drawn from contemporary and classic sources. 120 photos

Nothing but the Girl : The Blatant Lesbian Image : A Portfolio and Exploration of Lesbian Erotic Photography
by Susie Bright  & Jill Posener
This beautifully produced book contains the landmark work of the most influential lesbian photographers in the world, including Morgan Gwenwald, Della Grace, Diana Blok, Tee Corrine, Jill Posener, and Honey Lee Cottrell. Beyond the impact of the individual photographers, Bright writes about the themes that have fueled lesbian photography, including the feminist approach to the body and the lesbian relationship to popular culture.

Family Naturism in America : A Nudist Pictorial Classic
by Ed Lange

10 Women by Peter Lindbergh
by Peter Lindbergh, Karl Lagerfeld

Peter Lindberg/Images of Women
by Peter Lindbergh (Photographer)

Jeanloup Sieff 1950-1990 : Time Will Pass Like Rain by Jeanloup Sieff
Passion & Line : Photographs of Dancers by Howard Schatz (Photographer), Richard Philp (Introduction), Ornstein
The Pirelli Calendar, 1964-1997 by Mario Andreose (Editor), Pirelli Limited, Palazzo Grassi(Cor)

100 Nudes

Nobuyoshi Araki Shikijyo Sexual Desire
by Nobuyoshi Araki (Photographer), Jean-Christophe Ammann, Peter Weiermair (Contributor), Mario Kramer (Contributor)

The Body Exposed : Views of the Body : 150 Years of the Nude in Photography
by Michael Kohler (Editor), Stemmle Edition

San Francisco Nude
by Hisaka Kojima (Editor)

Los Angeles Nude
by Hisaka Kojima (Editor)
An anthology of works by several dozen photographers from the Los Angeles area. The book presents a mix of color and B&W images of male & female models, some nude and, oddly, some not. There is a wide variety of styles including fine art, erotica, glamour and photojournalism; and images vary from breathtakingly exquisite to trite and amateurish. Overall a very mixed bag.

Naked New York by Greg Friedler This unique and startling collection of photographic diptychs presents average New Yorkers fully clothed, then completely naked. Unlike traditional nude photography, these photographs lack any overtly erotic or sexual quality; they are simply real people who reveal both their public and private selves. 75 photos.

Naughty Paris; Erotic Photos of the 20s
by Michael Koetzle, Uwe Scheid (Contributor)

Early Erotic Photography
by S. Narzarieff

Wheels and Curves; Erotic Photographs
by W. Honscheidt, Uwe Scheid (Contributor)

The Passionate Camera : Photography and Bodies of Desire
by Deborah Bright (Editor)

Forms of Desire by Doris Kloster, Pat Califia With this collection of nudes and portraits, all shot on location, Kloster invites the viewer to experience the rich and varied sexuality of a multiracial group of strong, adventurous women. The result is nothing less than a compendium of female sexual expression, exploring different facets of women's sexual natures-from fetishism and role-playing to the use of toys and gender-bending.  HOT!
Nudes : Egon Schiele by Egon Schiele, Alessandra Comini, Gagosian Gallery
Leg by Diana Edkins (Editor), Donna Karan, Betsy Jablow (Editor), General publis

Fashion : Photography of the Nineties
by Camilla Nickerson (Editor), Neville Wakefield (Editor)
This beautifully printed volume offers an imagistic history of the low-rent eroticism of the contemporary fashion-photo scene.

Divas and Lovers : The Erotic Art of Studio Manasse by Monika Faber, D. H. Lawrence This seductive volume features a recently rediscovered cache of captivating portraits from another time and place: a golden age of cinema and cabaret in Vienna of the 1920s and 1930s. The Manasses, a husband-and-wife team from the Vienesse beau monde, used retouching techniques to create surreal and noir images that seethe with an erotic symbolism barely concealed beneath a mask of glorious styling, elegant poses, and extravagant costumes. Photographic historian Monika Faber examines this work as part of the world of a cinema-enthralled Vienna, while an accompanying D.H. Lawrence story enhances the erotic climate of the images.

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