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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The purpose is not to rewrite the history of photography and eroticism nor to recall that with the invention of the daguerreotype the glass plates soon found their way into the brothel… A time when nude was synonymous with erotic photography. When generations of adolescents were discovering the body and sexuality through forbidden images with a mix of pleasure and guilt. This book actually offers an insight into new narratives in erotic photography at a time when we are submerged-not to say drowned-in images and sex is exposed in many more than “fifty shades” between sweet soft and the filthiest hardcore! Is photography still capable of conveying an emotional moment? To exalt capture restitute a loved and/or desired one? Is it still possible to imagine and claim a narrative of the intimate? One not so simple question though: What is an erotic image today? What are contemporary photographers’ visions of eroticism? In this world of selfies and instant images are we taking enough time to capture the waiting the desire for the other the current or life partner? Are these images relevant? Do they stand the test of time? Can they constitute a body of work? (MP)