[Mega square] Erotic photography / [Text, Alexandre Dupouy].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dupouy, Alexandre.

Series:

Mega Square

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography, Erotic.

Photography of women.

Photography of the nude.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

[New York : Parkstone International, 2011]

Summary:

Erotic photo art has lost much of its exquisite soul since Playboy and other girlie monthlies repackaged the human body for mass-market consumption. Like much painting, sculpture and engraving, since its beginning photography has also been at the service of eroticism. This collection presents erotic photographs from the beginning of photography until the years just before World War II. It explores the evolution of the genre and its origins in France, and its journey from public distrust to the large audience it enjoys today. The pictures published in this book present the female charms of the

Contents:

History of Erotic Photography; Introduction; Photography Conquering Nudity; The Academic Alibi; The Ethnographical Alibi; Habituation and Development; The Euphoric Ecstasy of the Crazy Years; Erotic Bookshops: Between Anonymityand Audacity; Yva Richard versus Diana-Slip; The Pictures of Mr. X; Conclusion; List of Illustrations

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed February 11, 2016).

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-283-95272-6

1-78042-089-7

OCLC:

758334613