Product Description

This is a large-format hardcover edition at a special bestseller price. "Animal sexuality differs from eroticism in that human sexuality is limited by taboos and the domain of eroticism is that of the transgression of these taboos" is how Georges Bataille explains eroticism. Casting a new light on that most human of acts, Roy Stuart presents us here with a book of erotic power rarely seen. The brilliant technique and skillful presentation of his videos and stills present sexuality directly and without prudery. They have earned this Paris based American a reputation as a grandmaster of the erotic camera. Stuart's photos and glimpse videos have acquired cult status even amongst experienced hardcore fans, and with good reason, for they represent an exquisite representation of the forbidden. In turns voyeuristic, in turns narrative, his pictures with their disarming explicitness subvert traditional moral codes and force the viewer to reevaluate his or her preconceived notions of sexuality. The photographs assembled in this book, which in another context might have been condemned, instead give a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of Roy Stuart's magical theatre of transgression and taboo.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #201988 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-25
• Original language: French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 200 pages

Review
"Stuart's style and candor make voyeurism as respectable as you'd ever want it to be." Playboy United States"

About the Author
Based in Paris, Roy Stuart has a reputation as a grandmaster of the erotic camera. He has exhibited his work in numerous galleries throughout the world and has published four bestsellers with TASCHEN, beginning with this collection of subversive, erotic fantasy narratives.

Customer Reviews

Roy Stuart:v.1
This is a quality-printed, large-scale, erotic photo book, mainly in full colour and with very little text. Most photos show nude or partly nude women, often engaged in a lesbian embrace or looking at one another as if they're about to, although there are some male/female together nude shots as well, together with plenty showing women on their own, and also a small amount of fetish. Practically all the women are young and attractive, with pert breasts, nice figures, and natural, ample amounts of pubic hair. Quite a few of the photos form a short story eg. photo 1 shows a tired woman traveller being shown her hotel room by a bellboy, photo 2 shows the bellboy leaving through the door as the woman begins to undress, while the final photo 3 shows the bellboy's last view as he begins to shut the door and the woman can be seen in the background lying on the bed with her skirt up around her waist and her panties exposed as she flakes out from tiredness. The photos range from mild (but still erotic) views of, for instance, a girl's knickers as she bends down in the street and you can see up her skirt (Stuart likes these up-skirt shots), to pretty full-on girl on girl or girl on man shots where one or other has their head buried between the other's legs. Where the book scores is that it looks like these things are actually happening and that you're a fly on the wall seeing it through the photographs. This book is a masterpiece of erotic photography and very highly recommended to anyone interested in the subject.