Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #362433 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 152 pages

Synopsis
This work contains never before seen images of real "ruggers" in the nude in candid locker room shots. It contains a collection of gorgeous male nudes that has inspired a calendar which sold over 70,000 copies in France alone and has been a hot mail order item for American gay men. This is the perfect book for anyone interested in nude male photography - tasteful yet extremely sexy. This book speaks to the legions of gay men who are fascinated by the raw beauty of the athletic form - and fantasize about what might go on in a real locker room. In print are the totals of comp titles "Male Nude Now" (50,000 copies) "Male Ideal" (20,000 copies). In the tradition of "The Full Monty" but with much more raw athletic prowess and sex appeal, the French National Rugby team gives us their "all" in these handsomely photographed pages. Photographer Francois Rousseau succeeded in getting the entire French national rugby team to pose in the buff. The results are a series of incredibly erotic yet candid nude portraits of real rugby players for the viewing enjoyment of women and men.

This collection of nude photos of the French national rugby team has been an immense hit as an import in the original French (under the title DIEUX DU STADE). With a brief foreword by Madonna, this book celebrates the raw power of the nude male athlete in candid locker room scenes and will appeal to anyone fascinated by the male form. French edition is sold over 20,000 copies in its first year.

Customer Reviews

A Masterly Beautiful Book of Thrillingly Gorgeous, Nude Male Athletes!
The extraordinarily beautiful and lavishly produced calendars and videodiscs that have come out year by year of photography, of supremely fine calibre, of the rugby players who are members of the team, Dieux du Stade, Paris, and of their "guests", i.e. other rugby players from teams all over the world, have become iconographic monuments of the nude and nearly-nude male body. However, this book, drawing upon the wealth of photos and stills from the videos, perhaps inlucding yet other images as well of the same and perhaps other men, surpasses even previous products.

This book is gorgeous; it is overwhelming; it is an exalted tribute to the male body and to the god-like figure of the professional athlete. There is something almost supernatural at times in the supernal beauty and naturalness, as Rousseau captures them for immortality, of these varied and magnificent men that makes one tremble, not just with sexual arousal (but that, too, and how!), but with wonder at the sheer grace, strength, and allure of the male human form and of the photographer's art.

Judging from the copyrights, which are given up to 2007, well in the future at the time of the book's publication, one presumes that there are images and probably players, too, not yet included in the videodiscss and calendars that have come out to date.

This is a lavish book and more than well worth its price, a fine monographic tribute to the photographer, Francois Rousseau, as well as to such men who, astoundingly, have been permitting themselves to be photographed so intimately. There is little written text, so whether the buyer is English- or French-speaking (or of any other language), the book will be a worthwhile purchase for truly anyone, anywhere in the world. Women and gay men will thrill at these photos, but so will lovers more generally of the nude in art of Rousseau's level as he has attained it with the camera!

An appreciation of the male form - WOW!!!
A perfect gift for anyone who appreciates the male form. This was a gift from my fiance and it was VERY well received! Beautiful men photographed beautifully, every picture is a treat for the eyes - mouthwatering. Whilst there are a few pictures of fully naked men (or demi-gods), the majority leave just a little for the imagination. This book can be appreciated equally as a book of fine photographic art, or as a 'bedroom' companion - whatever you would want from a book of photographs of male nudes, it delivers - BIG TIME. Even if this book had not been a gift, I would have happily shelled out the cash and bought it for myself - and have been very glad I did!

Misleading title
It's not the French NATIONAL Rugby team but "just" Stade Francais and a few other Sports personalities. Apart from that not bad.