Male Nude Now: New Visions for the 21st Century

Book Info


enlarge picture	*Male Nude Now: New Visions for the 21st Century*
	Author:	David Leddick
	ISBN:	0789306352
	Format:	Handover
	Publish Date:	June, 2005




Book Review


*Review* "Leddick's book is remarkable on two fronts...across the board, the visual comparisons are as fascinating as the lives lived."--New Orleans Times-Picayune "This book combines stories and photographs of the men who did it first. It's like a buried treasure one only finds 20,000 leagues under the sea."--Bruce Weber *Review* "Leddick's book is remarkable on two fronts...across the board, the visual comparisons are as fascinating as the lives lived."--New Orleans Times-Picayune "This book combines stories and photographs of the men who did it first. It's like a buried treasure one only finds 20,000 leagues under the sea."--Bruce Weber *Book Description* As images of men's bodies have proliferated in pop culture and advertising during the past decade, many artists and photographers have taken up the male nude as a primary subject. Recent work has sparked controversy as well as praise for its shocking frankness, and the line between art and pornography has become increasingly difficult to define. New digital technologies have brought about new ways of representing the body, and we are now faced with a multiplicity of eroticisms, previously unexplored channels of desire, and more inclusive and varied body ideals. Male Nudes Now offers an essential guide through this new territory with more than 240 fresh and provocative images. Featuring contemporary work, mostly unpublished, this important sourcebook showcases a dynamic mix of visionaries, from established masters to breakthrough newcomers. Feature Artists Include Lyle Ashton Harris Marc Baptiste Clive Barker Cecily Brown Chuck Close John Dugdale Todd Eberle Eric Fischl Nan Goldin Greg Gorman David Hockney Patrick McMullan Duane Michals Pierre et Gilles Jack Pierson Rankin Terry Richardson Michael Roberts Stewart Shining Wolfgang Tillmans George Tooker Ellen von Unwerth *About the Author* A leading expert in male nude photography, David Leddick is the author of several award-winning anthologies on the subject. He also has written the novels My Worst Date, The Sex Squad, and Never Eat In, as well as Intimate Companions, a biographical study of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, and Lincoln Kirstein. Leddick lives in Paris and Miami Beach. Male Nude Now: New Visions for the 21st Century FROM THE PUBLISHER As images of men's bodies have proliferated in pop culture and advertising during the past decade, many artists and photographers have taken up the male nude as a primary subject. Recent work has sparked controversy as well as praise for its shocking frankness, and the line between art and pornography has become increasingly difficult to define. New digital technologies have brought about new ways of representing the body, and we are now faced with a multiplicity of eroticisms, previously unexplored channels of desire, and more inclusive and varied body ideals. Male Nude Now offers an essential guide through this new territory. Featuring contemporary work, mostly unpublished, this important sourcebook encompasses an eclectic and dynamic mix of more than 120 visionaries, from established masters to breakthrough newcomers.Featured artists include: Lyle Ashton Harris Marc Baptiste Clive Barker Cecily Brown Chuck Close John Dugdale Todd Eberle Eric Fischl Nan Goldin Greg Gorman David Hockney Patrick McMullan Duane Michals Pierre et Gilles Jack Pierson Rankin Terry Richardson Michael Roberts Stewart Shining Wolfgang Tillmans George Tooker Ellen von Unwerth Author Biography: David Leddeck has established himself as the leading expert on the male nude in photography with his award-winning Universe books Naked Men and Naked Men, Too. Male Nude Now is their natural successor, eagerly awaited.