John Casado Photographs

'In its infancy photography was used to replicate art. Painters commonly used photographs of nudes as inexpensive substitutes for live models. But soon photographers came to see their work in the human figure as a legitimate art form in its own right, and the public eventually -- if somewhat begrudgingly --acquiesced.'

So says David Leddick in the forward of John Casado's new self-titled volume. From page one of this sexy and alluring volume one can easily see that John Casado is no Helmut Newton, nor does he probably wish to be. His images are marked by a distinct dream-like quality that reminds me more of the early work of Henry Fox Talbot or the motion studies of Edward Muybridge. Only this time John Casado replaces the calculated... MORE