New Nude Mag: Book of the week

David LaChapelle Heaven to Hell

PHOTOGRAPHY | DAVID LACHAPELLE WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:53:34

Few photographers these days have a more recognizable style then David LaChapelle. His work is at once astonishing, funny, sexy, and shocking. His celebrity photographs are the stuff of legend, often elevating their subjects beyond iconic status into...

Herbert W. Hesselmann Best Erotic

PHOTOGRAPHY | HERBERT HESSELMANN WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:44:32

Herbert W. Hesselmann is a familiar figure for anyone who has ever read Playboy, Lui, Max, or Stern. Perhaps more then any other German photographer he has been the source of many daydreams for young men looking for a touch...

Scott Lane Real Girls

PHOTOGRAPHY | SCOTT LANE WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:13:24

All too often, in an effort to be ‘artistic’, nude photographers strive for that mythical quality of timelessness when photographing the nude. What many fail to realize however is that the nude, like so many art forms, often takes on the shape of...

Thomas Karsten Moments Of Intensity

PHOTOGRAPHY | THOMAS KARSTEN WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:40:06

There is a fine balance in the world of nude photography between pornography and sensuality, erotic and sexual, tasteful and tasteless. Thomas Karsten walks that line with every piece he creates and does it with such finess that often times we aren’t...

Henry Butz 35mm Nudes

PHOTOGRAPHY | HENRY BUTZ WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 05:39:26

"It is the craft which brings humanity to the method and the method which transforms the paper into art. Black and white photography is less of what the image is about and more of why it exists."

So says Henry Butz in the introduction to...

Dave Levingston The Figure in Nature

PHOTOGRAPHY | DAVE LEVINGSTON WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Tue, 02 May 2006 01:49:14

Photographers have been taking their nude models into the great outdoors since the invention of the medium. There is a natural symmetry to be found in the joining of obviously natural elements that harkens all the way back to the story of Adam and Even...

Martin Rafael Class Obsession

PHOTOGRAPHY | MARTIN RAFAEL CLASS WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:49:23

The female nude has been an inspiration and an obsession in the world of photography since its inception. Like those before him, the work of Martin Raphael Class engages the female form, nude, dressed, bound in fetish sub-genres or elegantly posed. These...

The Roy Stuart Collection

PHOTOGRAPHY | ROY STUART WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:14:46

In 1993, Roy Stuart began producing monthly photo stories for Leg Show magazine, working closely with then-editor Dian Hanson to tailor his work to the magazine's demanding audience'fetishists with many diverse interests including bare feet, high...

Helmut Newton Work

PHOTOGRAPHY | HELMUT NEWTON WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:23:54

The marketing tag line for Work boldly states, 'Amazons and Stars Immortalized by the master of photographic provocation.' A more then fair assessment I would say from a volume that spans several decades and over three hundred photographs.

John Casado Photographs

PHOTOGRAPHY | JOHN CASADO WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:32:49

'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,...

Dieter Blum Pure Dance

PHOTOGRAPHY | DIETER BLUM WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:29:31

Here is a collection of dance photographs unlike any other. In a series of breathtakingly beautiful pictures taken over a period of five years, Dieter Blum focuses his astute camera on 37 of the 53 dancers in the world-renowned Stuttgart Ballet to explore...

Doug Wade San Francisco Nudes

PHOTOGRAPHY | DOUG WADE WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 06:47:55

Doug Wade knows what it means to create an elegant photograph and shows off his expert knowledge in his latest volume San Francisco Nudes. All too often, photographers will resort to sensationalizing their subjects and will employ over-used props,...

Nad Iksodas The Beauty of the Moment

PHOTOGRAPHY | NAD IKSODAS WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:58:31

One of the benefits of publishing technologies and free information exchange has been the fact that many photographers are now able to self publish there works with a greater ease then has ever been possible. For art collectors and lovers of the artistic...

Andreas H. Bitesnich on form

PHOTOGRAPHY | ANDREAS H BITESNICH WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:33:01

Acclaimed as a master black-and-white photographer of the sophisticated nude, Andreas Bitesnich focuses his astute camera on the contours and surfaces of the human body - male and female figures transformed into timeless works of art. As in his previous...

Peter Jirmann Jr X Pose

PHOTOGRAPHY | PETER JIRMANN JR WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:57:45

Some photographers are content with simply making a beautiful image. Whether it be a landscape or a naked body, beauty for the sake of beauty can be a challenge in its own right and a goal that is often admired. Peter Jirmann Jr. takes this concept...

Gian Paolo Barbieri Exotic Nudes

PHOTOGRAPHY | GIAN PAOLO BARBIERI WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:45:39

We often forget that being nude is not always a rare a thing. In certain parts of the world is common place, and in some respects a way of life. To the outside observer it is still beautiful yes, but highly sexualized no. Gian Paolo Barbieri brings...

Andreas H. Bitesnich Nudes

PHOTOGRAPHY | ANDREAS H BITESNICH WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:55:44

In Andreas Bitesnich's photos one finds the lightness of Howard Schatz, the intensity of Mapplethorpe, and the charm of Demarchelier'just the right ingredients for sophisticated nude photography.

With this high praise the photographic...

Jock Sturges Twenty-Five Years

EDITED BY | PAUL CAVA WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:00:00

Jock Sturges Twenty-Five Years is a unique addition to the growing family of Jock Sturges publications. It is the first that presents an overview of his classic images made between the years 1978-2003 with personal commentary by the photographer opposite...

Anthony Gayton Sinners & Saints

PHOTOGRAPHY | ANTHONY GAYTON WORDS | ANDREW KAISER — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:00:00

In this stunning collection of male nude images, noted photographer Anthony Gayton presents a provocative body of work based on the history of gay culture. Inspired by sources as diverse as mythology, renaissance and baroque painting and early photography,...

Christian Feist Sasgar 02

PHOTOGRAPHY | CHRISTIAN FEIST REVIEW | ANDREW KAISER — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:00:00

Writing about Christian Feist and his book Sasgar 01was one of the first assignments I performed after taking on my job here at The New Nude. It was a great experience for me as I not only got to introduce myself to a great photographer but it...