A beautiful woman in bra, jodhpurs and riding boots kneels on a luxurious bed wearing a saddle on her back; a naked Gianni Versace on a leopard skin chaise longue; Raquel Welch in a revealing white swimsuit with a black dog; Rene Russo dancing with a woman on a mountain top - Helmut Newton's unforgettable images, at once sophisticated and provocative, constitute a rich and ever-relevant artistic legacy. This book presents a compact but wide-ranging and impactful portfolio of his work, supported by an insightful introduction and a detailed biographical chronology and a unique perspective is effectively showcased, reflecting the complex undercurrents that give his images their distinct character across the breadth of his editorial work in the fields of fashion and portraiture. At once voyeur and satirist, his lens framed contentious yet pivotal aspects of high fashion and high society in the latter decades of the 20th century. He worked as a "gun for hire" while imposing his own perspectives and obsessions, defining most notably his idea of a powerful, self-assured woman. This figure became his most insistent theme, developed in erotically charged scenarios, most typically set in the seductive environment of opulent apartments or grand hotels, most notably in Paris, Monte Carlo, and Los Angeles. From the mid-60s, Newton's dynamic images established his reputation in leading magazines, among them Vogue Paris, Elle, Marie Claire, Nova, Queen, and British Vogue. From the mid-70s his notoriety was extended through his first books and exhibitions. His images immortalise such luminaries of society, film, and fashion as Princess Caroline of Monaco, Charlotte Rampling, Paloma Picasso and Karl Lagerfeld. 14 x 19.5cm, 192 pages. New from Taschen.

Just the word makes you smile, let alone the shape, the look or if you're lucky the feel of them! Here line art boobs are sweaty, veiny, freckly, tiny-nippled, close set, teardrop, bell shape, round, relaxed, athletic, peachy, long, wide, enormous, medium sized, little sized, to reconstructed, hairy, double-mastectomy, half fed and squirty boobs, pregnant boobs and tan lined boobs. Pictured in fun, focussed cartoons in different shades, this is a real ice breaker of a book which ends on a more serious notes of how to check your breasts. 'This book is a call to celebrate the story our boobs have to tell and come to love what's on our chests.' Colour illus.
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The spy craft expert Schlesinger has produced the first book to fully examine the oldest and consistently effective piece of tradecraft, from the ancient world to cyber seductions. While the so-called 'honey trap' is a Hollywood cliché, it is also employed by virtually every intelligence service in times of war and peace. The work of femmes fatales and Romeo spies have shaped policy and history through seduction, betrayal and scandal. 'Ashamed? Not in the least. My superiors told me that the results of my work saved thousands of British and American lives... Wars are not won by respectable methods' - Amy Elizabeth Thorpe (Betty Pack), participant in a honey trap run by British and American intelligence services during WW2. The Stasi proved particularly adept in employing Romeo spies to romance women with access to secrets. More recently in 2013 FBI wire traps caught two Russian SVR lamenting the more mundane aspects of spy work and not receiving permission to play a Romeo spy. Today the Mata Hari tale has expanded into pop culture and with the increased portability of cameras, honey traps can now be more effectively executed and indeed there no longer needs to be physical contact. From the Bible's Judith and Delilah, Pandora, Chinese, Greek and Indian brothels and myths of love-allurement, here are merry monarchs, plotters and pimps, the Flying Squadron created by Catherine de Medici of gorgeous women despatched to foreign and domestic leaders acting as sexual shock groups, the Restoration, Hamilton in America before we see the modern era. 352 magnificent large pages.

Adams' nude photographs can be seen in galleries across the world and he has worked as a professional artist, film director and photographer winning numerous awards. The beauty and grace of the female form has captivated artists for centuries. Now in the digital age, photographers can still capture the nude body with artful sensitivity and Adams gives us a rare glimpse behind the scenes of his photo shoots, showing us how to use accurate techniques to achieve stunning and organic results. His models are curvaceous and beautiful and look serene even if lying across a bridge in the countryside or wrapped in paper against a tree or a bottom sticking out of a black, bottomless cove in a cliff face creating a feeling of unease. The use of reflections, correcting exposures, retouching with Photoshop, working with natural light, and common courtesies when working with non-professional models all require hard work and patience to make a secure environment, and finding the right location is just as important as finding a suitable subject to create a coherent image. Plenty of buttocks and bosoms and beauty on each of these 176 large pages published by the Photographers? Institute Press. Softback, 17.8 x 25.4cm.
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