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Shooting Sex: The Definitive Guide to Undressing Beautiful Strangers [Hardcover]

Bob Carlos Clarke (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Bob Carlos Clarke (31 Dec 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 3283004463
  • ISBN-13: 978-3283004460
  • Product Dimensions: 33.6 x 28.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,137,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Glossy pictures of nude models

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars More than just a book of stunning photographs 30 Jan 2005
By JC
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
As a professional photographer I purchased this book to gain some inspiration from the collection of Carlos Clarke's amazing images. What came as a complete surprise was the facinating and witty narative, written by Carlos Clarke, depicting his experiences both as a person and a photographer.

The man lives to capture images of the world as he sees it (mainly shown through his amazing photographs of women) and his ongoing drive to discover new ways to do this is there for all to see. He also gives some fantastic advice to other photographers wishing to shoot models (a term used in the loosest sence as he dislikes them to be called models). From now on I will relieve all models of their mobile phones when they walk into my studio and my studio assistants will have to shape up.

Some may see the images within the book as crude or even pornographic. There is no question that they are hard hitting. If you have a 92 year old gran who is easily offended or your father is a vicar then you may want to think twice before buying. That said, anyone who appreciates superb photographic printing technique combined with a deep understanding of this art and an eye for the unpredictable cannot fail to be blown away by these truly magnificent examples of one man's work.

This book is large (29cm x 33.5cm) and so it should be - if it were twice its size I wouldn't complain.

In conclusion I suppose the content within the pages of 'Shooting Sex" will prevent me from leaving this book out on the coffee table for all to see but in all honesty it really does deserve to be there and I do not regret purchasing it for one minute.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bob Carlos Clarke dead at 55 12 April 2006
By John C. Waddell - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Bob Carlos Clarke was struck by a train and died on March 25th, 2006. The accident took place at the White Hart Lane level-crossing near Barnes in South West London. Clarke is survived by his second wife Lindsey and their daughter Scarlett. Bob is buried at the Brompton Cemetery in London, where several of his most famous photographs from his book "The Dark Summer" were taken. In the Foreword: " In the city they form an oases of silence and seclusion, and their shadowy monuments are full of form and texture. Graveyards exude a strange combination of peace and tension. The mood is unpredictable: they may be threatening in sunlight or tranquil under thunderous sky. Immortalising a split second of beautiful, transitory youth holds a special irony in such a place."

Bob Carlose Clarke

24th June 1950 - 25th March 2006

J.Waddell

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Superb History of Clark and his Erotic Art. 16 Dec 2008
By Michelle7 - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Shooting Sex is not about photographing carnal mischief (though there is some of that), but is instead a revealing look into the life and times and mind of one of our generation's most fascinating photographers. At 13 x 11" it is a huge and polished production packed with electrifying imagery from throughout Clarke's career. It includes numerous personal shots from behind-the-scenes of his most notorious career. But as awesome as this is, it is Clarke's writing that is so thoroughly engaging. It is utterly revealing and written in his own personal, provocative, and candid manner. Far from being a dry expose on the life and times of a one who's shot a few celebrities in the nude, this is one of the most interesting forays into the psyche of a modern artist ever published. Shooting Sex is a more than a printed archive of a photographer's life work, it's an autobiographical, picture-saturated, first-hand artistic manifesto.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, witty, frank, but also tender 27 Mar 2005
By David Hodgson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
As other reviewers have noted, this is so much more than a retrospective collection of the author's photographs. The gorgeous, mostly full-page photos are accompanied by a mixture of autobiographical, anecdotal and advisory writings, which themselves contain many memorable quotations and insights. His descriptions of his working and sexual relationships with his models are entertaining, and, while unapologetically male, never come across as macho or conceited. I was a student in London when Carlos Clarke was exhibiting his work in galleries there, so this book evoked many rich memories of the tragi-comic day-to-day contrasts of London life. Even his photojournalistic subjects reveal an erotic sensitivity: the candid images of lust-crazed English teenagers groping and snogging each other on a filthy floor must surely bring back bittersweet memories for many!
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