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by William A. Ewing (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson (20 Sep 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0500281718
  • ISBN-13: 978-0500281710
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 15.6 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 385,325 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"All photographs are, at some level, about love, and all photographs are triggered, to varying degrees, by desire" writes William A. Ewing in the introduction to Love & Desire, the exquisite follow-up to his hugely successful The Body .

Ewing draws his collection from a large range of genres--while the book does have its fair share of erotic images, attention also extends to wider renditions of love--such as parental affection and friendship (in the chapter "Bonds") and romantic fixation("Icons" and "Reveries"). From the saucy daguerreotypes of the 19th century to the sassy sex-as- fashion prints of the 1980s and 90s, there's something in Love & Desire's 331 photographs (mostly in stylish black-and white) to tickle everyone's fancy.

The representation of photographers is similarly varied--the realism of Cartier Bresson and the pale nudes of Man Ray are here, as is the overt wit of Robert Mapplethorpe and Mario Testino, snapper of the stars. Enticingly prefaced with an informative essay by Ewing, tracing the history of nude photography from its early anxious beginnings in the 19th century to its confident flourish at the end of the 20th, this is a beautiful and portable hommage to the delights of all aspects of love and desire. Heavenly bodies indeed. --Catherine Taylor

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A sequel to "The Body", this volume contains over 300 images, discovered during a lifetime's discriminating research into a century and a half of photography. They represent love and desire in all its many forms: the love of parents for their children and vice versa; the love between men and women; between men; between women. There is forbidden love. There is love as a saleable commodity and love as a symbol of absolute generosity. There is love of the body and love of the divine. Sex, affection, adoration, adulation; all these words have their visual equivalents in these images.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and inspiring collection., 8 Feb 2001
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Like Ewing's earlier collection, The Body (1994), it is almost impossible to read this book without wanting to find out more about the individual artists selected. It may even make you pick up that camera again. The style and presentation is almost identical to The Body: the images are mostly b/w, excellently printed. The arrangement is by theme, although works by individual artists are usually presented together. Some images are explicit, but this is not, like Richard Kern's Model Release, a collection of almost exclusively pornographic or erotic images. What it contains is a genuine cross-section of images surrounding its theme, some extreme, some disturbing, some sensitive, and some moving. The selection is reasoned and analytical. There are some surprises - such as how explicit Victorian pornography could be. This is a collection that should be on the shelf of anyone interested in photography or the presentation of people in art. It is suitable for scholars and those whose interest is more casual. It is suitable, in my opinion, for older teenagers, but the explicit content may cause some parents to disagree with that assessment. Excellent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, touching, provocative., 12 Dec 1999
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I came across this book by accident - opened it and ended up buying three copies for friends and myself! A huge interest in photography is not a must but this book clearly contains some of the most beautiful, touching, and provocative photography around. You'll open it time and time again. This is photograpy at it's best and most expressive. Art Book of the Year!
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