Haute cuisine and surrealism. Erotic photography and wild boar. They seem to have no more in common than, say, the desert and snow blindness.But bring a world class photographer, a renowned chef, and a string of top models together, and the result may well be an exhilarating piece of modern photographic surrealism with a culinary aftertaste. Or should that be culinary photography with a touch of surrealism? As it happens this is not Jean Van Cleemput's first venture into this realm of picture perfect dreams. After the worldwide success of Beluga, his well praised coffee table book with still lives of nude models and seafood, the Belgian master of the lens focuses this time on wildlife and big game. As he steps into this colourful imaginary world he takes along with him not only his trademark choice of beautiful women, but this time also a wide range of stuffed animals. "My fascination for taxidermy dates back to my youth", he explains. "After our little nautical adventure in Beluga, I was ready for a new surrealist book project. Only this time I chose to work with stuffed animals, so as soon as I'd made up my mind about that, I started to collect all sorts of mounted animals again, just like I had done ages ago. Stuffed animals totally fit the surrealist frame I am always looking for in projects like these. Also, they are way easier to work with than living animals." Another important feature of Diana is the artwork. Art director Vital Schippers creates a beautiful synergy between lay-out and pictures, e.g. by impregnating the picture pages with certain graphic artwork elements. As was the case in Beluga, master chef Wouter Keersmaekers of the Belgian Michelin star rated restaurant De Schone Van Boskoop, takes care of the rather unusual recipes that unite each picture and animal. The chef explains his enduring commitment: "Van Cleemput's unique way of blending art and humour has always intrigued me and keeps on doing so to this day. He succeeds in creating top quality photographic art with a gentle comic touch and that's exactly what I strive to do in my kitchen. I start from the metier and try to take it to an artistic level." As for the perhaps rather awkward choice of animals such as the badger or hedgehog, the famous chef found himself triggered into researching the vast world of culinary eccentrics for inspiration." Hence I discovered that deer tail soup is considered an aphrodisiac in China, but also found some old gipsy recipes involving hedgehogs and badgers. I guess you could say that working on this book has broadened my culinary vision quite a lot, although I consider Diana more a photo book than a cookery book. My recipes are merely the garnish, whereas Jean Van Cleemput serves the main course."
Beluga is a ravishing collection of photographs shot in Antwerps oldest Chinese restaurant. The typical mix of gold kitsch and antique-looking furniture provide a sumptous backdrop for a range of dazzling, exotic women from around the world. Bon appetit!
Without these extraordinary women, erotic photography could not exist. In this book, 33 photographers from across the world share their favourite models with readers. The result is a collection of stunning images of 44 beauties in all their glory - ready to take readers' breath away.
Weighing in at 5.5 lbs Super Sexplosion is definitely one of the heaviest and most comprehensive erotic collections in the world. A limited special anniversary edition containing over 800 pages with more than 2000 mega erotic photographs. From kinky to natural, sassy to alluring, dressed to pleasure or buck naked, a monster of book filled to the brim with sexy girls who show it all ... and much, much more! Highly recommended!!!
The most provocative modern image makers Imagine walking into a room filled with the world's finest contemporary erotic photographers, each with a portfolio of his or her best work. As you browse the photographs they discuss inspiration, censorship, how to find models, and how to make a living capturing beautiful women on film and in pixels. The New Erotic Photography is the room, and 82 photographers from 14 countries are the hosts of this intimate gathering. In this 608 page volume you will meet Ralph Gibson, Jan Saudek, Terry Richardson, Natacha Merritt, Petter Hegre, Richard Kern, Bob Carlos Clarke, Thomas Karsten and the many fresh new talents currently redefining eroticism. Playful, provocative and exuberantly sexy, these aren?t your granddad's art nudes; this is The New Erotic Photography. Photographers featured: Robert Adler, Markus Amon, Guido Argentini, Alethea Austin, Marc Baptiste, Daniel Bauer, Bruno Bisang, Lisa Boyle, Derek Caballero, Bob Carlos Clarke, Didier Carre, BT Charles, John Chilton, Robert Chouraqui, Jean Van Cleemput, Barney Cokeliss, Bob Coulter, Cristian Crisbasan, Yuri Dojc, Susan Egan, Andrew Einhorn, Alla Esipovich, Ivana Ford, Ed Fox, Peter Franck, Jody Frost, Perry Gallagher, Ralph Gibson, Steve Diet Goedde, Peter Gorman, Ludovic Goubet, James Graham, China Hamilton, Naomi Harris, Aaron Hawks, Petter Hegre, Mark Helfrich, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Mike James, Jive, Thomas Karsten, Richard Kern, Christine Kessler, Chas Ray Krider, Eric Kroll, Vlastimil Kula, Dennis Letbetter, Stefano Levi, Herv? Lewis, Kenn Lichtenwalter, Florian Lohmann, Ben Marcato, Olaf Martens, Natacha Merritt, Maki Miyashita, Craig Morey, Ken-ichi Murata, Dave Naz, Beatrice Neumann, SakikoNomura, David Perry, George Pitts, Collin Rae, Nicola Ranaldi, Terry Richardson, Markus Richter, Giovanni Sambuelli, Will Santillo, Jan Saudek, Joan Sinclair, Tony Stamolis, Julie Strain-Eastman, Missy Suicide, Brian Sullivan, Jeremy Thompson, Rebecca Tillett, Larry Utley, Mariano Vargas, Yasuji Watanabe, Ben Westwood, Michael White, Chip Willis
Het gedurfde culinaire bookazine Kook Ze! is aan zijn zesde editie toe. Kook Ze! Heet is niet enkel een nummer met pikante spijzen, maar goochelt ook met hoge temperaturen en culinaire erotiek. Kortom een nummer waar eetlust en wellust elkaar ontmoeten. De chili-heetparade, hoe heter hoe beter? Bart Moeyaert: Erotiek aan de keukentafel. Afrodisiaca, krijg je echt zin in seks? De favoriete hete plekjes van Debbie pappyn. Harissa? Vindaloo? Hete pret met Madame Jeanette! Fotogalerij: naakt, kitch en zeebeesten uit Beluga. Thaise salades, kruidige soepen en pikante nagerechten. 40 gerechten van pittig tot vlammend heet.
