Cinema
Hard
Size: Landscape
175x245mm
Erotic
Print Society
Tower
Books (
The history of modern cinema,
exploitation, erotic and Adult has been obsessed with this question. While
certainly the “great masters” produced paintings which could be considered
erotic even explicit, can XXX images of sexual activity be
seen in the same way. This is the question posed by the explicit work of Vittoria Perzan, a fashion model
turned photographer. She was given extraordinary access to the world of Italian
adult movie production and decided to take a range of photo shoots using porn
films as her subject. Rather than treating them as simply adult product, she
approached each production as she would a traditional photographic shoot,
looking for beauty, a sense of presence and an artistic focus.
Perzan’s vision, which is that of both a fashion
model and a photographer, transforms what she sees. In both colour
and black and white her photos are confronting, beautiful, erotic and textured.
In this scrumptious volume there are over 250 images arranged chapter to
chapter from foreplay to climax. This is one of the more unusual first
portfolios an artist has produced! It is a high quality hardback in landscape
with high production photographs throughout, it also contains a revealing
interview with the photographer and an essay by Saskia
Vogel.
Cinema Hard is quite a unique volume- a
beautiful art book full of sex and flesh, presented in a way that explores
rather than exploits its subject.