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Un*/ Cut
by Giovanni
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Publisher: Bruno Gmunder Verlag Gmbh
With "UN*/CUT" Giovanni opens another chapter of desire for male meat! This sexual organ has never been more directly or excitingly set into scene than in this fascinating declaration of love. "UN*/CUT" is the follow-up to the incredibly successful "Bites" by the same photographer.
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| A Surprise at Amazon |
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Giovanni, "Un*/Cut", Bruno Gmunder Verlad Gmbh, 2009.
A Surprise at Amazon
Amos Lassen
Looking at everything that has been going at Amazon and at amazonfail, this is a surprise to see this book being carried by the retailer. This is a beautiful book but not what I would have expected to find here. It is a photographic study of the penis and the male organs that are photographed by Giovanni are beautiful and the book is a feast for the eyes for those who want to look at the penis. Giovanni who is a well known fashion photographer using a different name is not the only photographer to take pictures of the penis but this is an art here.
The book is limited to photographs of the groin area and each photo is tasteful and beautiful. Lighting that is sensitive blends with dynamic composition and the book is of excellent quality. Giovanni concentrates on the uncircumcised penis and it is the penis that is the sole focus of the book.
The book has an introduction by Jim Eigo, the jazz artist and an interview with Giovanni which is very witty and explaining how he came to choose this subject. The book contains photographs of both the flaccid and erect penis but again it is just the penis and a bit of the surrounding area that we see. Again this is a high quality book that eschews the prudish ways that came before.
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| Beautiful |
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Un*/Cut is as beautiful a photo book about the penis you will ever see. There is a variety of penis types that keep you looking for more. There are black and white pictures as well as color. The models are as near perfect as you can get. I plan on buying several more copies for Christmas and give them as gifts to my special freinds.
So, if you like full frontal nudity and close-ups of the penis, this book is for you.
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| don't believe the hype |
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i've perused this a couple of times in the bookstore, and have been really underwhelmed.
it's penises. lots and lots and lots of them. there's not much creativity in the composition or lighting. very few of the images has much aesthetically to offer except a penis with a foreskin, of which there are ample examples elsewhere, done more artistically. i was expecting a sort of celebration of the many variations of foreskin, but with many of the photos, they're erect and/or masturbating, so the foreskin is minimal or not visible at all.
it's a professionally produced book, so as one reviewer observed, the images are "high quality"; the shots are close up and clear, it's true. but that doesn't mean that they're actually interesting to look at... if anything "un-cut" might refer to the lack of editing.
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| His Best Yet! |
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If you enjoyed Giovanni's previous works, "Bites" and "Private Parts", you will be absolutely knocked out with "Un/Cut". I think it's the best of the three. The images of the models are beautifully photographed and quite thought provoking. These are some of the best "male members" you will see in any publication. Many of the photos display the foreskin drawn back to provide revealing shots. This is truly Giovanni's "crowning" achievement.
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| An Artist's Progress: Looking More Closely |
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Giovanni (a self-confessed moniker for a famous fashion photographer) continues to focus on an obsession/admiration for that object of historic dispute - the male phallus. For centuries art vogues have either lauded the masculine symbol for fertility and power, whether in sculpture of the Greeks or paintings of the Renaissance, or those passing fads have draped or even lopped off the au courant offending organ. While Giovanni is far from the only artist to finally bring full frontal male nudity to the same spotlight once monopolized by female nudity, he is one of the major voices working today who focuses his art away from fashion on the male penis.
This book UN*/CUT is his third foray into the examination and presentation of the genesis of creation and it is in many ways his most successful. The photographs are all of the male sexual organ, this time around each of the organs is uncircumcised ('uncut'), and the penis is the sole point! The models doubtless are fine specimens of men, but here Giovanni limits his exposures to the groin. The photographs are beautifully executed, with some of the most sensitive lighting and composition imaginable, and the design of the book of both black and white and color images is of the highest quality. Giovanni is interviewed at the close of the book and his comments are warmly sensitive and honest, explaining and not apologizing for his choice of subject. There is a fine Foreword by Jazz expert Jim Eigo that sets the tone for the pages that follow - and those pages capture the penis in flaccid and erect pose, at times with the models' extremities as part of the image, but never with the faces showing, making it very clear what the message of the book is about.
It is refreshing to finally see books of this quality offering a platform for what has become the last frontier of accepting our sexuality. Artists such as Giovanni discard the past prudish prejudices and let the images speak clearly for freedom of expression. This is a quality book and the audience will likely appeal to women as well! Grady Harp, December 07
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