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By
Peter
Gorman | Published by Goliath
Books, 2004
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This
is New York photographer Peter Gorman's third book. Just
as Naked Rooms was a radically different project
from his first book, Naked In Apartment 7, this
new work is another departure for him. But this time the
results are more mature in their result and set Gorman
on an even higher artistic plain. Gone are the highly
stylized setups that characterized his first book, and
the fluid, documentary style that distinguished his
second book is no longer in force here. What we have is
a more stable body of work from an artist who appears to
possess a stronger sense of himself, and who harnesses a
greater command of his craft. Gorman admits to shooting
more "from the hip" these days, and all
this work was shot in the unknown terrain of his female
subjects' own homes, where the lighting conditions were
completely unpredictable. But the results are
extraordinary, and are laced with a sense of precision
not see in his previous works. The lighting, the
surroundings, the girls themselves, all flow into a
unified and potent ensemble of pictures that are distinctly
erotic. These are not just nude portraits of attractive
and interesting women - much of this work is blatantly
erotic and the subjects all strut their stuff with ostentatious
and confident abandon. These are sexual beings that are
obviously quite comfortable sharing this aspect of
themselves with Gorman. As Reed Massengill notes in the
forward - this book is about art .. but it's also about
pussy.
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