Publisher's Synopsis
Nude Male - First Etude is a photographic journey and artistic study of a nude male; a masculine form; in a variety of settings and venues. Posed fully nude as well as partially clothed; the male is engaged in a range of activities. Individual photos, collages and more provide an accessible and aesthetic avenue for your exploration of a nude male in body, physique, and more. This model is fit with an athletic build - not a "jock" - rather someone who is petite - and with a runner or bicycler's physique. Motion plus activities consistent with that physical mien of his are displayed and photographed in this Etude - this Study. Neither young nor old - it is this "timelessness" of activities chose for photograph of this model which are employed to demonstrate the huge range of possible male activities. The model crosses over gender-specifics; and demonstrates a "legere' & a lightness - a 'masculinity-within-ephemeral' which belongs to this male model. Both young and older readers will sense the agelessness belonging to a nude male who ranges above the norms; and demonstrates poise and the promise of living freely. Photographs seek to show how the act of being 'nude' helps demonstrate the "essence of what a male can be" hence, this study-of-a-nude male. Light, airy and ephemeral; these are qualities of the essence within the photographs. Neither technique nor details are per-eminent; rather it is the art of the subject himself in-the-nude, that is displayed herein. Being nude he frees himself of societal chains, contrived peer-expectations and the norms which too-often cause a man to hide his self worth. Photographs express his freedom and pursuit of becoming and being "that which he is to be." Composition is studied herein; the nude male form in motion; aerobic and athletic; weights and exercise; dining; dressing and more. These are the venues for this nude male in photographs. Collages present combinations about form and shape which is the essence of this nude's individuality. Colors, reflections and more add to a photographic display of this nude-in-action. This book is a photographic essay of Nude Male - not a search for "the perfect body" - nor a striving for the optimal photographic techniques and details. Rather, this book is about the Art of a Male Nude; and one in motion being free. Please choose this book for the beauty of a nude male, his form and body, his ephemeral masculinity; and for its Art. Author is Laurence B Wolfe.
