The Mammoth Book of Illustrated Erotica

I'm not really into fetish stuff, but this book is simply outstanding. Nothing but beautiful, mostly B & W photos of various models from various photographers. Some non-nude, most not. Just incredible stuff.Capturing the beauty and mystique of women and all their parts. Some of the sexiest, most interesting shots of the breasts, legs and vagina that I've ever seen. Anything that can make the female form even MORE interesting is quite a thing. And that's what this book does.

Yes, the photos are small and black-and-white, but they are very artistic, high quality, and erotic. I was surprised by my reaction to the black-and-white thing, because I don't generally like black-and-white photography, feeling that too much important visual information is lost without color. But in these photos, I felt it worked very well. For the price, this book is an excellent value, and it would be my guess that the photographers provided the images to the publisher at not charge, or even paid a fee to have their work displayed in this book as advertising, hoping they can sell images at their websites. These photographers are quite talented, however, combining artistry and eroticism very well, so some shopping sprees for prints for the wall would not be a bad idea. Just to clarify, as these things might make a difference to some, there are very few men in these photos, and even in the few images that have men at all, the women are featured and are clearly the primary subjects. Those looking for "equal time" with erotic male photography, or erotic male-female couples photography, would be disappointed by this book. There are some softcore female-female shots. Eroticism as used in the title here does not mean hardcore images of sexual activity, but as images of female beauty, from many different viewpoints, which will arouse those who find artistically-presented, suggestive, b & w images of nude women stimulating. I would guess that about ten percent of the images feature softcore bondage, which I thought were among the hotter ones, but some people might find a turnoff.

I absolutly love this book. It was a bit smaller (slightly larger than a paperback) that I thought it was going to be but it is 2" thick (almost 500pgs). I would assume they had to do that to keep the price low but still get everyone in. Paper and ink aren't cheap you know.It is in black and white, but for those of you with taste, know it is perfect for erotic photos. You can consentrate more on the subject and the point of the photo and not be destracted by busy color.The book has over 75 artist from around the world and from all walks of life that photograph nudes in different forms. It gives you a bit about the artist and several pages of their work, then moves on. It has a range from simple shots by the window to elaberate ... scenes in costume.For me, the book helped because it gave me a taste of many artist so I can pick what I like and not spend bucko bucks on books of just one artist/genre. It's a nice book to go back to for a little varitey a must have for anyone's collection!!

This volume is mammoth, being several inches thick, but don't let that deter you. It is easy to move through this material, a compendium of over 75 US and European photographers in the erotica field. Anyone who is anyone in the nude/kink/fetish photo game is featured here.The collection is black and white and sepia-toned, full page images, with a brief bio/commnet about the artist and about a half dozen images shown for each, just enough to give you a taste of what they do and how they do it. Images are gentle to strong soft-core. There are tons of different bodies and looks, from spontaneous to elaborately staged settings. This would be a great read for couples in bed together.