“Viva’s Pinups” contains the very best of pinup photography from the most innovative photographer around, whose work is both a continuation and reinvention of the classic pinup tradition. Sure, there are the enduring retro references: The attention to period detail, the rich colouring, and the atmospheric lighting that evoke moods that extend beyond the photographed moment. But there’s something more; an edge and tension that distances the images from being merely exercises in nostalgia and gives them an eroticism that is wholly contemporary, challenging, and liberating at the same time. And no one could mistake models like Mosh or Angela Ryan for being anything other than the strong, modern women they are. These are photographs that remind us that Life has the capacity to excite and expand beyond its normal bounds, and can be taken wherever we want it to go! So, if you’re up for the trip, this book can’t be recommended enough. And look out for the follow up collection this Spring, entitled “Sheer”, which promises further explorations in erotic possibility by this groundbreaking photographer.
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