About this title: Anyone who has seen her Digital Diaries has intimate knowledge of Natacha Merritt. And of her friends, male and female, and her acquaintances as well. But Merritt's favourite motif is herself: she poses almost every minute of the day for her camera, taking photographs of herself in bed, in the shower, having sex with her friend, masturbating with ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taschen
Date Published: 2004-12-02
ISBN-13:9783822838365ISBN:3822838365
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taschen
Date Published: 2004-12-02
ISBN-13:9783822838365ISBN:3822838365
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taschen
Date Published: 2004-12-02
ISBN-13:9783822838365ISBN:3822838365
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. 4to. Illustrated in color with over 200 erotic photographs including bondage. Original metallic boards. Issued without dust jacket. Fine. 253 pages. Original wrap around band laid in loose. No signatures or bookplates. read more
Description: Like New. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Taschen America, LLC, Koln
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9783822838365ISBN:3822838365
Description: New. 3-8228-3836-5. Brand New in pub shrinkwrap! ; Marfree, acidfree color; IS NEW. Shiny stiff foil covers. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours. Debut & pioneering collection of sex photographs. Glossy metallic-silver pictorial wraps. Computer-generated titles on cover and spine. The young and imaginative photographer uses the digital camera exclusively, to record a life of sexual escapades, experimentation, and sheer abandon. Very explicit photographs of every conceivable sexual act that ... read more
"I can remember first looking at this book four years ago, not long after it was published, and if I'd rated it at the time I would have given it four stars, at least.
So, now it's four years later, and I'm giving it two stars. What's up with that? What's changed?
Somewhat, it's that in the intervening years the world has been deluged with digital photography in every medium, including erotica, and with any deluge comes a boredom factor. This material no longer seems fresh or new or particularly daring, and the philosophies expressed in the short writing segments do nothing to break from an endless litany of similarly vapid comments I can find on any porn-angst chat list, should I so wish to visit them.
And, more to the point, with that shine off, I was able to take a more thoughtful look at this work, and I find it lacking in humanity. Erotica (for me) demands personality, and this book is primarily an endless montage of close-ups, no different than a porn shoot. There are quite a few naughty bits, to be sure, but very few people.
And there was another missing ingredient that I couldn't put my finger on until the very last photo of the book, which is shot from (presumably) a hotel window, overlooking a city.
Yeah...a city. A place. THAT'S what the book was lacking for me. Context. It was pretty much the only photograph in the entire book that established anything close to an environment.
Without character, without context, without humanity, the scope of this book becomes as much medical as it does erotic."
"Not so much read as looked at. It's a book of photos - more or less pornographic, depending on your tolerance for these things. Some would-be progressives I have known have deemed it to be without redeeming social importance. I would love further opinions."
"Oh Natacha, Natahca, who knew what a soothsayer you would turn out to be? Well, we did. We pointed a finger at you long ago, when you were first running around with a digital camera taking photos of the men you brought home with you. I wonder if you will survive this fantasy of sexual pursuit, or if some wolf will appear from the deep dark scary woods and make you pay for your pleasure."
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