Snaps (1995) by Ellen Von Unwerth

This is a second-hand copy of the book Snaps by Ellen Von Unwerth.

Condition: This is a used book in very good condition. The dustjacket has light shelf-wear with rubbing and creasing. The dust jacket has now been covered in a non-adhesive PVC cover for its own protection. This is simply folded in place and is easy to remove without damaging the jacket.

Publisher: Twin Palms Publishing
Year: 1995
ISBN: 0944092292
Format: Hardback with dustjacket
Pages: 120
Condition: Used (Very Good)

Introduction by Ingrid Sischy. 120 very striking black and white photographs - mostly of women, some erotic. Limited to 6,000 copies - the photographic plates are sheet-fed gravures on uncoated paper stock. Large tall format. 

Presents Ellen von Unwerth's "Snaps". "Bleed" snapshots and portraits of the sexiest men and women who populate the private and public worlds of von Unwerth. Many of the subjects are well-known icons like Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Madonna, Lenny Kravitz (in a celebrated nude shot showing his tattooed butt), Claudia Schiffer, Stephanie Seymour, Ivana Trump, Isabella Rossellini, Drew Barrymore (who is unrecognizable as a Balthus-inspired model on a sofa), Annie Lennox, RuPaul, and Karin Mulder. But there are just as many who are simply called "strangers" as well as friends and family known only to Ellen von Unwerth. There are some explicit shots, a few disturbing ones, and many playfully erotic pictures that owe a debt to Helmut Newton, but are stamped with Ellen von Unwerth's singular blend of eroticism, stylishness, and "femme fatale" naughtiness.