SAM CARSON: SOUTHERN EXPOSURE 2008

Bright outlooks: Sam Carson's boys are showing off their voluptuous butts and more. Unobstrusive yet forceful eroticism make these photos take flight!

WALLCALENDAR / color21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

STEVEN UNDERHILL: STRAIGHT BOYS 2008

The calendar following the book. Steven Underhill reveals the freshness and sex-appeal of young Californian boys. Delighting!

WALLCALENDAR /duotone / 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

CAMERON FROST: TWINKS 2008

All-American boys pose natural and with ease. The implicit eroticism of these boys does not leave anybody cold. Exciting!

WALLCALENDAR / duotone/color / 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

TOM BIANCHI: ON THE COUCH 2008

Celebrated throughout the world, the artist Tom Bianchi lures us into a world of sizzling eroticismand unrestrained desire. Thrilling!

WALLCALENDAR / color / 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

HOWARD ROFFMAN: THE BOYS OF BEL AMI 2008

The seasons highlight. Howard Roffman meets Bel Ami – sensual, affectionate, extraordinary!

WALLCALENDAR, duotone, 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

JEFF PALMER: TOUCH 2008

From the successful American photographer Jeff Palmer. Powerful black-and-white pictures show the sensuality of perfectly built male bodies. Seductive!

WALLCALENDAR duotone21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

MENATPLAY: BUSINESS AFFAIRS 2008

These pinstripes aren't studious bankers. Instead we are treated to real office studs – masculine and always well endowed!

WALLCALENDAR / color 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

RASCAL VIDEO: SMUT 2008

Rascal’s exclusive models in hot solo portraits – horny, kinky, lovely!

WALLCALENDAR / color 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

CHI CHI LARUE: LINK – THE EVOLUTION 2008

The calendar following the photobook: lusty guys from Rascal Video in solo shots full of erotic masculinity.

WALLCALENDAR / color 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

KRISTEN BJORN: BODY HEAT 2008

From gay porn legend Kristen Bjorn: Portraits of well-built men – all a man needs!

WALLCALENDAR / color 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

RON LLOYD: BUILT! 2008

The calendar following Ron Lloyd's successful photobook. Likeable muscle-studs showing off the beauty of their athletic bodies.

WALLCALENDAR / color 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

HOT HOUSE: HOT – THE MEN OF HOT HOUSE 2008

Uncensored, natural and exciting portraits of Hot House’s top-models.Irresistable!
WALLCALENDAR / color 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

FRED GOUDON: SUNDAY MORNING 2008

With French flair and a sure sense of composition style, Fred Goudon gives us a look in the beds of strangers – and will make your heart melt!

WALLCALENDAR / color / 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

interview with Fred Goudon

BEL AMI: Blondes 2008

The sweetest lads from Bel Ami's latest shooting! Hot'n juicy!

WALLCALENDAR / color / 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

BEL AMI: AROUND THE GLOBE 2008

A calendar filled with joyful and natural shots of Bel Ami 's stars by Benno Thoma. Exciting!

WALLCALENDAR / color / 21 x 28 cm / 8 1/4 x 11"

Giovanni:
UN*/CUT

Giovanni opens another chapter of desire for male meat! The
male sexual organ has never been more directly or excitingly set
into scene than in this fascinating worship. While it may seem like
a pure meat market on the surface, the artist’s greatest concern is
the individual beauty of man’s best friend, which has earned it this
honorific place in the sun. Giovanni never cheapens his art,
lowering it to a sort of “dick pic” level – he shows himself a master
of light and shadow, of form and composition. 112 plump pages
showing a lust for life!

The daring reduction of men to their sexual organ is both a
declaration of love as well as an ironic take on gay voyeurism in
the present day. In contrast to the two previous volumes UN*/CUT
focuses on color photography. Each and every individual shot is
meticulously composed. Giovanni’s always well-endowed models
hide their faces and in doing so rid themselves of any and all
vanity. This is a timeless work of art, confident, consequent and
entertaining.

Giovanni, pseudonym for a well-known photographer, works in the
fashion industry and has been photographing male nudes for
several years now with great success. Most of us would recognise
his works without realising it stems from his lens. UN */ CUT is the
sequel to his first two books of photography BITES and PRIVATE
PARTS.

www.bites-by-giovanni.com

Photobook, 112 pages, full-color /duotone, hardcover
7 x 9.5“ / 18 x 24,5 cm

Henning von Berg -
Alpha Males

Book Signing:

Berlin / Germany - 10.11.2007, 18:00 in Bruno´s (Bülowstr. 106)
Milano - 24.11.2007,17:00 Pier open Space (Viale Gorizia 14)
Bologna / Italy - 25.11.2007, 16:00 IGOR TheGayBookshop (Via San Petronio Vecchio 3)

Henning von Berg -
Alpha Males

Henning von Berg first made a name for himself with his photo shoot in Berlin’s Reichstag – in 1999 he photographed six naked men, later known as the “Reichstag Rascals”, and created an international sensation, catapulting von Berg into the international limelight. He’s maintained his penchant for architectural backdrops and bizarre, erotic group scenes to this day, both things that make his images so distinctive. He prefers to work with natural lighting and in unusual settings.

“He refutes avant-garde posturing with well-conceived convention. He respects his models' individual personalities, refusing to submerge them in superfluous stylistic nonsense. […] In all his dealings with the nude, Henning von Berg entertains a sense of mischief without ever being offensive. […] Most of his models are not professional, which may explain their readiness to be infected by Henning von Berg's enthusiasm, and captivated by easy charm. In many of these images you can almost physically sense how photographer and the model collude in the adventure – not a sexual one, but certainly one that is fused with erotic power.”
(From the Preface by Boris von Brauchitsch

Von Berg’s work has been included in numerous of publications, represented in countless numbers of international exhibitions in museums and galleries. A former engineer, Henning von Berg is a true shooting star in the world of photography. His previous release UNIVERSAL was a co-production with Kingdome 19. Alpha Males is a 160-page, large format coffee-table book and is sure to be a big hit around the world.

www.henning-von-berg.com

www.BookAlphaMales.com

Photobook, 160 pages, full-color / duotone, hardcover with dustjacket,
8.25 x 11.25“ / 21,5 x 28,5 cm

Chi Chi LaRue´s -
Smut

After WARNING (2005) Bruno Gmünder Publishing is proud to present its worthy sequel, SMUT! Chi Chi LaRue’s exceptionally gifted photographers have outdone themselves yet again presenting his models in the proper light – meaty men in cool poses and sublime settings all leave you begging for more. And Chi Chi LaRue fans know what to expect – high-class photographic art that leaves nothing to be desired!

Everybody’s darlings Johnny Hazzard, Brent Everett and Jan Fischer are just a few of the men bringing the full power of their sex appeal to the fore. At the poolside in the sun, in front of the TV or in the darkroom, they’re all unrestrained in their presentation. And their proud “mama” – Chi Chi LaRue – is everywhere. This is an exciting, tongue-in-cheek portrait of the House of Rascal from a completely different perspective. Don’t miss this imposing 160-page book of photos that provides a rollicking good time!

Porn producer and drag queen Chi Chi LaRue is rightfully known as a creative prodigy in the gay porn world. Her countless awards and increasing numbers of fans are the best proof of her talent for thrilling gay audiences everywhere. Her special Chi Chi LaRue products are well known far beyond the borders of the USA and have become synonymous for excellent gay entertainment.

www.C1R.com

www.ChiChiLaRue.com

Photobook, 160 pages, full-color, hardcover with dustjacket, 8.25 x 11.25 inch /

21,5 x 28,5 cm

Hot House - Trunks

Honestly speaking, it was probably a good thing that the men in the mailorder catalogues weren’t completely naked as we furiously paged through them, leaving the rest to our young overactive imaginations. And clearly the men in this HOT HOUSE book have a lot more to offer than those boring catalogue underwear models. As we’ve come to expect these hot hunks are both fresh and delicious – and the men of HOT HOUSE once again prove that they are among the biggest and best in the gay porn business.

Colorful backdrops, worked-out male bodies in exciting solo portraits – and the most delicious (bathing suit) fillings the world has ever seen! Thom Barron, Matt Cole, Josh Weston and Alex Collack – their irresistible sex appeal and their pure masculinity drive fans of American gay erotica absolutely wild! The perfect dream of summer, sun and sensuality, masterfully photographed and perfectly set into scene across 96 large-format pages! A dream!

After spending years as Falcon Studio’s vice president and directing almost 50 gay porn flicks for them, Steven Scarborough left in 1993 and founded his own production company – HOT HOUSE ENTERTAINMENT. TRUNKS is the second book of photography from HOT HOUSE published by Bruno Gmünder Publishing.

http://www.hothouse.com/

Photobook, hardcover, 96 pages, full-color, 21,5 cm x 28,5 cm / 8,5 x 11,25 inch

Chi Chi LaRue´s

Link – The Evolution

In 1997 Chi Chi LaRue directed the first part of her legendary series LINK, which in the meantime has had four further instalments. With “LINK – The Evolution” the series has reached its absolute zenith with an incredible 30 men set into scene. Along with famous faces like Johnny Hazzard and the unbelievably well-endowed Chad Hunt, quite a number of new faces are also making their debuts. In perfectly styled sets Chi Chi manages to create her “grande illusion”, some of which are almost perfectly apocalyptic.

Hot, dirty and fascinatingly wicked! Chi Chi LaRue again takes us on a trip through her depraved fantasies. Shameless and with a seething fire in their eyes we encounter LaRue’s models, both well-known faces and new talent. The smell of leather, steamy settings, sweaty lovers and powerful machinery create an irresistibly thrilling masculine mood. We dare you to try and escape! Professional erotic photography with a love of detail on a delightful 120 pages.

Porn producer and drag queen Chi Chi LaRue is rightfully known as the creative prodigy in the gay porn world. Her countless awards and ever-increasing numbers of fans are the best proof of her talent for thrilling gay audiences everywhere. Her special Chi Chi LaRue brand products are well known far beyond the borders of the USA and have become synonymous for excellent gay entertainment.

www.C1R.com

Photobook, hardcover, 120 Pages, 17 cm x 22,5 cm / 7 x 9 inch

Lindsay Lozon
All my Boys

Lindsay Lozon is a unique artist. He reduces his settings to down to the bare necessities ceding the scene to his young models. The results are refreshing, humorous and surprisingly multifaceted photographs. Lozon isn’t impressed by star allure – he is there for his models and not the other way around.

Despite their simplicity Lozon’s photographs are not just plain snapshots but instead are deliberate stagings. Their apparent simplicity is what makes these photos such a joy to behold. Lozon hardly ever shows us everything. In tantalizing poses he creates a world of surreal beauty that allows the viewer’s imagination to run riot and continue the scene where the still of the photography ends.

Lozon’s young men are consistently slim, smooth and athletic – but each of them has their own special character. ALL MY BOYS goes much further than mere pin-up photography! For the first time the photographer also presents portraits in color – delicious!

Lindsay Lozon lives in Canada and works for prestigious fashion magazines and advertising agencies. Lozon has quickly established himself as one of Canada’s most important photographers. This is his third book after “The Boys” (2002) and “Boys Uncovered” (2004), both published by Bruno Gmünder Publishing.

www.lindsaylozon.com

Photobook, hardcover with dustjacket, 120 Pages, 21,5 cm x 28,5 cm / 8,25 x 11,25 inch

Ohm Phanphiroj
Night Hawks

His first book ROUGH STUFF (2004) earned Ohm Phanphiroj international acclaim. The mixture of voyeurism, provocation and sensual intimacy between him and his models had a huge and lasting impact on gay photographic identity. His follow-up work, RARE VIEWS (2006) also took a similar approach and was even more successful. With NIGHTHAWKS Phanphiroj presents himself anew as a sensitive and impartial artist, a portraitist of young self-discovery in a world moving at a tearing pace.

Sexually charged scenes are interspersed with melancholy moments. Nothing is hidden here, which is exactly what the photographer’s fan loves – the captivating honesty of his images. His choice of models is also very special. They defy a uniform classification, whether gay or straight, masculine or girly – in Phanphiroj’s world these types of categories are unimportant. Much more crucial is the atmosphere – partly subliminal, partly aggressive sensuality of the moment.

Photographer Ohm Phanphiroj, originally from Thailand, spends time travelling between the US, Australia and Asia. His art and fashion photography unites his experiences from a wide variety of different fields. The recipient of numerous awards, his works are shown in galleries and museums in the USA, Europe as well as around Asia.

www.ohmphotography.com

Photobook, hardcover, 96 pages, fullcolor, 19,5 x 26 cm, 7,5 x 10,25 inch

Bel Ami / Benno Thoma
Around the Globe

You’ve never seen Bel Ami like this! Renowned photographer Benno Thoma took shots of the lads of the world-famous porn company showing Lukas, Tommy and the rest in perfectly gorgeous photos. They’re emotional like never before, set against lavish backdrops and in masterfully composed erotic images. Benno Thoma is undoubtedly an artist – he bathes his models in luxuriously sensual colors. His sense of style makes this 224-paged book of photos in opulent large format into a sensually stunning synthesis of art. It is the momentary highpoint of Bel-Ami photo books.

Lukas Ridgeston, Josh Elliott, Renato Amoroso and Tommy Hansen are just a few of the most famous names from the stable of Bel-Ami players. Together with a horde of further hard-bodied lads they pose for grandiose solo portraits and in dreamy group scenes full of passion. The Mediterranean flair of the photos takes them a step further. This is a milestone of gay photography!

Photographer and director George Duroy produced his first gay hardcore film in 1994. With INTIMATE FRIENDS (1996) he published his first photo book with Bruno Gmünder Publishing. Many more followed and the name Bel Ami has become a gay legend. Dutch fashion and advertising photographer Benno Thoma has been travelling the world for years. With his current four books of photography he has always demonstrated his excellent sense for erotic moods and his unmistakable imagery provides his photographs with a high level of recognition.

www.BennoThoma.com

www.belamionline.com

Photobook, 224 pages, full color, 26 x 34 cm, 10,25 x 13,5 inch
Release Date Europe: September 2007
Release Date USA: November 2007

Jay Diers: A Night at the Motel

Jay Diers is at it again! The young photographer from Iowa took a chance looking into American motel rooms and surprises us anew with unusually intimate, warm-hearted and yet in-your-face portraits. The bored farm boys of the American Midwest seem as if they’ve just been waiting for their chance to finally show themselves to the world! And so they pose, beguile with their young bodies and seem to be saying just one thing – “Take me!” But the photos never seem blatant or exploitative thanks to Diers’ respectful and dignified handling of his models. This is a magnificent portrait of American youth!

Across 120 pages Diers presents moody snapshots, running the gamut from young men’s melancholy in the solitude of American motels on the one hand and budding sexuality and awakening into a yet undiscovered corporality on the other. Diers’ unique color schemes and the self-confident demeanour of his young models contrasts with the never-changing visuals of various motels. A sensual, naughty atmosphere infuses the book and proves the artist a master of intelligent erotic photography.

Jay Diers was born in the American Midwest and has been working as a freelance photographer and graphic artist for 14 years. His images of raw beauty have graced the pages of various magazines like BLUE. Jay really enjoys capturing these tall lanky farm boys from Iowa. This is his second book of photography after his wildly successful RAW YOUTH.

www.jaydiersphotography.com

www.jaescott.blogspot.com

Photobook, 120 pages,full-color / duotone, hardcover

7.5 x 10.25“ / 19,5 x 26 cm

Release Date Europe: August 2007
Release Date USA: October 2007

Giovanni: Bites
(softcover reprint)

Giovanni, pseudonym of a renowned photographer mainly active in the fashion line of business, has been exceedingly successful in shooting male nudes over the past years. Most of us will be acquainted with his pictures without even knowing his name. He has been working for a couple of years on the art project which now Bruno Gmünder is happy to present in a economically priced brochure edition.

The best part of the male body at last is given its well-deserved photographic appreciation. A monument of pure carnal desire, exciting portraits and close-up shots. In colour and black-and-white, bluntly, untamed and direct. Giovanni pays homage to the cock in a forthright and many-faceted way, be it circumcised or uncut, shaved or pilose, limp or stiff – this book is a must for any who has (or wants) one. Faces are never shown, the viewer slips into the role of a furtive observer, and a forbidden-voluptuous feeling creeps up while turning the pages. The artist almost fully leaves aside decorative trimmings – and lets the facts speak for themselves… A true voyeuristic delight!

www.bites-by-giovanni.com

Photobook, 112 pages,

full color / duotone, brochure

13,5 cm x 19 cm / 5.25 x 7.5“

Release date USA: September 2007

Release date Europe: July 2007

Kristen Bjorn:
Body Heat

The wait is over! Finally, Kristen Bjorn’s fourth picture book is available. And he again proves to be on the top of his homoerotic game with this monumental work of photographic art. Bjorn’s film productions are some of the most successful sellers in the gay erotic segment. The opulent sets and perfect productions turn every shoot into an event and each photo into an experience.

Bjorn’s masculine Latino studs expose themselves in front of opulent Mediterraneanesque backdrops. The settings are just as extravagant as these sexy masculine bodies. With top quality photography he again shows us his talent for realizing gay men’s fantasies – 112 pages of bulging masculinity and a beguiling experience through and through!

Kristen Bjorn, born in 1957, started his career as a performer for Falcon in 1981. In 1989 he started releasing his own hardcore flicks and since then has had smashing success with his many works.

www.kristenbjorn.com

Photobook, hardcover, 112 pages, 21,5 cx 28,5 cm, 9.25 x 11.25 inch

Justin Julius Santos:
Meeting Strangers

Book Signing

Justin Julius Santos:
Meeting Strangers

Justin has a certain magic in his personality that brings hidden things out of people that they didn’t even know were there. He has an uncanny ability to see people for what they are and what they could be, inside and out. […] When these strangers come to be photographed, Justin is able to capture the hidden things he perceived in initial meeting, the things that other people don’t see. That is just part of his magic.

-Chyi Soo

-

-Justin Julius Santos’ “Meeting Strangers” is an joy to behold. The photographer is just not satisfied being limited to one style throughout; he enjoys experimenting with a wide variety of visual techniques. In a semi-documentary, diary style he mixes up colour photos, Polaroids, black-and-white shots and in doing so delivers new surprises on every page. At no time do these images seem staged. The authenticity of Sontos’ photography is reminiscent of the work of Nan Goldin, yet at the same time are recognisable due to their unmistakable style.

His photographs were created in short sessions with the models that he met on the street. Only taken within the confines of private residences, the artist forgets the outside world focussing solely on the inner life of his models. Within a few hours he’d developed photographs of enormous intensity, sexual tension and playful youthful posing. (Still) a true insider’s tip!

Justin Julius Santos lives and works in Los Angeles as a fashion photographer. The autodidact has worked in both the USA and in Europe over the past 15 years. According to him it is the “sensuality of youth” that make his photographs so fascinating and that characterize his creative work. Santos is definitely one of the most interesting new discoveries of the past year!

www.jjsantos.com

Photobook, hardcover, 96 pages, 18 * 24,5 cm, 7 * 9.5 inch

Sam Carson:
Southern Exposure

Sam Carson’s art is unique within the world of men’s photography. The allure of his photos is found in the hesitant intimacy with which he approaches his ur-American lads. Carson is not worried about gay fantasies, he is only really interested in the model before him. His continuing success speaks for itself and the unmistakable charm of his works leaves no one cold.

After “First Exposure”, “White Boys” and “L.A. Boys”, here comes the latest and greatest from Sam Carson. Carson continues in his unique style with this fourth book of photography, presenting his men at ease and with an extremely pleasant and seductive reserve. The photographer hates complicated staging, thus leaving enough room for quiet erotic moods to unfold. Sam Carson presents unknown faces and fresh, youthful bodies over this 80-page work.

Sam Carson, well-known architect from California, is an old hand in the photography business and has been taking pictures of young amateur models for many years now. He lives in Los Angeles and with his many books has a solid standing in the world of men’s photography.

www.samcarson.com

Photobook, hardcover, 80 pages, 18,5 x 24,5 cm, 7,5 x 10 inch

Jack Slomovits:
Sex in the West Village NYC

The New York photographer Jack Slomovits is a master of spontaneous photography. The limits of a studio or completely organised photoshoots were never his thing. He just lets the lads loose on one another without a script. The results are candid, honest and quite arousing scenes in crisp black and white.

Seldom has a photographer created such an authentic work as Jack Slomovits has in this book. From the middle of the sexual action the artist captures us from the first photos onward. Slomovits’ semi-documentary style leaves little to the imagination; high-contrast detailed photos are interspersed with portraits in a snapshot aesthetic. His protagonists are the lads of the West Village in New York, lads of impressive naivety and tantalizing innocence. A fast book from a fast city. Sexy!

Jack Slomovits was born in Miami, FL in 1969 and grew up in Los Angeles. He held his first camera at the age of six and starting winning awards for his photography when he was still in high school. In 1991 he started photographic studies in New York and since then has countless exhibitions and publications that have gained him international acclaim.

www.jackslomovits.com

Photobook, hardcover, triplex print, 120 pages, 17 * 22,5 cm, 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inch

mentaplay: Business Affairs

The British erotic website Menatplay.com has totally dedicated itself to the suit fetish. This illustrated book awaits you with glamorous solo portraits and hot duo scenes. These pinstripe wearing men aren’t your average dull bankers. Instead we are treated to studs straight from the office boardroom – masculine, confident, and always well endowed! They stand there looking so seductive and inviting, and just like in real life, the name of the game is dominance and submission. Three cheers for the workplace pecking order!

These photographs come alive with their strong compositions, artistic lighting and a thrilling atmosphere. The models are bulging with self-assured masculinity and the lush colours create images of sensuality. “Business Affairs” will impress you with its tasteful photography and will surprise you with a sure sense of style and class in depicting men in a fantasy office environment.

Menatplay.com has been showcasing erotic photography of the highest quality on the Internet for over four years, thus filling a previously unfulfilled appetite for erotic material featuring men in suits and ties. But the site isn't just about men in suits, as the imagery and videos on the site also play with the themes of strength, masculinity and dominance. Since its creation the company has grown and grown and fortunately for us, Menatplay promises to produce high quality gay erotica for many years to come.

www.menatplay.com

Photobook, 96 pages, hardcover, 22 x 23 cm, 8.5 x 9 inch

Fred Goudon: Sunday Morning

Fred Goudon is not only a master of light and shadow. His photographic compositions are also surprising due to the interplay of movement and masculine forms. The model’s posture is never stiffened into a pose, and the naturalness of the expression in Goudon’s photographs is his ultimate working principle, one that he brilliantly achieves again and again. As a fashion and advertising photographer, Goudon’s thorough technical competence becomes thoughtful use of his camera, producing incredibly artistic shots –

shots that always impress through understatement. It conveys intimacy without a trace of kitsch.

“Sunday Morning” is a book dedicated to the weekend. With French flair and surely styled photographic compositions, the photographer allows us a look into strangers’ beds. The artist cloaks his stubbled, luscious men in soft colour and gentle contrasts. His portraits are less sexual than they are highly erotic. The soft lighting from one of the great contemporary French photographers creates fascinating, atmospheric bodily landscapes that make us melt.

After studying journalism in France, Fred Goudon worked as the American correspondent for various magazines and newspapers. Since his return to France he works as a fashion and advertising photographer. He gained special prominence through his book AQUA from Bruno Gmünder Publishing in 2006, as well as his work for the Dieux Du Stade 2006 calendar.

www.fredgoudon.com

Photobook, 144 pages, hardcover with dustjacket, 28,5 x 21,5 cm, 11.25 x 8.25“

Howard Roffman
Texas Twins - The Story of Morgan & Nash

Howard Roffman follows a very simple rule for his photos – never place strangers next to each other to get an attractive image because in the end it will be a superficial one. All of the protagonists in the dozen photo books that make up his published oeuvre have a deep emotional relationship. It is exactly these emotional imponderabilities that give Roffman’s photos the mysteriously intimate accent that make them so unique.

Following up to “the Boys of Bel Ami”, Howard Roffman is back with his newest work “Texas Twins”. Clear the stage for the sweet twin boys Nash and Morgan! Roffman allows us a moving look behind the curtain into the close relationship of the two brothers. One is a young James Dean – macho and masculine; the other is more emotional and sensual. These are photographs full of joy and affection, as well as artful instances of melancholy. In this book Roffman again shows his sure sense for quiet moments.

After countless successes with his books and exhibitions, Howard Roffman has quickly become one of the most important photographers of homoerotic art. He lives in sunny California but has won fans the world over.

www.howardroffman.com

Photobook, hardcover, 96 pages, 19 x 20 cm, 7.5 x 7.75 inch

Release Party & Book Signing
Ray Dragon: Real Men

Tuesday, January 30 2007
6-9pm FREE
Ray Dragon's Real Men
The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation
http://www.leslielohman.org
26 Wooster Street NYC

Celebrate the publishing of the book that bursts w/ muscles, naked flesh & more.

Meet the artist & erotic icon himself, plus Dragon Media filmstars.

View original art from the book & win a signed original.

There will be prints & books for sale @ this event.

Look @ Ray's interesting new 'adult' website

www.raydragon.com

Ray Dragon (self-portrait)

wallcalendar 2007

Kristen Bjorn 2007

From gay porn legend Kristen Bjorn: Portraits of well-built men – all a man needs!

www.kristenbjorn.com

wallcalendar 2007

Ron Lloyd: Built 2007

The calendar following Ron Lloyd´s successful photobook. Likeable muscle-studs showing off the beauty of their athletic bodies.

www.bodyimageproductions.com

Tom Bianchi:
On the Couch Volume Two

"My books usually start with a simple idea, which when unleashed, finds its own trajectory through my life. My initial idea for On The Couch was to invite men who were comfortable (or wanted to be comfortable) expressing their sexual energy for my camera. The question I asked in Volume One was, “Can we look each other in the eye and tell each other who we are and what we want. Can we share what we find wonderful about sex.?”

This initial idea, headwaters, if you will, have traversed the plains of my life and become at times a raging stream and powerful river, providing new routes for those of us on the journey of self actualization through the exploration of our sexual essence. Just as the stream insists on its own path as it seeks the ocean, the examination of our sexual desires leads us to an honest connection with our selves, our soul’s true goal. At times, this river accelerated to flood stage, sweeping old ideas and ways of being – fears and limitations – from our lives. That certainly has been the case for me.

Many of the men who appear here have told me that this also is the case for them. As Oscar Wilde observed, “Life would repeat itself tediously were it not for the demonic changes art forces upon it. The artist makes models of experience which people rush to try out.” On The Couch has become an opportunity for many men who want to express their sexual power to do so in a safe and beautiful environment – safe and beautiful in the sense that their whole selves are respected here.

I am now publishing this record in all the media available to me. In addition to the initial telling of their stories at TOMBIANCHI.COM, the project is now being published as a video series, a TV series, illustrated lectures, gallery exhibitions, books, cards, calendars and refrigerator door magnets – a most democratic art form. I have described On The Couch as my Sistine Chapel Ceiling. I do not say this out of ego, but rather as a promise of the attention I devote to the project as an artist. What started out as an idea for a book, has now become an intention to create one of the most comprehensive and candid records of human sexual experience ever made.

I know that Michelangelo -- Caravaggio, Gericault, Da Vinci and Winslow Homer -- can be included here-- were talking about their sensual passions in their work. Only a society in deep denial of its sexual yearnings could fail to see this. I believe that had these men lived in a time, as now, when their patrons, the Princes of the State and Church, were losing their power to suppress their humanness, each of them would have been doing something closer to the honesty of On The Couch. They were masters at speaking in code. But I am fascinated by what they might say today if they could. In fact, I am trying to say it for them.

I also expect that my queer ancestor artists would have been attracted to the use of the various media now available. Michelangelo was, after all, the Steven Spielberg of his age. And this is also why in my recent shows of On The Couch photographs, I had many of the most erotic images printed at the scale of heroic figure painting, life size, and larger. Sex is too beautiful, too precious, and too important to our spiritual development to be treated with less respect than I have given it.

Someone recently asked me if I thought these images might one day find their way in the world’s great museums. I answered, it depends upon the world’s becoming more healthy. If we get over our society wide antisexism, if we learn to use to use our sexual energy to increase our experience of love rather than subverting that energy into power trips to boost our self esteem the expense of others, if we come to appreciate the sacredness of this energy, then we may honor the messages that brought us to this higher state of consciousness.

In the meantime, I am content in knowing the power of my work is manifesting itself every day in the real world. Dr. Howard Devore, an individual, relationship, and sex therapist with whom I have worked closely on my own issues these last four years, told me that he has many patients who are uncomfortable with their sexual selves. After seeing the first volume of On The Couch, he said, “Now, when I have a patient with these issues, I can tell them to look at your images to see what being comfortable with one’s self sexually looks like.”

As a believer in the healing power of art, I can’t imagine a higher purpose – or more personally satisfying a goal – to which to devote myself." (Book intro by Tom Bianchi, 2004)

www.tombianchi.com

Photobook, hardcover, 120 pages, 8.5 x 9 inch, 22 x 23 cm

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Sam Carson: L.A. Boys from behind

Bright outlooks: Sam Carson´s boys are showing off their voluptuous butts and more. Unobstrusive yet forceful eroticism make these photos take flight!

www.samcarson.com

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Joe Oppedisano: Testosterone

Butch hunks artfully presented in expressive poses – a fascinating masterpiece!

Kingdome19, Henning von Berg: Universal

Kingdome 19 and Henning von Berg are probably well known to most fans of erotic photographs of men. Kingdome 19 has made a name for himself over the years through his unusual, graphically reworked nude photography. Henning von Berg is a shooting star of the German photography scene and his photos are now shown all over the world. Both artists live in Berlin and got together for this extravagant book project for the first time to gain some new perspectives on their work.

These exciting double tone pictures show striking, extremely well hung male bodies, very skillfully staged. Special laboratory processing gives
these photographs an unusually graphical look, giving rise to a dreamy
mood. In solo portraits, sometimes bizarre, sometimes classically elegant, we see dream bodies that fire up our own desires. The result is a darkly expressive, immensely powerful book of photos presenting pure male eroticism in 160 pages of intense images. Fascinating!

www.kingdome19.de
www.henning-von-berg.com

photobook, hardcover, 160 pages, 7x 9.5 inch, 18 x 24,5 cm

European Champion Kickboxer

Howard Roffman: Peter & Petr

Two Bel-Ami boys in Howard Roffman’s masterly presentation.

Roffman’s stylized stories of Bel-Ami boys Peter and Petr capture rarely seen moments of natural intimacy. Roffman gives his models the space to be themselves, and the romantic scenes, a combination of tenderness and sensuality, entice the observer to lose himself in his own dreams.

After countless successes with his books and exhibitions, Howard Roffman has, in a very short time, become one of the most important photographers of homoerotic photo art.

www.howardroffman.com

Photobook, hardcover, 120 pages, 8.5 x 9 inch, 22 x 23 cm

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Howard Roffman: The Boys of Bel Ami

The seasons highlight. Howard Roffman meets Bel Ami – sensual, affectionate, extraordinary!

www.howardroffman.com

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Giovanni: Private Parts

Man’s best bit perfectly presented. Giovanni approaches the cock respectfully yet shamelessly…

www.bites-by-giovanni.com

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Chi Chi LaRue: XXXclusive

Rascal video’s exclusive models in hot solo portraits – horny, kinky, lovely!

www.chichilarue.com
www.rascalvideo.com
www.channel1releasing.com

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From the successful American photographer Jeff Palmer. Powerful black-and-white pictures show the sensuality of perfectly built male bodies. Seductive!

www.jeffpalmer.com

Howard Roffman: Friends & Lovers



Photobook, hardcover, 176 pages,8.25 x 9.5 inch, 21,2, x 24,5 cm

The well-known American photographer Howard Roffman is presenting his fifth and very breathtaking photobook. His intimate photos and his skilled way of dealing with natural light have won Roffman an extensive, global fan base. This is an episodic narrative in which we are permitted to observe young couples full of naturalness, tenderness and suspense, in various constellations. The authenticity of these photographs is what makes them so charming – the photos of young men who live out their emotions in front of the camera uninhibited.

Howard Roffman is fully committed to the representation of young men and their lives in his work. Like no other he manages to capture images of his boys, their passions and their search for tenderness behind the pose. Sensitively and respectfully he documents the awakening sexuality of young men. His images depict ethereal beauty and candid authenticity.

www.howardroffman.com

Sam Carson: First Exposure

In his first illustrated book „First Exposure“ Sam Carson shows a variety of handsome, young men. None of the models shows the self-consciousness of a „first time“, in fact their youthful freedom impresses: casual, self-confident and offensive – and all of them yummy. Sam Carson presents each and every boy in his most beautiful look.

Samuel Carson began his architecture studies at Oklahoma State, graduating with top honors, and launched his career at the esteemed San Francisco firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merril. There he explored the International style, and soon moved to Los Angeles to finish his Master’s work at the UCLA School of Architecture.

It was around this time that Carson picked up the camera as an architectural tool, which eventually turned his design studio into a destination for models and people who sought out his unique vision. During the last twenty years Carson has designed over 100 buildings throughout Southern California, and photographed over 5000 models. He has received awards for ground-breaking buildings such as the Irvine Atrium and the infamous Universal Studios Tower Building. Sam is currently working on two private homes and several buildings in Oklahoma, while always keeping his photography very alive and well.

Find more information on Sam Carson at www.samcarson.com

Bel Ami – Sebastian & Friends:

Bel Amis Superstar Sebastian Bonnet: irresistible!

Photographer and director George Duroy released his first gay hardcore film in 1994, starting the Bel Ami brand. In 1996 Bruno Gmünder brought out his first book of photos "Intimate Friends,” followed by a series of other very successful photo books. The partnership of the two firms helped Bel Ami attain legendary status in the world of gay erotica.

This book of photos is devoted to superstar Sebastian Bonnet, in wonderful solo portraits and also together with his friends. Sebastian’s boyish innocence and natural charm make him leap off the page, straight into your heart.

Bel Ami’s boys are more playful than ever before. Their breathtakingly beautiful bodies and improbably handsome faces are forever captured in these enchanting photos. Bel Ami always delivers eroticism at its freshest and finest!

www.belamionline.com

photobook, hardcover, 96 pages, 8.25 x 11.25 inch, 21,7 x 28,5 cm

Kristen Bjorn: Stallions

At long last, here is Kristen Bjorn´s third opulently illustrated book published by Bruno Gmünder. For years an important institution in the pornographic line of business, we present the most beautiful pictures taken from our newest films: masculine men of all nations in portrait and exciting group shots. If you are looking for vigorous stallions – be sure to strike gold!

Kristen Bjorn´s guys let the pages rustle with electricity! Bjorn´s collection assembles a large variety of body and skin types – all of them united in the expression of vibrant self-confident sexuality and with irresistable sex-appeal. The exotic settings further fuel the viewer´s imagination. On 112 large-size pages and in Bjorn´s familiar brilliant colours he shows us once again what we – indifferent of our colour of skin – all share together: cracking eroticism! Kristen Bjorn once again succeeds to live up to his famous reputation!

Kristen Bjorn, born in 1957, began his carrier in 1981 as a performer at the Falcon studios. In 1989, he published his first hard core video. Ever since, he has been shooting exceedingly successful gay erotic films worldwide.

www.kristenbjorn.com

Photobook, 112 pages, full color, Hardcover, 21 x 28,5 cm / 8.25 x 11,25”

Steven Vaschon: Rear View 2

The distinct & conceptive nude photography of Steven Vaschon turns special attention to the male backside with utmost respect and enthusiasm. Vaschon does not picture it as a fetish but pays homage to the perfect synthesis between creativity and sensuality. Already his first illustrated book was devoted to the male behind. “Rear View” (2003) exclusively contained black-and-white pictures in a rather compact format. With Rear View 2 we present a genuine large size and colorful illustrated book.

Vaschon´s photographs combine warm, inviting colors with a clear composition. The artist in most cases works with daylight in order to make sure that the flawless bodies of his men come to their own right. This 96-page illustrated book is a must for every enthusiast of the male posterior and wonderful esthetics and undoutebly will continue the success of its predecessor.

Steven Vaschon was born on the Hawaiian Islands. He has been working as a graphic designer for a number of years. Only some years ago he discovered photography as his ideal means of expression and since then works hard and with much success to perfect his male nude photography. The photographer lives in San Francisco, California.

www.amazingphotos.net

Photobook, hardcover, 96 pages, 8.25 x 11.25 inch, 21 x 27,5 cm

Joe Oppedisano: Testosterone
Booksigning at Rizolli, NYC

Joe Oppedisano: "Well, last night was a huge success...

About 300 people showed up during the night, AND we sold out the entire stock of books! it was incredible. ....
AND, it was a HOT crowd...a lot of my boys from the book came, and the audience ran around getting their books signed, which was really amazing!"

www.joeoppedisano.com

Joe Oppedisano and
his "boys" from the book

Joe Oppedisano and
Joseph Sayers

Chi Chi LaRue: Bolt

Today, there is almost no way of getting around the porn imperium of Chi Chi LaRue. Rascal Video, the label of the American director and producer is to be found in countless bedrooms. Chi Chi LaRue by virtue of his many films has created veritable icons of gay porno. His films stand out by virtue of their widely varied settings, brilliant ideas and remarkable plots. Not to forget the perfect staging! Following his first illustrated book “Live and Raw”, “Bolt” will undoubtedly continue the success story of Chi Chi LaRue and his label Rascal Video.

The illustrated book accompanies the film „Bolt“, plunging the viewer into a swirl of brute virility and sensuous concupiscence, into a world of stainless steel and chains. 80 pages of fetish, on which the boys and men of the notorious drag-queen present themselves, open and direct. They know how to invade the dirty mind of the gay viewer – and on that account rightfully hold an undisputed seat on the Olympus of gay porn.

www.channel1releasing.com
www.chichilarue.com

Photobook, hardcover, 80 pages, 7 x 9.5 inch, 17,8 x 24,3 cm

TitanMen: Fallen Angel

The series FALLEN ANGEL by the American video label TitanMen over the years has gained an immense number of fans worldwide. Now, this illustrated book presents highly erotic shots of the most well-known models from the series. No question that friends of real guys will get their money´s worth. On high-quality paper these men show what they got. Moreover, the evocative atmosphere helps to stimulate the fancy of the viewer. Whoever liked the film series will love this illustrated book!

Titan’s photographer Brian Mills succeeds in bringing out the best in every single one of his guys. We get sailors, police officers, varnish and leather. A reduced setting held in extraordinary colors does not detract the attention from the models´ erotic appeal. The viewer gets plunged into a world full of brawny and taut potency-heroes. There is no escape from the unbelievable appeal of these brilliant pictures. Cult!

The Californian based film label TitanMedia has become one of the market leaders in the American erotic film line of business. Titan shows vigorous middle-aged men of all nations.

www.titanmen.com

Photobook, softcover, 80 pages, 6.75 x 9.25 inch, 17 x 23,5 cm

Joe Oppedisano: Testosterone

Cocktail reception and booksigning
today, 5:30 - 7 pm
Rizzoli bookstore, NYC

"Lukas & Sebastian, Cover Shot" 2004 silver gelatin print 16 * 20" Edition of 25

Howard Roffman: Boys of Bel Ami

Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art
November 9 - December 23, 2006

opening reception: today, 6 - 8 pm

Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art is pleased to present a show of photographs by Howard Roffman from his most recent book The Boys of Bel Ami. Shot on location in South Africa during the filming of the latest in a long line of hit pornographic movies from this well known company, the work captures a behind the scenes look at the interactions between the models. Roffman chronicles their antics as these hairless, smoothly muscled, impossibly beautiful, very young and good looking Eastern European boys eat, shower, and sleep together. The largest and most lavish of all his books to date, The Boys of Bel Ami is the twelth volume of his work from the German publisher Bruno Gmunder.

The Bel Ami company was founded in 1993 and is based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Meaning "beautiful friend" in French, it specializes in gay pornographic films that feature young men in their late teens and early to mid-twenties. Bel Ami’s stars come mostly from Slovakia and the Czech Republic, as well as other former Soviet Bloc countries.

Howard Roffman is based in San Francisco. Previously, in 2001, he did a book of photographs of one of the most well known of the Bel Ami models, Johan Paulik.
This will be his second solo exhibition with the gallery.

www.wesseloconnor.com

Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art
111 Front Street, Suite 200
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Giovanni: Bites

Giovanni, pseudonym of a renowned photographer mainly active in the fashion line of business, has been exceedingly successful in shooting male nudes over the past years. Most of us will be acquainted with his pictures without even knowing his name. He has been working for a couple of years on the art project which Bruno Gmünder Verlag presents in a hardcover edition.

This coffee-table book has long been waited for! The best part of the male body at last is given its well-deserved photographic appreciation. A monument of pure carnal desire, exciting portraits and close-up shots. In colour and black-and-white, bluntly, untamed and direct. Giovanni pays homage to the cock in a forthright and many-faceted way, be it circumcised or uncut, shaved or pilose, limp or stiff – this book is a must for any who has (or wants) one. Faces are never shown, the viewer slips into the role of a furtive observer, and a forbidden-voluptuous feeling creeps up while turning the pages. The artist almost fully leaves aside decorative trimmings – and lets the facts speak for themselves… A true voyeuristic delight!

www.bites-by-giovanni.com

Photobook, hardcover, 112 pages, 7 x 9.5 inch, 17,8 x 28,5 cm

Kobi Israel: Intimate Strangers

The young photographer Kobi Israel with his first illustrated book “Views” gave evidence of his talent of catching with his camera the rare intimate moments which can count as lasting monuments of his generation´s experience of life.

Unknown yet strangely intimate – Kobi Israel´s men permit the viewer to cast a look on their innermost self. The confidence which they place in the photographer reflects a longing as well as curiosity to discover themselves and the will to fight for their proper place in a world grown apart. Kobi Israel tells his stories in warm pictures full of emotions: candid shots full of sadness, longing, desire, happiness and love of life.

Shy encounters with strangers and the journey into the own inner foreignness are the driving force behind Kobi Israel´s study of the young gay life in London at the beginning of the 21st century. In a forceful snap-shot style the photographer captivates the viewer on 96 pages in a startling horizontal format. Kobi Israel once again gives evidence of the fact that he indeed belongs to the small number of photographers who exert a strong influence on gay life. – A masterpiece!

Kobi Israel studied photography and film in Israel and New York. His first illustrated book “Views” became a worldwide success on account of which the American OUT-magazine elected him among the hundred most influential gay personalities.

www.kobi-israel.com

Photobook, hardcover, 96 pages, 9 x 6.75 inch, 28,5 x 21,7 cm

David Vance: Timeless

Michelangelo’s “David” today is called Steve. As if the ancient Gods descended from the mountain of Olympus. This is how the male Gods of the antique would look like today; with athletic bodies of immaculate beauty - a kind of beauty unwilling to adapt to the sign of the times as in an eternal beautyeousness. Men of timeless elegance presented in classic and romantic poses - absorbed in thought or caught in an elegant movement unaware of the viewer’s presence.

These moments are captured in gorgeous black-and-white photography. If you wanted to create living images of the statues of divinities, the real men shown here help make a reality of that fantasy and prove there are still Gods among us. This is a classic imagery, which through the modern men in the images in no way seems dated.

Along with photographing men, David Vance is also a successful advertising photographer as well as editorial contributor in Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, Interview and Men's Health, among others. A list of some of the stars he has photographed includes such luminaries as William Baldwin, Toni Braxton, Gloria Estefan and Sophia Loren. His first books published by Bruno Gmünder have long-since sold out.

www.davidvance.com

Photobook, hardcover, 96 Pges, 8.25 x 11.25 inch, 21,5 x 28,5 cm

Kingdome 19: Wicked Dreams

Whoever knows the works of Kingdome 19 will not forget them in a hurry! The German artist specializes in nude photography with elaborate laboratory techniques which gives the pictures their unique and final touch. Preferably, he chooses young well equipped muscle bursting men in front of miniature props. He creates pictures of melancholy, despair, vulnerability and at the same time a ferocious greed for a vibrant life.

Called after Elton Johns´ famous song in his present book Kingdome 19 presents his latest experiment. He dares to connect his photos with Elton Johns´ songs. Kingdome 19 is a great admirer of the world famous singer for many years and all of you who know his songs will be surprised how the short lines of the lyrics connect with Kingdome 19´s pictures. Whether it is “Sacrifice”, “Empty Garden” or “Sleeping with the past” it is nothing other than a symbiotic unity: Elton John´s moving lyrics and Kingdome 19´s impressive aesthetics.

The photographicist Kingdome 19 recently made a big impression with his book “Universal” which he compiled with the photographer Henning von Berg. “Wicked Dreams” is the third book of the artist with Bruno Gmünder Publishing.

Kingdome 19 has been working in the area of erotic photography for many years. He has worked with men, women and internationally acclaimed athletes. It is the graphic interpretation of his photos which has made them collector´s items.

www.kingdome19.de

Photobook, hardcover, 112 pages, 7 x 9.5 inch, 18 x 24,5 cm

Steven Underhill: Rassle

The Californian Steven Underhill has in his special way always understood how to amaze with his photography. His black and white portraits of hunky native American boys are long since classics of gay photo art, his earlier picture editions are long since out of circulation. The photographer possesses an incredible sense for the right moment, the sunny American West Coast locations are chosen with great consideration and right from the start have always transmitted a feeling of freedom and the “Pursuit of Happiness”.

In his latest stroke of genius Steven Underhill shows a gang of wild boys in a playful competition of strength. Classical duels, man against man, rebelish, playful and at the same time surrounded by an incredible gentleness. Intertwining bodies form modern sculptures: exactly which fascinated the Greeks and Romans in ancient arenas is that what Steven Underhill transmits in his present day pictures. Fresh youthful bodies, a portion of self glorification and not least a little humour which makes for the excitement of his photography. A 96 paged book of delightful lightness and spontaneity.

Steven Underhill born in 1962 in Northern California already in his early childhood took Super 8 films of his friends. After studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, he returned to the famous Californian Wine Country in order to photograph the landscape of his childhood. Later he dedicated himself more and more to photography with which he has celebrated great success to the present day.

www.StevenUnderhill.com

Photobook, hardcover, 96 pages, 7 x 9.5 inch, 18 x 24,5 cm

Tom Bianchi: Deep Sex

Tom Bianchi: Deep Sex

A luxury villa, a pool and a lot of dreams come true for gay men. All of those things which are only insinuated in most photo editions of erotic photography. Here Tom Bianchi shows everything which otherwise remains hidden behind high walls and closed doors. A look into the all sacred - the gay mans´ bedroom. And what a site! Except for all but seeing them there is hardly a more vivid fantasy which can emit such a splendid all round view. Tom Bianchi possesses this talent.

Pictures of sex sessions filled with action in which one finds gorgeous guys who like to be seen tied up and entangled. The observer will not be disappointed. Muscle men in leather and studs take severe care of one another, but we also bear witness to tender and loving moments. The present coloured photo edition shows distinguished men in situations which otherwise remain hidden to the eye of the observer. Always devoted and with a great sense for the moment but at the same time unaltered and straight forward.

Tom Bianchi was born close to Chicago. He studied law and worked as a lawyer before he discovered photography via sculpture. Today he is one of the most published gay artists in the world. Tom lives with his partner in Palm Springs. After two very successful books of “On the Couch” “Deep Sex” is the third publication from Tom Bianchi with Bruno Gmünder Publishing.

www.TomBianchi.com

Photobook, hardcover with dustjacket, 120 pages, 9.5 x 7 inch, 24,5 x 18 cm