Format: Inbunden, mer eller mindre nyskick

Språk: Engelska

Antal sidor: 208

Utgivningsdatum: 2011

Förlag: Taschen

Medarbetare: Santillo, Will (photo.)Hanson, Dian (ed.)

Mått: 30 x 22 x 3cm

Vikt: 1240g

ISBN: 9783836524360

The title means "the little death," a euphemism for orgasm, but the women who exuberantly masturbate for Toronto photographer Will Santillo in this book are as lively a bunch as you ll ever meet.
Santillo conceived the project eight years ago to include a thorough cross section of women: young to old, slim to thick, perfect beauties to those not considered beautiful until seen through his lens.
The one constant would be that each would decide and direct how she masturbated to climax while he captured the moment.
From previous projects with amateur subjects Santillo had come to believe that masturbation is a far more personal act than most sex play because it is conducted almost exclusively in private.
He set out to reveal the diversity and creativity with which women approach self-stimulation, and to portray the beauty of ordinary women in the throes of orgasm a beauty far richer than the male oriented depictions seen in pornography.
Santillo says he seeks to uncover the hidden face of his subjects, and indeed, its the faces that best show the intensity of response in these artfully explicit photos.