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David Vance – HEAVENLY BODIES

Posted Sunday 28th June 2009by Editor

In Heavenly Bodies, his fourth photo book for Bruno Gmünder, the American star photographer presents the male body – so perfect and dedicated, that you actually gain the impression of having access to some higher places.

The pictures of Vance stand in the tradition of the demigods from greek mythology as well as the paintings of Michelangelo. They show models, whose beauty is so sublime that the man himself appears to be a piece of art, breathtaking and immaculate. Athletic like Adonis – with a skin of alabaster. And in addition those heavenly guys are equipped with a pretty earthly sex appeal. Vance knows how to combine sex and beauty like no one else. He stokes the viewer’s desire and yet he still touches his mind.

This book is a hymn to the male body. Vance himself writes, that his photographs don’t emerge in a conscious process, “these images just happen”. Well, that’s okay with us.

David Vance can look back on a career spanning more than three decades. As a photographer of portraits and promotion he worked for several magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone and Men’s Health. He photographed stars from Ricky Martin to Luciano Pavarotti.

Heavenly Bodies
Photo book, 112 Seiten, full color / duotone, image-wrap hardcover
8 ½ x 11 ¼” / 21,5 x 28,5 cm
978-3-86787-019-1
US$ 53.99 / £ 29.95 / € 29,95 / CHF 49,90 / AUS$ 68.95