Richard Kern

Simplemente sexy: Las chicas espléndidamente naturales de Richard Kern "Estas fotografías pueden impactar a algunos por sexistas y a otros por sexys. De un modo u otro, son desacostumbradamente viscerales." - The New York Times, Nueva York A Richard Kern le gustan las mujeres de verdad: Sin pretensiones, sin adornos, y, definitivamente, desnudas. Aquellos a quienes les encanta Kern saben que cada libro es una invitación para entrar en su mundo privilegiado donde jovencitas naturales comparten sus momentos más íntimos. Richard nunca ha perdido su curiosidad juvenil hacia las chicas y sus secretos, así que en lugar de hacerlas posar en sets esterilizados las sigue por la casa - más bien su apartamento en Nueva York - desde el patio trasero hasta la cocina, el baño, la habitación, capturando cada momento sexy y embarazoso. Action es su libro más revelador hasta ahora. A lo largo de 280 páginas nos tambaleamos por la vida de Kern, acompañada por docenas de exhibicionistas energéticas, amantes de la diversión, desnudistas. "Las jovencitas quieren mostrarle al mundo que no se parecen a las mujeres liberadas que odian a los hombres que son sus madres," me dijo una vez una modelo de Kern, y estas chicas realmente hacen valer su opinión. Para darles más apoyo en su rebellion, el libro incluye un DVD de una hora con una película original de Kern con una estupenda banda sonora realizada por Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Way to stick it to the Mom, señoritas! Y gracias, Richard, you lucky dog. -Dian Hanson

English / French / GermanThere''s something odd about Richard Kern''s most recent photographs. They''re so fresh.These are not typical soft-porn photos of the look-at-me-so-young-and-sexy variety. From bondage to leather to latex to guns, Kern is known for incorporating all of the elements of fetish imagery into his photos. These days, though, his girls are less equipped. They also smile a lot.Kern, long involved in the New York punk scene, has gained recognition not only for his photography but also for his underground short films of the 80s and 90s (in 1994 he also wrote and directed a video for the alternative rock group Marilyn Manson.)This volume features Kern''s recent work, a testament to the new phase in his photography. Saturated colors and bright atmospheric lighting accentuate his pretty-but-not-perfect young nude subjects. Still sticking with the ''no airbrush'' motto, Kern''s unpretentious, honest photos draw the viewer in close; sometimes it almost feels like you''re right there. Imperfections galore, these sophisticated snapshots show it like it really is. Fans of Kern''s previous work will find this new direction refreshing.

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