Cinema Hard
Can pornography ever be art? With unique access to the closed world of Italian porn movies, this is the question urgently posed by the remarkable work of Vittoria Perzan, fashion model turned photographer. Taking a series of porn shoots as their subject matter, the photographs in Cinema Hard find beauty where so many claim it cannot exist, discover humanity in a notoriously heartless industry, and re-assess a medium that is now so demonised as to be considered past redemption.
In black and white, and in colour, Perzan's talented eye captures a rich diversity of images that shock and stimulate in a way that is both sexual and aesthetic. Most would have thought that art simply couldn't exist in the context of porn. But it can and does, and in over 250 exquisite shots Perzan proves this with great style and verve; she documents the excitement and passion, the sadness and laughter and, most importantly, the human story of one of the greatest obsessions of our age.
Containing an interview with the photographer and an essay by Saskia Vogel, Cinema Hard is unique: a highly intelligent look at the anatomy of a porn movie, perhaps the true pop art of its time.
- First book published to investigate porn in a frank and fearless way.
- An honest book that tells it like it is...
- A beautiful and exciting new photographer with her first stunning portfolio of work
- Over 250 great images presented in an attractive hardback, landscape book
- Each chapter from foreplay to climax
- Fascinating, in-depth interview with the beautiful, fearless and exciting new photographer who appears stunningly nude in the book!!!
- This book re-writes the rules for erotic photography!
Cinema Hard
Product Specifications
Size: 175x245mm.
Pages: 200 pp.
Images: 250+.
ISBN: 1-904989-15-2
ISBN: 1904989152
Available in the following editions
Collectors': Hardback, cloth-bound book with dustwrappers, and limited to 1275 numbered copies.
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de Luxe: Hardback book with dustjacket, limited to 495 numbered copies of the book, and including one limited edition print signed by Vittoria Perzan, presented in a portfolio.
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