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| Creators: Henning Von Berg, Kingdome 19
Publisher: Bruno Gmunder Verlag Gmbh
Category: Book
List Price: $32.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 608422
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 3861879115
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9783861879114
ASIN: 3861879115
Publication Date: March 15, 2008
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Book Description
Exciting shots of striking-looking, well-hung, powerful men, artistically posed in just the right light. Painstaking lab processing gives these artists' photographs an unusually graphic look, literally confronting us with naked reality. In solo portraits, often surreal and classically elegant, we see dream bodies which set our own desires burning. Brim-full of the bare hard facts, coming direct from our wildest fantasies.
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 Glad I bought it May 30, 2008
The sepia tone and setting add to sensuality of the well defined male form. It's good to see well toned male body that is not the overly developed muscle form. Keeping it on end table for all to see.
 Pretty Good May 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book wasn't the best I've purchased, but it was definately a good book. My friends and enjoyed the imagery. However, the photographs are mostly in sepia style.
 Not so much March 13, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a photographer, I collect a wide variety of photo art books. Of all of the male figure study books I've collected, this would be my least favorite. To me, it seems far less about art and more about the photographer's obsession with very well-hung men and hangs closer to porn than art. I don't have a problem with porn, but it's not what I was shopping for and I probably won't be holding on to this book.
That said, there are a handful of creative and intriguing photos in here. But not many.
Go Big or Go Home! January 29, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like em big then you'll like this one! I was however not pleased with the clarity of the photos. I found that the black and white coupled with the somewhat distorted look of the photos was not all that appealing. Not sure I'd put this one on my coffee table though, I suppose it all depends on what you put/have on it! Definitely worth the sticker!
A Photographic Collaboration: Kingdome 19 Embellishes Von Berg January 18, 2007
45 out of 50 found this review helpful
UNIVERSAL is a successful collaborative effort between Kingdome 19 (the well known carpenter/graphic artist turned photographer) and Henning von Berg (an equally well known architectural engineer turned photographer), both artists from Germany and both highly respected in Europe and now the USA. Their subject matter is the male nude and their similarities are their focus on non-studio settings and on their brave depiction of the aroused male.
From von Berg's vast collection of photographs, Kingdome 19 re-worked many in his developing room, adding graphic details, works, markings, and other artistic elements, enhancing von Berg's sometimes static works immensely. But the book also shares many of Kingdome 19's own photographs, all presented in sepia toning, all with some degree of handcrafted manipulation to enhance the artistic aspect of the finished product, and all sensually beautiful in the casual manner in which he shares his models' willingness to be totally free with their posing.
As the art world (since Mapplethorpe) has matured more and more to the point that male nudity, and even aroused male images, is becoming more accepted. Certainly at the top of the list of brave photographers is the always exciting work of Kingdome 19. This book contains nearly 150 images that are strong and challenging. Another fine book from Bruno Gmunder Verlag GmbH. Grady Harp, January 07
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