In 1993, Roy Stuart started creating monthly photo stories for "Leg Show" magazine, collaborating with editor Dian Hanson. This boxed set features a selection of 34 stories produced for the magazine between 1995 and 2001, intended as a heartfelt gift.
Im 20. Jahrhundert gab die Pornografie ihr Filmdebüt. Mit einem Anschein von Improvisation und Amateurhaftigkeit war sie zugleich sarkastisch, erfrischend und authentisch. Doch die zunehmende Kommerzialisierung und Kodifizierung hielt die Pornografie alsbald in einem Ghetto aus ökonomischen Interessen und den entsprechenden Ritualen gefangen. Das Ergebnis war ein Mienenspiel aus groben und wenig erregend aufgemachten Bildern. Die so genannte Erotik hatte immer eine „bessere Presse“, vor allem, weil sie oft literarisch bearbeitet wurde und ihr große Autoren huldigten. Eingeschränkt durch Zensur, vor allem Selbstzensur, konnte die Erotik den Sex immer nur sehr unvollkommen darstellen. Sie verurteilte sich zu Geschmacklosigkeit und Selbstverstümmelung, genährt durch den Glauben, den Ausweg in einer eitlen und redundanten Kultiviertheit zu finden. Paradoxerweise bewies dies aber nur - sehr zur Freude der ewigen Moralisten -, dass Monotonie immer aus Uniformität erwächst und vorfabrizierte Pornografie und Erotik langweilig waren und sind.
With his trademark interest in the daily rituals of womankind and his richly textured appreciation of the garments of seduction, Stuart presents photographic representations of desire that don't slip into the tired stereotypes of pornography or degrading portrayals.
In turns voyeuristic, in turns narrative, Roy Stuart's photographs, with their disarming explicitness, subvert traditional moral codes and force the viewer to reevaluate his or her preconceived notions of sexuality.
Continuing To Break Down The Boundaries Of Sexual Politics With His Provocative Photography, Roy Stuart's Most Recent Work Is More Explicit Than Ever. With The Groundwork Laid In Volumes I And Ii, Stuart Ventures Further Into The Ambivalent Relationship Between Reality And Illusion, Using Role-playing To Parody Conventional Ideas Of Sex. More Daring, More Subversive, Volume Iii Features Stuart's Most Focused Work To Date. As An Attack On The Artificiality Of The Fashion Industry's Ideas Of Sexiness And Beauty, Stuart Has Included A Before And After Section; Here You'll Find Simple Shots Of The Models As They Are (without Makeup) And Photos Of Them After Being Transformed. His Latest Subjects Also Include Older Women, Who, In Their Non-conformity To Orthodox Standards Of Beauty, Are Awkwardly Out Of Place In Their Roles As Dolled-up Sex Objects. What Is Society Teaching Us About Sexual Attraction? Does Western Culture Brainwash Us Into Taking On Traditional Sexual Roles, Wherein Women Must Be Beautiful And Men Must Be Dominant? Forget What Mainstream Society Has Taught You About Power Roles, Desirability, And Body Image. Stuart Depicts A World Where Barriers Are Abolished And Women Share The Same Sexual License As Men. Very Hot And Very Cutting-edge, Volume Iii Is A Must-have!
