An ode to the natural. Analogue and intimate nude photography from Berlin.0Sometimes imperfect is the perfect. Sarah Zak?s work represents exactly that. It?s a refreshing honest pictorial of women made by women. No artificial posing, no stilted?photoshop-bodies?, just real images of girls that are anyhow a lot m ore attractive than anything that?s artificially modified. This is an ode to naturalness. And so good to see in a world where anyhow so many things are edited to the utmost. (Christine Guggenberger).

Sarah Zak. Born in Germany, she started her career as a hairstylist and makeup artist before discovering the world of analog photography in 2016. From the beginning, her main topic was clear: beautiful women. With passion and a love for travel, she found women from all over the world who were willing to show themselves in front of her camera. What started as a hobby slowly developed into a bigger vision. Today, Sarah focuses mainly on her project "sarahlikesprettygirls". In addition to her publications on social media, with a wide reach and awareness, she now also collaborates with galleries and other artists around the world. For her second photo book, she chose Mexico City as the setting. The city fascinated her with its colors, its energy and its history and architecture. There she met and took portraits of numerous women - locals and travelers alike. Each photograph was captured on 35mm film, creating an "analog imperfection" that, in addition to its natural aesthetic, creates a special closeness to the women photographed. In a world of nude photography dominated by men, Sarah Zak's work breaks down stereotypes and creates a space for a unique beauty and power in women. Immerse yourself in this special collaboration and experience the sensual and inspiring world of female nude photography.

From Bobbi Brown, world-famous makeup artist, Pretty Powerful is a new kind of makeup manual that starts with who you are, rather than how you look. In this book, Bobbi interviews dozens of real women, celebrities, and athletes about what beauty means to them and shows, step-by-step, how to achieve each look. Along the way, she shares her trade secrets for striking eyes, youthful skin, pretty lips, and perfect brows for any age, skin color, or beauty type. Brimming with hundreds of stunning makeover ideas, recommendations for the best tools and products, inspiring beauty stories, and expert tips not found anywhere else, Pretty Powerful is the must-have guide for lasting beauty, inside and out.

Essay by jayne Anne Phillips.

Misty Dawn is one of Jock Sturges' primary and most popular muses. He has photographed her for 25 of her 28 years. Taken as a whole this series of images presents a unique, fully realised portrait of a blossoming individual and explores the relationship between photographer and subject.

Building on his first monograph, Jock Sturges presents us with a new body of work that strikes the same chords of beauty and evolution that we find in his earlier images, but with a more intense dramatic and metaphoric intention. His new work often has an almost theatrical effect on the viewer -- seeming to emanate directly from the lives of the artist's models. The settings, the subjects, the sumptuous lighting will all be familiar to longtime admirers of Sturges' ongoing body of work. As his experience as a photographer has deepened and his relationships with his growing subjects spans decades of collaboration, both subjects and photographer have found more to say to each other. The new photographs include diptychs of clothed/nude models, pictures of true mutual trust, as well as never-before seen color photographs! This large format book takes direct aim at Jock Sturges' long-standing vision as his large format, 8x10 view-camera always demanded the large exhibition prints that were to follow. Thanks to the brilliant combination of computer-driven advances in modern printing techniques and the old-world attention to detail and craftsmanship, this book sets a new standard for the reproduction of artworks.

Jock Sturges-Twenty-Five Years is a unique addition to the family of Jock Sturges publications. It is the first that presents an overview of his classic images made between the years 1978-2003 with personal commentary by the photographer opposite each reproduction. The twenty-five duotone reproductions are beautifully printed by Stinehour Press. Der Katalog ist von der Galerie Paul Cava Fine Art in Bala Cynwyd, PA (Amerika) editiert und mit einem Vorwort von Paul Cava versehen worden. Er beinhaltet 25 Fotografien, die Jock Sturges selbst kommentiert. Diese amerikanische Originalausgabe wird exclusiv von der edition MINOTAURUS in der GALERIE VEVAIS in Deutschland vertrieben.

Fanny is an extended portrait of a young girl's transition from child to woman. Made over a period of twenty-three years, the images are at once beautiful in their detail of light and identity, as well as frankly anthropological in their descriptive effect. A naturist since birth, Fanny's comfort with nudity and her natural self has allowed Sturges to draw an engaging portrait of the evolution of a human being with few social distractions. His access to the girl's and woman's character is direct and fascinating. Long known for his extended portraits of children and adolescents, this book is strong evidence of Sturges's permanent commitment to the people in his work.

Imagination and reality of the two classic gambling centers in the USA: Las Vegas and Atlantic City