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Der
englische Photograph Mike Crawley richtet sein Hauptaugenmerk nicht auf
die Konservierung eines regungslosen Momentes, sondern er bildet
Bewegungen ab. Mit der These, das Erotik nicht aus einem starren Körper
sprechen kann, erfindet er immer neue Möglichkeiten um in seinen Bilder
keinen Stillstand zu dulden. So läßt er ein Modell wie eine Katze
durch den Raum tapsen und erzielt damit eine wunderbar groteske Wirkung
und wenn er eine am Strand ruhende Frau ablichtet, dann kippt er die
Perspektive bis zu dem Punkt, am dem den Betrachter das Gefühl
beschleicht, sie rutsche eine Düne herunter. Mit diesem
hochintelligenten und humorvollen Ansatz, nähert sich Mike Crawley dem
Thema Erotik auf die ihm ureigenste Weise und beweist die Richtigkeit
der Eingangs formulierten These.
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Mike
Crawley is an amateur photographer living in Hertfordshire, England.
He went to
Leeds
and
Manchester
Universities
to study chemistry and started working as a chemist
for Kodak, Ltd in 1976. Mike has
always been interested in photography but didn’t take much interest in
shooting people until 1988 when he attended some local photography
classes. The portrait sessions were a revelation to him, and this led to
his current passion for photographing beautiful women.
Fast forward to the new millennium and Mike Crawley is now engaged in
exhibiting his work at galleries throughout the United Kingdom as well
as in Europe. Mike sells prints and has images in several traditional
picture libraries and agencies such as the Akehurst Bureau and
the online library Alamy.com.
He's also had several images and articles published in various
magazines including Practical Photography, Amateur
Photographer, Photo Answers and PIC. A recent
publication, The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography, from
Robinson of London contains a selection of Mike’s images. And
presently he is writing and illustrating a book commissioned by David
& Charles Limited called Photographing the Nude - this will
contain around 200 of his photographs and is due to be published later
this year.
michelle7.com
Photographing the Nude
 Photographing the Nude, by Mike Crawley will be available in October 2002, ISBN: 0 7153 1302 9, published by David & Charles , 279 x 216mm , 160 pages, £19.99. The book features 190 of Mike's images, including many of those previewed on the Photofrenetic website and also gives a host of hints and tips on creating fine art, classical and glamour nude images. The seven chapters cover topics such as equipment, how to find models and locations, lighting and metering, basic poses, creative imagery, darkroom know-how and digitising the nude. The book will be distributed in the USA by FW Publications
You
can it order here
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