We are constantly bombarded with sexuality nowadays: movies, music videos, magazines, billboards on the streets, and certainly on this blog. Male photography books in particular excessively use sex (artistically) to sell, from naked athletes to locker-rooms. It is this abundance of sexuality that makes the new John Russo book ‘About Face’ a very refreshing and welcome change.
As the title suggests, the book is all about the face. Fresh and stripped from the constraints of fashion, make-up and styling, Russo captures the raw beauty of his male subjects, most of which are famous Hollywood stars and models. All images were shot using natural light and type 55 Polaroid film, which adds to the freshness and intimacy of the images. More after the jump.
