NORDIC ANGELS
In this unique photobook, the Swedish photographer Gerth Sernelin treats us to three decades of erotic photography. Rarely has the beauty of the nude female body been so candidly documented.
Constantly changing fashions are also evident in these photos. In the 1970s, most of the models still had largely untamed, natural pubic hair. In the 1980s, a trend toward trimming and shaving led to progressively shorter pubic hair in narrower patches. Finally, the smooth and entirely hairless pudenda became the new ideal of beauty in the 1990s.
Sernelin shows us the most beautiful women in intimate portraits. These angels from the Far North couldn't be photographed more erotically!
Press comments and reviews
“This is Sernelin’s first book – and what a book it is!
My impression of Sernelin: a very professional, congenial, honest, hardworking
photographer who’s utterly free from the affectation that’s
so frequently seen in nude photography. Unlike other nude photographers,
who typically invite other people to write their introductions and advertise
their uniqueness in commercially effective prose, this photographer prefers
to take pen in hand and write his own foreword. I’ve never read a
more comprehensive or more informative preface, written by the photographer
himself, in any other photo book. Sernelin describes his professional career,
traces the general evolution of nude photography during these years, and
shares valuable technical information. We learn a bit about his models,
and he explains his photographic and aesthetic likes and dislikes. Each
nude photo in this book is identified with the year the shot was taken and
the name of the model. As far as the photos themselves are concerned, these
nudes are alternately daring, soft core and detailed close-ups. The quality
is on a par with the pictures published in ‘Playboy.’ This photo
book is my personal Number One.”
amazon.de (Kundenbewertung*****)
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“The glorious 30! Sernelin has created a genuinely successful visual
testimony to the art of erotic photography. A photographer of nude models
for more than three decades, he’s had plenty of firsthand experience
with many fashions and trends.”
Union
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“The mountains are his world! Star photographer Gerth Sernelin from
Sweden specializes in opulent breasts. Russ Meyer would appreciate these
shots! Sernelin doesn’t like silicon, but he adores natural, shaved
women in the nude – just they way the Nordic gods created them. And
these girls show themselves in so-called “pink shots” that couldn’t
be more intimate. One thing becomes perfectly clear after leafing through
these 160 pages: Swedes can do a lot more than just play ice hockey….”
TVSünde
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“Nordic Angels is the superlative lifework
of the Swedish photographer Gerth Sernelin, a professional photographer
who has spent the past 30 years capturing highly erotic images of Nordic
women. A charismatic retrospective and a new erotic classic.”
Le Journal de la Haute Marne
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