Product Overview
I have always liked John Lennon's idea about violence being grotesque and nudity being beautiful. Las Vegas cab driver
Like Greg Friedler's three previous studiesNaked New York, Naked Los Angeles, and Naked Londonwhere each subject appears first clothed and then without clothes, these seventy-five people both confirm and contradict our assumptions about those who live and work in Sin City. Color photographs echo the gaudy surface of the Strip, but these peopleincluding waitresses, teachers, sex workers, businessmen, transsexuals, taxi drivers, mothers, and homeless mendare to step outside their protective everyday facades.Unlike traditional nude photography, these portraits are devoid of erotic or sexual overtones. Friedler's work is a kind of anthropological survey. If clothing is a voluntary choice, unclothed we see people in an involuntary statewe see their bodies as we see their faces, unmasked. These images are at once deeply intimate and refreshingly matter-of-fact. 150 color photographs
