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Synopsis

Bondi Classic is the first solo photo book by Australian photographer Paul Freeman. Blue Magazine's favorite photographer for many years, Freeman is also known for authoring the best–selling biography of Ian Roberts.

Bondi Classic stands out in a publishing genre filled, of late, with thoughtless compilations. It's a sumptuous 240–page hardbound, with beautiful production values and design, and exquisite photography. It's the first in a self–published series of 'coffee table' collectibles by Freeman's.

A tribute to the Australian hero, Bondi Classic responds to a strong international demand for a book of Freeman's art nude portraiture. With remarkable talent Freeman gives us a sensual yet respectful look at a vast and varied array of Aussie men, including some of Australia's top actors, models, sports stars and Olympians. (Captured champion iron men, Princess Diana's personal trainer, mister Australia body building champions, actors from international theatre and film, television soap heart–throbs, top pro footballers, Olympic boxers, divers and wrestlers, and an Australian Man Of The Year!)

Using classic and European religious art references, often within an ancient and moody Sydney coastal environment, Bondi Classic takes us on an epic of unabashed male physicality. Maintaining a reverential distance from his subjects, Freeman's story revels in the paradoxes of masculinity. His subjects are strong yet sensual, courageous while provocative, violent and divinely innocent.

Keywords

Art & Artist, Art Erotica, Beefcake, Book, Gay Male, Gay/Lesbian, Muscle Boy, Nudity, Photography

Genres

Books, Photography/Art

Customer Reviews

The Men of Australia

grady harp wrote on 08/03/2010:

For those looking for the best of the books of male photography, this portfolio by Paul Freeman deserves a place high on the list. Different photographers approach the male nude with different agendas: some try for classic poses, some go for spontaneous moods, some keep the 'privates' in the shadows while others place the focus there, some costume, some try for natural effects. Freeman searches (and definitely finds!) subjects who are quintessentially masculine Men. And this collection should equally engage the interest of women as of the ready-made male population.

Freeman uses his fellow countrymen (Australia) to show us the virile attitude of the untamed. These 'models' are buff, have body decor from piercing or ink, know how to make the partially clothed form even more sensuous that the fully nude form (although there is a lot of that, too), and in general creates photographs that are well conceived and executed and presented in a superb format. There are portraits solo and in tandem. This is a collection that will find a wide audience. Recommended for the novice and the connoisseur collector alike!

Grady Harp

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Kodiak Bear wrote on 09/07/2005:

I bought this book, thinking that it was
a collection of photographs of Real Australian men.
You know sheep herders. cattle ranchers, truck drivers etc. Working class men. In the buff of course!
What I got was this artsy staged stuff.
Done with models that looked like they
just walked off a GQ photo shoot.
And to add insult to injury, no photos
of any native-Australian men (Aboriginies) or any other men of color.
who live on the continent.
My advice. Take a pass on this one!