Adam Raphael’s Do Not Disturb is a sensual series of lounging, bathing, and dining men amid the lavish interiors and luxurious finishes of the finest hotels in America. In the tradition of Raphael’s highly acclaimed Room Service, every page of this collection of all new work smolders with the heat of closed-door encounters.
The young men of Do Not Disturb are models of the highest caliber whose perfect physiques are revealed in Raphael’s photographs. Because the models are photographed individually, the viewer is invited to get to know each model intimately.
All of the models, who are both clothed and unclothed, are photographed in repose—playful, and carefree in the privacy of their hotel suites.
Escape into a world of extravagant, immaculately constructed fantasy, with Do Not Disturb.
3 Reasons To buy this book
Part of a series of well-respected erotic photobooks by Adam Raphael.
Young, rippling muscles from every creed and color.
These beautifully captured, private moments provide the reader a sense of personal intimacy with each the models.
Adam Raphael is one of the most highly respected artist photographers of the male models before the public today. What makes his work so different form the usual monograph of beautiful men is that he maintains a sense of respect for his extraordinarily well-sculpted and handsome men. While unafraid to capture the men with apparel he doesn't seem to consider that everything must be shown in order to capture the sensuality of the models. No full frontal nudity here, but the models he does elect to photograph without clothing carry a discreet towel or place the body in such a way that the overall physique is more important than an exposed phallus. It works because of the lavish attention to detail of lighting, color and poses Raphael selects, but it also works because of that age-old theory that less is more. Raphael leaves room for imagination and with the men he elects to use as models the imagination is completely satisfied!
These men of DO NOT DISTURB are in their world of privacy. There is no sense of staged effects here (although the compositions appear like finished perfect canvases), but rather what comes across is a communication between the model and the artist, a collaboration as if the model is saying 'this part of me is my best aspect' and in sharing that he invites Raphael to bring focus to muscle structure, personality, attitude, all with a sense of respectful privacy. How Adam Raphael allows these Adonis models to be sensual is understatement - of pose, of lighting, of color, of positioning of garments. The cover of the book says a lot about the content: a perfectly developed young man shares his abs - and the lets the imagination continue...
Health, vigor, youth, vitality, individual showmanship - all of these aspects result in a book filled with exquisite photographs. It just so happens that with Adam Raphael's talent he can be more sensuous than most simply by holding back. This is a coffee table book that will appeal equally to women and men - and at the same time will definitely please the audience whose attention to the male physique is highly polished.
