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Uwe Ommer / Renaud Marchand (edit). Do It Yourself. Köln, Taschen, 2011.
€ 39.50
Bound, hardcover with original dustjacket, 200oo., 23x31cm., richly illustr. in col., in very good condition. (dustjacket with light traces of use). ISBN: 9783836531030.
Itemnummer 20460
This photographic project presents erotic self-portraits created by non-professional women who were invited to photograph themselves, often without direct intervention by the photographer. Uwe Ommer conceived the project as an inversion of the conventional photographic gaze, allowing subjects to control their own representation. Some participants used mirrors, some worked directly with the camera, and others collaborated with Ommer only for technical assistance. The resulting work explores self-image, eroticism, authorship, and female agency through a body of images that moves between spontaneity, performance, and staged visual experimentation. The volume is structured as a large-format photographic monograph composed primarily of self-generated nude and semi-nude portraiture. The images are organized as a visual sequence rather than as a documentary taxonomy, creating a progression through varied interpretations of sensuality, identity, play, and self-representation. The conceptual core of the work lies in the transfer of authorship from photographer to subject, making the book not merely a collection of erotic imagery but an experiment in photographic agency. The photographs vary in technical sophistication, framing, lighting, and compositional control, which is central to the project rather than incidental to it. The book functions simultaneously as photobook, conceptual study of the gaze, and exploration of self-portraiture within contemporary erotic photography, with particular emphasis on the relationship between subject autonomy and image-making. Uwe Ommer is a German-born photographer known internationally for fashion photography, portraiture, and large-scale thematic photographic projects. His work frequently examines the human figure, identity, and representation, often combining strong visual stylization with conceptual frameworks. His publications for Taschen include several influential photobooks focused on portraiture and corporeal imagery.






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