Imagine walking into a room filled with the world's finest contemporary erotic photographers, each with a portfolio of his or her best work. As you browse the photographs they discuss inspiration, censorship, how to find models, and how to make a living capturing beautiful women on film and in pixels.

The New Erotic Photography is the room, and 55 photographers from 12 countries are the hosts of this intimate gathering. In this 420 page volume you will meet Ralph Gibson, Jan Saudek, Terry Richardson, Natacha Merritt, Petter Hegre, Richard Kern, Bob Carlos Clarke and the many fresh new talents currently redefining eroticism. Playful, provocative and exuberantly sexy, these aren't your granddad's art nudes; this is The New Erotic Photography.

Photographers featured: Markus Amon, Alethea Austin, Marc Baptiste, Bruno Bisang, Lisa Boyle, Bob Carlos Clarke, Didier Carre', Robert Chouraqui, Barney Cokeliss, Bob Coulter, Yuri Dojc, Susan Egan, Alla Esipovich, Ivana Ford, Ed Fox, Peter Franck, Ralph Gibson, Steve Diet Goedde, Ludovic Goubet, James Graham, China Hamilton, Naomi Harris, Petter Hegre, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Mike James, Jive, Richard Kern, Chas Ray Krider, Eric Kroll, Vlastimil Kula, Herve' Lewis, Florian Lohmann, Ben Marcato, Olaf Martens, Natacha Merritt, Maki Miyashita, Ken-ichi Murata, Dave Naz, Sakiko Nomura, David Perry, George Pitts, Collin Rae, Nicola Ranaldi, Terry Richardson, Giovanni Sambuelli, Will Santillo, Jan Saudek, Joan Sinclair, Tony Stamolis, Missy Suicide, Jeremy Thompson, Rebecca Tillett, Larry Utley, Mariano Vargas, Yasuji Watanabe

Editors:
Dian Hanson was born in Seattle in 1951. For 25 years she produced various men’s magazines, including Puritan, Juggs and Leg Show, before becoming TASCHEN's sexy book editor in 2001. Her many books for TASCHEN include Vanessa del Rio: Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior, Tom of Finland XXL, and The Big Butt Book. She lives in Los Angeles.

Eric Kroll edited several titles for TASCHEN including Natacha Merritt’s Digital Diaries and The Wonderful World of Bill Ward. His photography was the subject of TASCHEN’s Fetish Girls and Beauty Parade.