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Summary: ARTISTIC, INNOVATIVE & LOVED AROUND THE WORLD
Review: "ASIA BONDAGE" is a highly erotic journey for the senses. When I discovered the photographic qualities of Steven Speliotis I was immediately struck by the excellent way he does the lighting and the rope-work. Not using the traditional Japanese Bondage (Shibari) but it is more a part of his layout, his vision. The ropes make the photocomposition and make the picture/art even more intriguing and fascinating. In this excellent, and I am not exaggerating, book you will find some of the best bondage photography I have seen these last years.
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Summary: Hands Down a definate must have!
Review: As usual, Goliath has put out another stunning coffee table book for (not quite) the masses. This one is full of Asian (as the title anounces) Beauties bound in beautiful Shibari rope work. I do not think that there is one bad photo in this book.
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Summary: i enjoy Asia Bondage very much
Review: I enjoy looking at the images of Asia Bondage, and I highly recommend people who're interested in bondage art to own this book. If you like the cover of Asia Bondage, you may like to see more images from this book on Speliotis website. You'll be amazed by the stunning images he created.
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Summary: Elegant photography
Review: I loved Steven Speliotis' Asia Bondage. The photography is beautiful, sexy and dramatic. The way he defies stereotypes is playful and exciting. A great photo book.
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Summary: Don't judge a book by its cover like I did.
Review: I was doing some research for an art project concerning human bondage, when I stumbled across this book on Amazon. I liked the photograph on the cover, and the book seemed to get good reviews; but, let me tell you, it's nothing but a disappointment. 1) The photography could have been better. 2) The women are plain-Janes. No excitement here, just boring pictures. I'll give the photographer some credit by saying he HAD a good idea (notice I said "had"), but when it appears he had an exceptional idea, he fails to convey it through his photographs. Given the photographer's experience and knowledge, I think anyone could have done better at exposing Asian bondage and sensuality. Don't buy this book, you'll regret it.
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Summary: A Wonderful Vision of Contorted Human Sculpture
Review: In this beautiful book of 160 pages, New York art photographer Steven Speliotis explores his fascination with dominance & submission. He specifically chose to work with Asian females, utilizing the their long and well known history of cultural subordination as the pedestal on which this work stands. The noted contrast between the white ropes that he uses along with his models' silken white skin with the dark and isolated studio in which they are "imprisoned" is what captures you. This, one might say, is Steven's secret ingredient - a potent use of minimalism. That's all it is: black hair and black shadows, white rope and white skin, all knotted up into distended, contorted, striking human sculptures.There is a message here. And Speliotis conveys it with the exquisite photography that he has become renown for. Commanding, brooding, enthralling, Asia Bondage has both the material and attitude to appeal to a wide range of interests. The photography is MAGNIFICENT!!!
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Summary: Inticing, thought provoking, and utterly artistic
Review: Not only is this book a must have to show off on your coffee table while friends ooh and aah, it's a book filled with layers of emotion and women who release there inhibitions. Steven Speliotis has definitely made a statement about life in the sense that we are all bound to one thing or another, and can find joy and freedom through that bondage. It's also an absolutley stunning book to look through and just take in.
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Summary: Inticing, thought provoking, and utterly artistic
Review: Not only is this book a must have to show off on your coffee table while friends ooh and aah, it's a book filled with layers of emotion and women who release there inhibitions. Steven Speliotis has definitely made a statement about life in the sense that we are all bound to one thing or another, and can find joy and freedom through that bondage. It's also an absolutley stunning book to look through and just take in.
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Summary: A new fashinating world
Review: Steven Speliotis is a master introducing students to a new fashinating world. The white rope he is using is a seductive path drown on the skin of fashinating models. Where the path leads to is up to the reader.
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Summary: Artistic but not skillful
Review: The 147 full page black and white photos are pleasant to leaf through. The composure and lighting of each picture is immaculate. However, the bondage itself is mostly decorative rather than functional. I was disappointed by the sloppiness of much of the ropework, especially considering the tradition of elaborate and strict positions that Japanese bondage engenders. This book would make a respectable coffee table conversation starter for those so inclined, but is in no way suitable as a "how to" reference. The pictures depicting rope coiled around the neck could be potentially dangerous - don't try this at home!
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