ENJOY THE FIRST EROTIC PHOTOBOOK AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany). 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% protection, 100% insurance and combined shipping worldwide. Fantastic nude book classic by famous French photographer Jeanloup Sieff (1933-2000) - in the TRUE FIRST ORIGINAL FRENCH VERSION. With the best work by the photographer, well-known also for his excellent nude photography. WITH THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. "Jeanloup Sieff was born in Paris to Polish parents. He was a photography student of Gertrude Fehr. He is famous for his portraits of politicians, famous artists, landscapes, as well as for his nudes and use of wide-angle lens and visible dodging marks. He worked mainly in black and white and in fashion. He died in Paris. His daughter, Sonia Sieff, is also a photographer." (Wikipedia) Contrejour, Paris. 1984. First edition, first printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. 245 x 310 mm. 200 pages. Photos: Jeanloup Sieff. Text in French. Condition: Book inside clean with no previous owner marks and with no foxing, but pages a bit browned; first (blank) page teared away, no other remarkable defects. Book outside a bit browned at the edges; bumped at the bottom right corner of the front (so first ten pages marginally dog-eared at the bottom right corner, all other pages are fine). Dustjacket quite fresh and complete with no tears, with no taped tears and with no missing parts; trace of use. Overall very good condition. Wonderful nude photos by Jeanloup Sieff in breath-taking printing - with the original dustjacket. "Born in Paris to Polish parents Jeanloup Sieff began shooting fashion photography in 1956 and joined the Magnum Agency in 1958, which enabled him to travel extensively. Settling in New York for much of the sixties he worked for Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle, photographing celebrities such as Jane Birkin, Yves Saint-Laurent, Rudolf Nureyev and Alfred Hitchcock amongst others. Sieff won numerous prizes including the Prix Niepce, the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in Paris in 1981 and the Grand Prix National de la Photographie in 1992, and his work is housed in many private and international collections. Sieff is heralded as one of the great international photographic talents of the last half-century and has left an undeniable imprint on his generation. Prolific in many fields, the variety of his imagery highlights his broad artistry, ranging from fashion, nudes, landscape and portraiture. With great tenacity, Sieff pursued a personal and highly effective signature style, soaked in playful imagination with a touch of irony. Seldom working in colour he favoured the discipline of black and white, often using to his advantage the spatial distortion of wide-angle lenses, the dramatic potential of shadow and exploitation of tone. (Hamilton's gallery)