Synopsis
<div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text_headlines"><div><strong>Sexy in the city: Howard Huang’s anime-inspired glamour girls</strong></div><div> </div></div><div class="description_text"><div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text">When photographer Howard Huang began shopping his fashion book around New York in 2002 he had no idea he was about to become the master of urban photography. Back then, Huang, originating from Taiwan, thought "urban girls" were just women who lived in the city, explaining, "English is my second language; I was still learning." Nonetheless, when the editor of <em>Black Men</em> magazine asked if he knew how to shoot sexy women he said, "Sure!" and set about staging the magazine’s voluptuous singers, models, and actresses in fantasies inspired by his love of comic books and anime.<br><br>His composite photos feature exotic locales, lush interiors, or the neon-washed nighttime streets of Manhattan. His shapely heroines, including singer <strong>Jacki-O</strong>, actress <strong>Vida Guerra,</strong> and reality TV stars <strong>Hoopz</strong>, <strong>Deelishis,</strong> and <strong>Risky Jones</strong>, escape on sleek motorcycles; rob banks with guns drawn and Halliburton cases spilling money; brandish swords like Japanese assassins; conjure fire; hunt big game, and generally kick ass while displaying their own generous posteriors in photos reminiscent of video games. "The trick is to rework an image to enhance my vision, without drawing attention to cheesy Photoshop special effects," says Huang, who studied under advertising photography master <strong>Michel Tcherevkoff</strong>. The result is a unique marriage of the new pictorialism with classic glamour photography, and a look at the little known niche market of African-American and Latina bikini models, collectively known as "urban girls."</div><div class="margin-bottom"> </div><div class="margin-bottom">Text in English, French, and German</div></div>
À propos de l?auteur
Howard Huang, né à Taiwan en 1971, passe son adolescence à Hawaii, avant de suivre les cours de l'Academy of Art College de San Francisco. Son diplôme en poche, il part à New York, où il travaille pour la mode et la publicité. Depuis lors il y photographie des " urban girls pour, entre autres, Black Men, XXL, Smooth, Vibe ou Maxim. Dian Hanson est née à Seattle en 1951. Elle a dirigé pendant 25 ans différents magazines masculins, notamment Puritan, Juggs et Leg Show, avant de prendre les commandes de la collection sexy de TASCHEN en 2001. Parmi les nombreux livres qu'elle a signés chez TASCHEN, citons Vanessa del Rio: cinquante années plutôt dévergondées, The Big Book of Legs et The Big Butt Book. Elle vit à Los Angeles.
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