Les Erotiques du regard

Folio (345 x 265 mm), pp.[112]. 64 black-and-white photographs. Original black-and-white photo-illustrated paper-covered boards, tinted pink, text and spine printed in black; rubbing to tips, and to head and foot of spine, short closed tear to lower panel at foot of spine, horizontal crease towards foot of spine. Near-fine.\n\nFirst edition. Les Erotiques du Regard ‘is a frank meditation on the male gaze, an essay in pictures and a kind of concrete poetry where the typography has equal status with the imagery. Unlike many of the so-called erotic books from the 1960s – the ‘Free Love’ era – Les Erotiques manages to examine the phenomenon of the male gaze, whilst at the same time doing the classically male thing of gazing’ (Parr).\n\nParr, M. and Badger, G., The Photobook: A History, Vol.I, p.226.