I have always been a huge fan of Mr. Vance, so I have waited for this new book anxiously...I am not disappointed...It is genius from cover to cover...the photographer captures these stunning men like no other...
The earlier reviewer,was mistaken, I think, in his middling review...to call any of these images kitsch, is either misguided or just plain cruel...
Mr. Vance is a master. He has honed his craft through many heart-stoppingly beautiful books...the field of B&W photography (of nude men) is most often an overgorged mess...to the list of the BRILLIANT; Duane Michaels, G.P.Lynes,J.P.Witkin,Ken Haak,Rick Castro, Bruce Weber, F. Rousseau, Mr. Vance would be no stranger.
It is very hard for an artist to find a vision, and then to carry it out as magically as David Vance...he makes it look effortless, but we all know there is more to it than pointing a camera at a handsome man and clicking...
I applaud him for this ravishing book...it mixes our passion for fine art, with our heavenly, marvelous, lusty desires for male beauty...you really must buy it, and see each image personally...it is very,very potent...BEAU