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Summary: Girls underpants!
Review: Oh that..famous scene "Sixteen Candles" where all the geeks are paying to see Molly Ringwald's [underpants] in the boys room......Yes we all love [them],and girls in them.Dave Naz does an amazing job of capturing young beautiful & REAL women...!There is no other book like it! I am glad someone finally got the idea that women don't wear make up all the time and don't bounce around the house in Victoria's Secret lingerie.Come on that's not real.I am glad someone finally gets the picture!This book is not GLOSS,it's real!I look forward to Dave Naz's next projects...At least he is keepin' it real.Buy this book!
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Summary: Good Dirty Fun
Review: Panties is a fun book. It's hard to know what to expect from the cover, but the book did not disappoint. It's not just a bunch a photos of girls posing in their panties. The photos look more candid than staged. The girls come in all ages and sizes although there are more younger than older. skinny young girls and chunky smiling girls, the common theme being the panties. These girls are not obvious model types. They are cute, interesting and a couple of them have tattoos. There are quite a few vaginas in there, so if you're frightened away by that sort of thing, you should avoid this book!
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Summary: non-complicated fluff
Review: Panties is an incredibly simplistic attempt to present the female nude in a "High Art" manner. Naz's sexual distraction as a means to convey a deaper sense of line and form was not done well. Although many of the subjects are incredibly beautiful, the choice of backdrops and positions do not do the women justice. Further, his true subject (panties) is more an after thought than a center piece. Panties is a decent conversation piece but is not worth the investment and is a bit too explicit as a coffee table presentation.
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Summary: A delicious catalog of girls dressed only in their panties!
Review: Panties is the latest book from L.A. photographer Dave Naz and it will surely not disappoint his growing fan base. It's not what one would describe as a serious minded artistic study. Nothing is forced here and there is an absolute lack of pretension throughout. And that's just what makes this such a wonderful and dare I say, refreshing, photographic expose of the female nude. This graphical attitude is the perfect tone for such a project as shooting a wide variety of young ladies dressed only in their panties, and quite often, their panties are wrapped up in their hands lovingly showcasing their beautifully delicious genitalia. Each shot is well composed in classic Naz style and utilizes his blaring use of color photography all the way through. Over 140 images are featured.
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Summary: All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go
Review: Pictorial books like PANTIES by David Naz defy description since they often do not fit into a clearly defined niche. What Naz seems to have done is to present a series of fairly ordinary looking women, some of whom are wearing panties and some not, who look distinctly unmodel like. PANTIES is not meant to be prurient. Almost certainly it is meant as a minor celebration of Your Typical Woman. The models seem unhappy with their poses, a not unsurprising trait since they are not professional models. Naz has made little effort to capture a sense of the uniqueness that each women must have. Instead he presents a melange of photos some of which feature the same woman that do little more than show a woman who has matters on her mind that are not connected to exhibitionism or even a healthy desire to reveal a bit of their minds. What Naz has succeeded in was to capture a sense of the ennui that women probably feel when they know that men are gawking at them. I know that I felt that same sense of weariness even before I glanced past the first few pages.
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Summary: All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go
Review: Pictorial books like PANTIES by David Naz defy description since they often do not fit into a clearly defined niche. What Naz seems to have done is to present a series of fairly ordinary looking women, some of whom are wearing panties and some not, who look distinctly unmodel like. PANTIES is not meant to be prurient. Almost certainly it is meant as a minor celebration of Your Typical Woman. The models seem unhappy with their poses, a not unsurprising trait since they are not professional models. Naz has made little effort to capture a sense of the uniqueness that each women must have. Instead he presents a melange of photos some of which feature the same woman that do little more than show a woman who has matters on her mind that are not connected to exhibitionism or even a healthy desire to reveal a bit of their minds. What Naz has succeeded in was to capture a sense of the ennui that women probably feel when they know that men are gawking at them. I know that I felt that same sense of weariness even before I glanced past the first few pages.
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Summary: normal girls/normal apparel
Review: These are not supermodels wearing expensive lingerie. They could be any of a number of young girls that you meet in college classes or at the mall. They are wearing (partially, completely or not at all) panties that could be described as little girl panties. The lighting is flat (only two photoes with lots of shadows, and one wonders if the strobe failed in those) but the typical buyer of this type of book will mainly be interested in clarity and full lighting anyway. The girls who pose look like they are enjoying doing so, and many will enjoy looking at the pictures.
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Summary: Softcore Porn
Review: This book has little artistic value, more like selections from hustler's barely Legal Magazine. The models have no make up, which is ok, but it seems as though the photographer was trying too hard to make the models look "next-door"sy. Many of the models are obviously strippers or amateur porn actresses, and there is truly only 1 photograph with any artistic value. The rest seem like an amateur photographer's way of photographing a nude. There is not much variety in the poses, either. You can see the same poses in every model's series - don't waste your money!
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Summary: Panty Lovers Use Caution
Review: This may not be the book for all who love the look of a beautiful woman in her panties. Many of the women are NOT beautiful, and some are clearly exhibitionists and no more. There are enough innocent-looking models, however, to convince yourself that they were "caught off guard." Few of the models, however, have their panties fully in place. Many are at half-mast or around the model's ankles. None is wearing a bra, so there are many nipples and/or full breasts on view. There is also much pubic hair, and many shaved vulvas that are little more than "beaver shots." Many of the panties look like things young girls would wear, though there is no doubt that all models are of age. So if you just want to look at pretty women in their panties, beware of this book. On the other hand, if panties are secondary to you, there's lots of other "stuff" to keep your attention. Many photos have no panties in sight whatsoever. This book is clearly meant for men, but women who like to be seen in their underpants may get some schooling on how to, and how not to, approach such situations
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Summary: Clean
Review: This work is clean. What I am saying with that word is that while good lighting and fine techinical attributes are present they are not intrusive.
The women in these photos seem to be there w/out the photographers aid - he is a conduit. This work is better than good. It's the only contemperaneous photography I've seen that seems to transcend era - it is the nature of technology (and therefore on some levels photography, as it requires a technical aparatus to create it) to be clearly rooted in it's time. In capturing these faces and bodies the photographer has struck on something really indefinable and timeless.
This book is enjoyable just on a visceral level. The blond girl on the hard wood floor is lit well and the colour harmony is great. Many of the shots are incredible, so
confrontational w/ out any trace of anger or resentment. "Go ahead and look at me, even make my image. You won't touch me in any meaningful way." That same - totally self contained expression is repeated regularly. The vulnerablitiy one would expect in
these photos is there, but it isn't central. Cheeky, playfull, openess yes; but these images don't feel vulnerable, just the opposite infact, it seems to be an oxymoron.
It's a good book, it's a good body of pictures, impressive. Then there is page 148. If photography is "painting with light" Mr. Naz just created a masterpiece. The word is used technically - a work of art or craft that defines one as a master of their form. It is a materpiece and not merely in relation to his own work either. Congratulations Mr Naz, you've displayed mastery of your craft as well as created a body of work that diplays womens sexuality as self possessed without being confrontational.
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