Mattress

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Summary: He's done it again
Review: Greg Friedler has quite a following, at least in my corner of the art world. When he came out with his Naked... in NY, in LA, in London series, he amazed us by coming up with a truly new idea in photography - and there are very few of those. Mattress, like his previous three books, has a restraint that makes technique disappear and lets the image come forward. It is so compelling, it feels as if you're being let in on a secret. This man has talent; in fact, I believe he is one of the freshest pair of eyes out there today. I don't just recommend this book, I dare you to change your view of what's possible to do with a camera.

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Summary: Awakening and Refreshing!!!
Review: MATTRESS circumscribes in an extremely objective terrain in order to transmit an intrinsic aspect of the female gender: courage. Defying and sincere stares, in an environment stripped from ruses in which a humble flowered mattress renders itself as support for earthly goddesses in repose, captured through the vision of the author. These are the images offered by Friedler to remind us of the insistence of women in declaring themselves as who they really are. In my opinion, many viewers from my own Latin culture may strike them as "provocative", a culture in which chastity is confused with annihilating the essence of women and a continuous attempt prevails to destroy the mystical nature of femininity: courage. In my humble opinion, this book is a revelation, an extreme experience into our own insecurities. You will not find the MAJA DESNUDA with her soft curves and gentle face, you will find in this book a raw nature, you will transcend from the nakedness of these bodies captured through the lens and sensitivity of Friedler to fully understand through his intense curiosity, the simplicity of our own human nature. I would recommend this book not only as an artful but also as a learning experience. I profoundly and sincerely thank Greg Friedler for portraying magnificent evidence of feminine potential, and for allowing me to come in contact with my own demons and vulnerability.

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Summary: GROUNDBREAKING!!
Review: MATTRESS transverses an extremely objective terrain -- that of the female form and yet transmits an intrinsically subjective aspect of the female gender: courage. In an environment stripped of ruses, defiant and sincere stares peer out from a humble flowered mattress, which renders itself as support for earthly goddesses in repose, captured through the vision of the author. These are the images offered by Friedler to remind us of female insistence on self-definition. Friedler's images may strike many viewers from my own Latin culture as "provocative", a culture that has confused the glorification of chastity with the annihilation of the essence of women through a continuous attempt to destroy the mystical nature of femininity: valor. However, in my humble opinion, his book is a revelation, an extreme investigation of our own insecurities. You will not find the MAJA DESNUDA with her soft curves and gentle face; you will find in this book a raw nature. Through Friedler's sensitive lens and intense curiosity you will transcend the nakedness of these bodies and come to understand the simplicity of our own human nature. I would recommend this book not only as aesthetic, but also as a learning experience. I profoundly and sincerely thank Greg Friedler for portraying magnificent evidence of feminine potential, and for allowing me to come in contact with my own demons and vulnerability.

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Summary: The Girl Next Door....Or Not...on the Mattress
Review: These women are not professional models,and look more like someone you might see walking down the street, but they all look great laying on the mattress. They are all nude, but not explicit, still everything is there for the camera.