Pictures of Fred

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Summary: Fred looks great on my Coffee Table
Review: Bought the book this weekend in Orange County and showed it to my friends (all in our early 30s)and everybody enjoyed it. Voyerism at its best. Both Ruffman and Fred help to create pictures that convey true intimacy; also, it's very sexy. I have a beautiful campy 50's home and Fred looks great on my coffee table.

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Summary: Recommended by
Review: Fred, a young Frenchman, is an erotic chameleon with a masculine and simultaneously youthful aura of almost magical intensity. An incredible encounter between the master photographer Howard Roffman and Fred that is both sensuous and emotional. Pictures of Fred is luxuriantly printed and bound and makes an ideal gift to friends of beautiful books.

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Summary: Sublime! Breathtakingly beautiful! Buy it!
Review: How does Roffman manage to capture so much of his subject's soul in his photographs? That he does so capture it is eveident in this wonderfully rich collection of B&W images.

There are a combination of formally posed and more naturally posed photos, and all seem to connect the reader to the model's core. I feel that B&W is the best medium to capture this aspect of erotic photography as you are not distracted by colour.

Fred, a French gymnast and model, is beautiful. He seems at times both carefree and self-aware. Roffman captures the spark of youth.

You really MUST buy this book; you'lle be pleased that you did.

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Summary: Sublime! Breathtakingly beautiful! Buy it!
Review: How does Roffman manage to capture so much of his subject's soul in his photographs? That he does so capture it is eveident in this wonderfully rich collection of B&W images.

There are a combination of formally posed and more naturally posed photos, and all seem to connect the reader to the model's core. I feel that B&W is the best medium to capture this aspect of erotic photography as you are not distracted by colour.

Fred, a French gymnast and model, is beautiful. He seems at times both carefree and self-aware. Roffman captures the spark of youth.

You really MUST buy this book; you'lle be pleased that you did.

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Summary: Breathtaking photographs of a beautiful man
Review: Howard Roffman captures both the striking beauty of a man and that man's youthful nature. Fred can be seen in a variety of situations, from playing with his dog to being physically excited in a shower. One also sees Fred's compassionate side as he embraces a friend. The lighting is magnificent, accentuating Fred's features. I recommend this book to all those who seek high-quality male photography.

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Summary: Breathtaking photographs of a beautiful man
Review: Howard Roffman captures both the striking beauty of a man and that man's youthful nature. Fred can be seen in a variety of situations, from playing with his dog to being physically excited in a shower. One also sees Fred's compassionate side as he embraces a friend. The lighting is magnificent, accentuating Fred's features. I recommend this book to all those who seek high-quality male photography.

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Summary: Open this book and Fall in Love
Review: Howard Roffman has managed to capture this soft, breathtakingly beautiful young man in his very unique, sensual way. Not just a smut book, but a small window on someone elses world that leaves you gasping for more, and anxiously wondering where Fred is. You will love him, envy Howard, and move to Paris, France. Possibly the best coffee-table book last/this year.

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Summary: FINE PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT...
Review: Howard Roffman is a fine photographer as proved to many, including me, in two of his previous collections, TALES and THREE.

PICTURES OF FRED has, first-rate, candid and more formal portraits of this very young, handsome, French model and gymnast. However, the accompanying text is so precious that it becomes annoying, esp. with several "typos" in only two pages of text. And since this descriptive essay is very brief, appearing at the beginning of the volume with portions reproduced in various other sections of the book, I wondered why it was even included. Why not have a writer as good as Roffman is a photographer write the text and make it much less manipulative? Some of the phrases are actually as melodramatic as the kind found in paperback, romance novels (i.e. "One night I found Fred alone. He seemed sad, withdrawn...The conversation shook me. Fred had kept his wisdom hidden...By the time the sun set, we were both drained. We collapsed on his couch, and he fell asleep in my lap, naked, vulnerable.")

If a picture is worth a thousand words, I'd like some more pictures and alot fewer words, please.

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Summary: FINE PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT...
Review: Howard Roffman is a fine photographer as proved to many, including me, in two of his previous collections, TALES and THREE.

PICTURES OF FRED has, first-rate, candid and more formal portraits of this very young, handsome, French model and gymnast. However, the accompanying text is so precious that it becomes annoying, esp. with several "typos" in only two pages of text. And since this descriptive essay is very brief, appearing at the beginning of the volume with portions reproduced in various other sections of the book, I wondered why it was even included. Why not have a writer as good as Roffman is a photographer write the text and make it much less manipulative? Some of the phrases are actually as melodramatic as the kind found in paperback, romance novels (i.e. "One night I found Fred alone. He seemed sad, withdrawn...The conversation shook me. Fred had kept his wisdom hidden...By the time the sun set, we were both drained. We collapsed on his couch, and he fell asleep in my lap, naked, vulnerable.")

If a picture is worth a thousand words, I'd like some more pictures and alot fewer words, please.

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Summary: Delicious and Playful
Review: The name Howard Roffman is synonymous with quality and eroticism, and this photo book is no exception. Each photo is a small glimpse into the life of Fred, a playful and cute young French man. He's certainly not bashful, and seems happy to show the many sides of his personality -- and body. The photo book itself is smaller in dimensions than Roffman's Tales or Three, which actually makes it a more convenient book to peruse. A good addition to any gay man's coffee table.