Goliath Books, the continental publisher that specializes in classic eroticism, has recently released two volumes that are likely to appeal to those with a taste for high-class female photography: Tattooed Beauties and Super Nylon Parade.
Of the two, one can't help but suspect that Tattooed Beauties is aimed more toward millennials, with top photographer Christian Saint displaying 250 images, some full body, some close up, of the amazing designs from more than 150 of the world's most creative tattoo artists, laid down on their canvases: shapely female human bodies.
It's not well-known, but over a quarter of Americans have at least one tattoo, with this number rising to a third among people under 30, and statistics prove that tattoos have now become a standard part of our western culture. One look at the women who posed for this volume, including adult stars Bonnie Rotten and Jessica Wilde and nearly 50 other women—Kelly Eden, Abbey So, Riae, Maegan Machine, Fallon Ven Detta, Alesandra Nicole, Emily Shephard, Cleo Wattenström, Kayte Rae, Annasthesia Awful, Bambu Jessica, Dani Vi, Gabriella Saturria, Linette Otero, Hayley G, Vanessa Lake, Jennifer Lynn, Jesse Lee D, Kay Reynolds, Leila Rose, Leza Lush, Linnea Thomasia, Phay Moss, and Sarah Jensen—and the under-30 crowd will be taking this volume to their local tattoo parlor and saying, "Give me this!"
The second volume hearkens back to the first half of the 20th century, in the days when silk stockings were an extravagance that few could afford—until the US chemical company Dupont and the German IG Farben made a type of industrial silk they called Nylon or Perlon from the universally available ingredients carbon, air, and water—and the world's women went wild for the new, affordable lingerie. (In the first year alone, 54 million pairs of nylon stockings were sold in the USA.) By the 1950s, nylon stockings were a typical part of the day and evening wear for most women, and even to this day, glamour photographers often incorporate the silky garments into their photo sets.
Super Nylon Parade contains more than 600 photographs of sexy women in their undergarments, lensed by such well-known names as Dave Naz, Holly Randall, Andrew Blake and more than 20 others, some familiar and others that will be new to readers: Octavio Arizala, Steven Andres, Ethan Angus, Chas Ray Krider, Mike James, Christine Kessler, T. Sands, Philip Faith, Tim Jahns, Ellen Stagg, Mike James, David Noir, Lovely Brenda, Mark Novak, Mikhail Paramonov, Derek Ridgers, Michael White, Martin R. Class, Danny Stygion, GT6 Photography, Karl-Rainer Schmidt, and John Donegan. For those who feel a bit nostalgic for the pin-up images of yesteryear, this volume will be a must-buy.
Tattooed Beauties is available for purchase here, and Super Nylon Parade can be purchased here.
