Familiar Men: A Book of Nudes

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Familiar Men: A Book of Nudes by Laurie Toby Edison, with accompanying text, was published in 2004 by Shifting Focus Press. The book is the artist's second fine-art photography book, following Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes. It contains 48 black-and-white photographs, including both full-sized portraits and extracts from those photographs. Extracts are used both at their original size and also enlarged. The text includes an introduction by Michael Kimmel, a long essay on masculinity, and a variety of quotations from models and literary sources.

The San Francisco Chronicle said: "Familiar Men: A Book of Nudes is radical. It shows pictures of nude guys. Everyday guys. Guys who look like you and me, or at least you, because listen, darling, the Botox thing? Magic. Can you tell I'm frowning? Me neither. ... Healthy male self-imagery? In a photo book? There's a switch. A good one. You can bet your Botox on that.”

Photographs from Familiar Men have been shown in many cities, including Tokyo, Kyoto, Toronto, Boston, Seattle, and San Francisco.