Roy Stuart (photographer)

Roy Stuart is an American photographer and film director[1][2][3][4] who lives in Paris.[5] His photographs blend glamour photography and contemporary art[2] with an emphasis on female models[3] and BDSM aesthetics. His photography books have been published by Taschen, the first three volumes of which sold 250,000 copies.[1][2] He has directed the movies Giulia and The Lost Door.[3]

Life and work

Stuart lived in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s,[6] working as an actor[5] ("his only role of interest was a bit part in “The Godfather Part II,” playing an American soldier back from World War II"),[5] musician and in a colour photo lab.[1] He moved to London where he became a photographer[1] and began taking erotic photographs.[5] He later moved to Paris.[5]

Philippe Garnier, writing in Libération in 2002 said of Stuart's publications by Taschen, "Roy Stuart is quickly becoming a locomotive for this atypical editor."[n 1][1]

Publications

Films

Notes

  1. ↑ The original in French is "Roy Stuart est bien vite devenu une locomotive pour cet éditeur atypique"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Roy Stuart cliches x", Libération. (in French) Accessed 29 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Roy Stuart: Roy Stuart est l'un des papes de la photographie érotique et pornographique. Interview.", GQ. (in French) Accessed 28 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur la représentation du sexe sans jamais oser le demander à Roy Stuart", Arte. (in French) Accessed 28 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Burt, Eugene C. (2010). Dictionary of Erotic Artists: Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, Graphic Designers, and Illustrators. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786448746.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Show me your panties! ", Salon (website). Accessed 11 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Les filles vues par… Roy Stuart", Lui. (in French) Accessed 29 July 2014.
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