The model, Gisele A, never once leaves the chair. She moves around on it, certainly. She adjusts and alters her position in a multitude of ways, almost as if her photographer has dared her to invent as many different poses as she can possibly imagine.
In the previous post I was won-over by a MetArt erotic photo gallery that employed a set and art direction that could easily be considered cluttered. Yet despite the multitude of props and costume elements, that series was a success in my eyes (not everyone agreed with me, of course).
In ‘Amoroso‘ I find a pictorial filled with draped fabrics, an ornate antique upright piano as the central prop, and a model who remains clothed, to one degree or another, throughout the series. I very much enjoyed a previous offering by this creative team, but this outing is far less successful.
Gisele A is very beautiful and very, very sexy. And those two qualities aren’t always found together. She’s more than sexy enough to compensate for the fact that she’s never ‘totally nude’ here. Totally exposed, yes, quite explicitly, in fact. But she never takes of her (distracting) stockings, and her lace panties, even while exposing the goods, remain more or less in place for much of the set. It’s hard to fault Gisele A’s performance, however — this sexy beauty holds nothing back.
So, if there’s fault to be found, it rests with the artist, Ingret. The set is cluttered, and not in a good way. And why the abundance of off-kilter, tilted shots? The piano the model poses on is heavy, solid, and boasts strong, square, linear elements. It is an “upright piano,” by definition — so when the camera tilts off horizontal the effect is distracting, disturbing, and flies in the face of physical and aesthetic logic.
But Gisele A is very beautiful and very, very sexy, and ‘Amoroso‘ captures those qualities well enough. So ignore the busy background and disregard the woozy, listing compositions. Do those two things and you may well find yourself in love with Gisele A and ‘Amoroso‘.
Art Nude Models: Met Art information.
