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    Lensman Russell James achieves a naked ambition with book featuring Gisele Bundchen, Heidi Klum & more

     

    http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/nudes-book-shows-new-side-gisele-heidi-article-1.1929581

     

    Supermodels are famous for looking great when they’re almost naked. Turns out they look pretty good when completely naked, too. Photographer Russell James makes that point — repeatedly! — in his latest book, “Angels,” the fourth in his series of coffee table tomes about the Earth’s most beautiful places, things and, most profitably, women.

     

    James has shot plenty of sexy images over the years, but he’d never done a full volume inspired by nudity — not that the public hadn’t been calling out for it. “I’ve had an enormous amount of requests to do something that was wholly focused on the nude,” explains James, who has shot top Victoria’s Secret talent for various campaigns, though the lingerie company is not the publisher of James’ book.

    His reputation and prior work got him in the door — or, more accurately, the boudoir.

     

    “I was fortunate enough to have gained the trust of a lot of people,” he says of the 35 women who posed in their birthday suits, including icons of feminine beauty such as Gisele Bündchen, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima and even Rihanna.

     

    The biggest challenge, James says, was not getting Lima and Klum to pose naked. Instead it was getting a series of pictures that the models themselves were satisfied with.

     

    “The biggest reward for me is when the subject of the photographs says she is happy with the images,” he explains. “I don’t want anyone to think that they just revealed themselves to the camera for no particular reason. Instead, they should understand that for a moment in time, I captured something beautiful.”

     

    All that beauty splays out across 300 mind-altering pages. All the models have their own look and style — and all the shots are amazing. But James admits that only his eye captured everything.

     

    “These women are even more beautiful in real life than in the photographs,” he says. “I would say my photos under-deliver on the beauty of these women.”

     

    The good news is you don’t need an iCloud glitch to enjoy these nude photographs. You only need $200. But the high cost is justified — James uses the profits from his commercial work to support his “Nomad Two Worlds” project, which he founded to celebrate the indigenous aboriginal culture in his native Australia. The project also now works with native cultures in North America and the Caribbean to develop and sell clothing and fragrances based on local traditions.

     

    “Angels” is on sale at russelljames.com.

    What an excellent idea for a book!

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