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Title: A MIxed Review
Review: Though this book contains some of the finest of de Dienes" photos of the female nude integrated into natural landscapes that I have seen, and as well exquisite Western landscape scenes and moving candid portraits of Western tribal life, I could not recommend this book, except perhaps to an archivist (which I am not) focused on obtaining every piece of de Dienes published work in these genres. (The price of the only available copy of the book would tend to steer off the general reader anyway).My objection to the book is its tongue-in-cheek theme, kind of a hokey machismo carried by the text, of an erotic female archtype personified as Eve. Also demeaning, in this case to tribal society, is the juxtaposition of scenes of tribal life, which are woven into the theme. In fairness, a few of the juxtapositions, despite, and oblivious to, the text, work artistically and with great power.
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