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Title: Very good for what it is
Review: This is a book of figures in motion, as it says. The pictures were taken with fast black and white film (looks like Tri-X) and are, as others reviewers have pointed out, very grainy. That's simply an artifict of films and art photography in the 1970's and 80's, before today's fast digital cameras. If the comparison is based on level of detail and skin tone, this book can't hold a candle next to the high resolution digital photos of the Art Models seriesArt Models 6: The Female Figure in Shadow and Light (Art Models series). However, until release of Art Models 7, there also weren't many photos of figures in actual movement in the Art Model series. There's a lot than an artist can do with the images in this book, and I believe that I've seen at least a few works by well known artists that were inspired by some of the poses. I consider this book to be a keeper.
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