Alpenglühn

This is one of multiple books by Stefan Soell which in my opinion are excellent. The photos are of female nudes taken on location in mountainous settings. The girls are beautiful and the pastures are verdant. The buildings have rustic charm and all the pics are well lighted and clear. The book is worth adding to any collection.

Stefan Soell is one of, if not the best, landscape nude photographers of our time. His command of light is second to none and this compilation of photographs, mostly taken in the Alps, demonstrates his skills.From alpine meadows to craggy mountain tops, Stefan Soell shows he doesn't just have an eye for a beautiful model, he also knows some staggering locations, creating photos that would inspire awe even without the nude.A neat touch is a map reference for every photo, allowing you to see in Google Earth where the photo was taken.

Libro eccellente, splendide le modelle fotografate come sempre con cura maniacale dal grande Stefan, a cui va la mia ammirazioneMolto belle anche le ambientazioni, sia esterne che interne. Possiedo altri libri dell’autore, vivamente consigliato

It is too bad that Amazon only provides a five-star rating capability for this item, because I would be more than ready to rate it a SIX! This book is an absolute masterwork; a lush collection of photographic work and a dazzling showcase for extraordinary alpine shooting locations and equally extraordinary female models.There are some truly Fantastik Frauleins here; every one of them more than the equal of the typical Playboy Playmate, or Sports Illustrated or Victoria's Secret supermodel. They are dazzlers all. These are truly World Class beauties and if there was a category for such loveliness in Olympic competition, there'd be Gold Medals being handed out all around to this bunch. These girls are voluptuous, but there are NO "Brunhildes" here. These aren't built like Grand Opera singers! These foxes are lithe, supple, and SVELT. One look at the lot of them and, if you are a red-blooded heterosexual male, you likely WON'T turn into a werewolf, but you sure might damn well be ready to go out and howl at the moon!I opened this volume and fell instantly and irrevocably in love (and lust!) with Susann---the very first of Stefan Soell's nubile nymphs my eyes beheld. THEN I fell instantly and irrevocably in love (and lust!) with Corinna!!! Like Elvis Presley in "G.I. Blues", I might not have a wooden HEART,but I had to really wonder if something else might not be going wooden on me!Then I saw and went gah-gah over Rose! Then with Ivory Flame! Then Denisa! And with Sujatha! And Jana! And Julia! And Anke! And Lia! Alexa! Anna!Lorena! Katy! Mabelle! Ariel! Kinga! Nicolette! Jade!Elisa!Andrea! Iva! Niki! Alison! Saskia! Estella! And if I have forgotten anybody then JUST SHOOT ME!These girls , every one, look like they just just stepped off the screen of a James Bond movie and I would not hesitate one instant to tell Eon Productions, SA, to look at ALL of Soell's models here and likely find themselves a whole BEVY of Bond girls for upcoming cinematic 007 adventures (a re-make of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" could use the ENTIRE BUNCH as the beauties of Ernst Blofelds' Piz Gloria alpine sanctuary).As for me, they are enough to make me want to turn raging polygamist and go on a strict Viagra or Cialis diet. Surely they'd make a mountain climber come rappelling or abseiling down his climbing rope like a rocket once he caught sight of them----likely with his eyes bulging out like a Baird marionette in "The Sound of Music". And, for that matter, any Lonely Goatherd who spots one might well flip his Tyrolean hat and come bursting right out of the fly of his lederhosen (as well might the aforementioned mountaineer, LOL!).And, look as I might, I don't see a damned TATTOO on anyone---ANYWHERE!!!!Mein Gott, but that's refreshing!!!!!!! SO gratifying! Sleek, sumptuous temptresses with smooth, creamy expanses of skin showing and NO stupid "body art" (i.e epidermal vandalism) to mar the natural bodyscapes. No PIERCINGS, either, would you you believe? Astounding! Nothing stuck in anyone's navel, or nostril, or eyebrow, or anywhere else that I can discern! None of the faddish "junk" of contemporary pop culture either stuck into them or drawn onto them! Hopefully none of these lovely mouths hides any stupid piece of metal stuck through a tongue, either! Hell, it makes me want to stand up and cheer to see such naturalness! Herr Soell, I commend you! AND your models!!A smaller, yet somewhat similar book to this one (gorgeous models in exquisite landscapes), "All Natural Girls" by Martin Krake, is a charmer as well but several of Krake's girls could not resist that faddish tattoo needle and more's the pity. A tattoo instantly pulls the viewer's attention AWAY from the form and curve and texture and color continuity of the model's body, thus throwing the visual composition "off". The Amy Winehouse look just doesn't get it with regard to serious nude imagery. Stefan Soell realizes this and is having none of it. And rightly so. If any of these beauties DID come with "drawings" affixed, it would seem he either eliminated the distraction with body make-up or with digital removal.One reviewer here has opined that Soell's shaven or well-trimmed nudes aren't as "natural" looking as he would have preferred, lacking the traditional pubic wedge of hair. Well, "different strokes for different folks", as the saying goes.I personally like the minimalist look and the concept of not "hiding nubility behind a bush" (so to speak). If we westerners (certainly we Americans) aren't all that enthused about unshaven legs and unshaven armpits (and eye the French dubiously in such matters), why shouldn't we like a collateral bareness between the legs? Works for ME!!! And, in my opinion, the bald or severely trimmed pubis ACCENTUATES the vulva and considerably antes up the eroticism of the photograph.Soell's photography itself is more than excellent. It is truly consummate work. Soell captures light and shadow (and particularly the high mountain purplish half-light called Alpenglow , from which his book takes its title) in such a way as to remind one of the work of the famous "Painter of Light", the artist, Thomas Kincaid.From craggy mountain pinnacles wrapped in morning mists, to glorious waterfalls and streams, to high, flowery alpine meadows and farmyards that harken one's mind to "Heidi" (or to Ricola cough drop commercials), the location imagery is just fabulous. You can take in this geography, flora, and topography, and flash in your mind to Sean Connery's 1964 James Bond in his Aston Martin DB5, pursuing Auric Goldfinger across Switzerland----or to Julie Andrews , as Maria (soon-to-be Von Trapp), in the mountain meadow overlooking Salzburg, Austria---with the glorious alps in the background---in the opening scenes of the previously mentioned"The Sound of Music".Just really, really breathtaking stuff.And added "extra" here is that, on the pages where he shoots these stunning locations shots, Soell includes GPS ground co-ordinates---latitudes and longitudes---so that if a reader gets the opportunity at any future time, they can go to the EXACT SPOT where Soell shot a specific model. I think this is totally "Neat" as a concept. Bravissimo, Herr Soell!!! A brilliant idea!Hopefully, if any of you WERE to go to any of these places, though, you wouldn't find ANY of these luscious models around, however----because I want to hypnotize and brainwash ALL of them and then abscond with the whole lot of them to parts unknown!Yeah. Sure. I WISH!!!!!!!

Ein kleines Meisterwerk welches einem in eine wunderschöne Traumwelt aus Alpenlandschaft und schönen Frauen entführt. Auch wenn man diese oder ähnliche Bilder im Internet herrunter laden kann, so gibt das Buchformat dem doch einen exkulsiven Still.Nett wäre es vielleicht noch gewesen einen kleinen Steckbrief zu den Modelen zu ergänzen. Außerdem hätte ich es besser gefunden wenn, statt der Koordinaten die Aufnahmeort angegeben worden wären.

En este libro podremos disfrutar de la combinación de bonitos parajes alpinos y la belleza de las modelos.Buena calidad de impresión y encuadernación y tamaño adecuado que permite ver las fotos en un buen tamaño, resultando un libro cómodo de manejar. Para todo los admiradores de Stefan Soell, una compra recomendable

If nude photography is for you, this book is a must have. Taking place in the alps of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy models have been taking off their clothes in that region to express the desire and intentions of Stefan Soell. The models like in Volcanic Girls are natural and beautiful. They were chosen specifically into making this 200 pg book an awesome dream...a dream you wouldn't want to forget Alpengluehn.