Women

A Secret Folio Hardcover

Harcover First Edition 1989

Coffee Table Book

A beautiful production. Quarter faux-leather over embossed black silk with gilt stripe in matching slipcase

Philip Porcella, a fashion photographer, undertook a project to photograph four models for this volume: Frederique van der Wal, a statuesque blond from the Netherlands; Randi Ingerman a dark-haired, green eyed Italian with a stupendous butt; Maki Shibuya, an oriental beauty; and Kersti Bowser, representing the sensual black.
These are not fashion photographs, or portraits of beautiful women. Each image is a unique creation of location, lighting, props, pose and woman. Some appear done in a studio, but the majority were photographed outdoors in the desert, or a Japanese garden, or the balcony of city building. Indeed, the setting, mood and feeling of every photograph are different from all the others. Most are in color, but when the mood called for B&W, it was use.
Porcella wrote in his very brief introduction: "This is one man's insight into four unique dimensions of that which has beguiled man since the beginning of time - the passion, the boldness, the strength, the beauty - a brief but enlightening journey into the secret that is woman."
You've a fine insight Mr. Porcella