First Exposure | 
| Creator: Sam Carson
Publisher: Bruno Gmunder
Category: Book
Buy Used: $84.98
Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 80
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7 x 0.7
ISBN: 3861873591
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9783861873594
ASIN: 3861873591
Publication Date: September 2003
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Product Description
Sam Carson, a well-known architect from California, has been taking photographs of young men in San Diego for many years now. He uses amateur models who have never posed for anyone before, and succeeds in capturing a personal moment.
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 A Visual Treat January 5, 2006
Earl R. Sutton (Detroit, MI, USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
"A new small format, hardcover volume of photos from architect/photographer Sam Carson. Besides designing over 100 buildings, he has photographed over 5,000 models. Carson's look is warm and inviting, the facial expressions run the gamut from stares to smiles, but the models all look real. Shot largely indoors, at what one would presume to be Carson's home, the book is a visual treat. The men are either naked, in underwear or sexy workout pants--no shirts, lots of dick--and much of it hard.--Scott Cranin"-- zebraz
 Sorry to be a spoil sport July 31, 2005
Manou (New York, New York USA)
12 out of 18 found this review helpful
Well, I ordered this book on the recommendation of everyone else who wrote reviews for it thinking it must be worth the price since everyone gave it 5 stars. Perhaps my expectations were too high then. I found the photographs in this book to be a bit amateurish. I find homoerotic photography appealing when the subjects show the essence of male attractiveness -- beauty, confidence, contentment and power. The only one of those that comes through in these photographs is beauty, and then only if you are into VERY young guys (think "Freshman" magazine)-- I'd guess average age is 18. The way the photographer has posed his subjects makes them reek of imaturity. Most look either uncomfortable before the camera or goofy. True, they've all got great bodies, but I prefer more mature subjects and more artfully composed compositions. A nice try, but there are many better than this.
DELIGHTFUL, DELICIOUS, DELOVELY July 21, 2005
Paul A. Minafri (Phoenix, Arizona)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I said it all in the title....woof. This photographic collection is REAL EASY ON THE EYES.
An excellent collection of gorgeous men June 28, 2004
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
Sam Carson works as an architect in Los Angeles, which must have given him the penetrating eye for beauty that he shows here. That he can produce something this good on his first foray into photography is a rebuke to established gay eroticists (David Morgan, Jeff Palmer, Howard Roffman and Steven Underhill). For this book, Carson has selected a dazzling array of men who all have one thing in common: they are beautiful, muscular men who no one in their right mind would kick out of bed. There are a fair share of nudes in this collection, but what Carson demonstrates best is that designer underwear and tight Speedos can be every bit as hot as full frontal nudity, though once again, this book contains a good amount of penises. I hope Carson publishes another book soon, but until then these boys will have to do. The only flaw is that there are only 80 pages, but overall, this book proved to me that there's more to gay photography than Bel Ami.
What's Not To Like Here? February 12, 2004
H. F. Corbin (ATLANTA, GA USA)
67 out of 69 found this review helpful
The men are young, handsome, built well, and all appear to be having a good time in this book of color photographs by Sam Carson. Much has been made that this is the first book of this sort by Carson who is an architect by profession although apparently he has been doing this kind of photography for sometime. Additionally, all the models are amateurs and doing this for the first time. Hence the title FIRST EXPOSURE. It shouldn't be a great leap, however, to go from designing well-constructed, beautiful buildings to photographing well-built beautiful bodies. After all, f stops and apertures can be learned by taking a class or picking up a camera manual; people with a photographer's eye are born, not taught.About half the models here are nude; the others, just as fetching, are advertisements for all the brands of men's underwear. Some of the companies represented here should pay Mr. Carson a fee for all this free publicity. Almost all these stunning photographs appear to be shot in natural light. No strobe light will ever light a photograph as beautifully as nature does. There isn't a mediocre photograph in the entire collection here. Finally, thank you, Mr. Carson, for not telling us what we are seeing. There is not one word of description or explanation about any of the photographs. Nor do we need any.
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