Black Ladies

by Calixthe Beyala and Uwe Ommer

Book Overview

African Queens: Simple, sensual portraits of dark-skinned beauties "Poets have described the beauty of African women with their words, Uwe Ommer with his camera." Photo Presse, Germany Uwe Ommer, a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3822880973
• ISBN13: 9783822880975
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.8"

Customer Reviews

Gorgeous

The Black Woman is one of the most beautiful and alluring of the world's women. This collection is a celebration of that beauty.

Beautiful Photography ...

...of one of the most beautiful women in the world: Black women. Ommer captures their eyes and smiles. The voluptuousness of their inspiring figures. I'm a white man who has always had a weakness for black women. This book is a beauty.

A must for your coffee table!

As a woman of African descent, I was thrilled when I saw the pocket sized version of Uwe Ommer's "Black Ladies" on a weekend visit with my girlfriend. Upon returning to NY, I immediately began searching for a full size copy for my home. The photography was breathtaking. I was flattered, because I saw reflections of myself and my sister-friends the way I see us: graceful, sexy, luscious, strong, lithe, dark and lovely. Everyone who comes to my home is immediately drawn to the book and leaves vowing to purchase a copy of their own. Don't listen to the negative criticisms. This is a purchase worth making if you love nudes and you love black beauty. Definately buy it!

Masterpiece Color Nudes

This is the book that established Uwe Ommer as a master of the nude in color. The photos are fantastically lit with a beautiful natural romantic lighting that yields deeply saturated colors, yet fantastically beautiful skin tones. It is rare to see such beautiful skin tones in photos!The images are at the same time very erotic and very tasteful. The women are just gorgeous, and the naturalness of their poses and expressions draws the viewer in to the photos.If you appriciate nudes this is a must have. If you are bored by the typical color nudes you see in the mass media, such as Playboy, you will probably find this book refreshing.If you appriciate the beauty of black women and long for images that show extreamly attractive exotic black women, you will enjoy this book.If you do not appricate the beauty of black women, you may completely change your mind after looking through this book.

AN AFRIPHILE'S PARADISE. . .

Uwe Ommer's Black Ladies is an elegant collection of African and African diaspora women(at least, there is one photo of supermodel, Roshumba Russell) which represents an aesthetic salute to black beauty that U.S. culture seems unable to produce. Ommer published an earlier version of BL in the 1980s, and his book was featured in a 1986 edition of Zoom, the photography magazine. This new version is apparently not identical to the 1980s version, but it is equally rich. Ummer's African women are natural beauties wrapped-and-then-unwrapped quite wonderfully in an African context, reflecting the photographer's obvious passion for Africa. Those who share his vision will agree that the beauty of African women, far from being the secondary aesthetic as it is portrayed in the U.S.A., is second to none.