Rolf Koppel: Soliloquy

The faun, the satyr, Greek and Roman sculpture, medieval saints: these are the themes that photographer Rolf Koppel explores through a lifetime of self-portraits. Each character is an alter-ego, a hidden self, which he describes, enacts and celebrates in the evocative photographs in this stunningly produced volume. Beautifully lit, sensually satisfying and po-werfully erotic, Koppel's portraits have the smooth, sculp-tural sensibility of Caravaggio or Michaelangelo with the added intrigue of knowing that the artist is also watching himself. A splendid gift for aficionados of the male nude. Written in English and German, includes 60 duotone reproductions.