Locker Room Nudes / Dieux du Stade: The Rugby Players of Stade Francais Paris and Their Guests

Susanna Cucco [Contributor]; Francois Rousseau [Photographer];

ISBN 10: 0789313073 / ISBN 13: 9780789313072

Published by Universe, 2005

About this Item

Complete and clean. All pages present and readable, binding intact. Highlighting or writing is absent or limited to a handful of pages. No water damage. Cover and spine may show light shelf wear, edge bumping, or minor creasing. May have a remainder mark, stickers or sticker residue, or a previous owner's name. Access codes, CDs, DVDs, and other bundled supplements may not be included and should be assumed used or missing unless the listing explicitly states otherwise.

Seller Inventory # D1176C01606U

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Locker Room Nudes / Dieux du Stade: The Rugby Players of Stade Francais Paris and Their Guests
• Publisher: Universe
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789313073
• ISBN 13: 9780789313072
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 58 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

This remarkable collection of candid nude photos of France’s national rugby team goes beneath the uniform to reveal what real jocks look like underneath it all. Each image taken by leading French photographer François Rousseau depicts the rugby player―alone or with teammates―undressing, lounging on the bench, showering. Locker Room Men is at once a celebration of athletes and the beauty of the male form as well as the fulfillment of the fantasy of going behind the scenes in a winning team’s locker room.
Sure to appeal to both gay men and straight women, these photos are unusual because the men are not models. They don’t work out just to look good―and look good they do―their bodies are sculpted by winning victories on the field. They aren’t made up, shaved, or prettified in any way. These are some of the world’s best rugby players―brawny, tough, competitive.
Since 1999, the French national rugby team has posed nude or semi-nude for an annual calendar. The purpose behind the calendar was to get wider “exposure” for rugby and the team. In 2004, François Rousseau was selected as photographer, and he successfully brought out the sensual beauty and sexiness inherent in the rugby players’ rough and tumble exterior. The calendar became a cult hit, and thus the book was born so that even more of these unparalleled images could be savored.
Whether or not rugby will become more popular in this country remains to be seen, but this book will certainly raise the game’s profile…

About the Author

François Rousseau was born in France in 1967. He spent ten years as an artist before beginning his photography career in 1995. Since then, his work has been commissioned by numerous magazines in Paris. He often incorporates athletes, musicians and artists in his photos and currently alternates between commercial fashion photography and art photography.