FORBIDDEN EROTICA: The Rotenberg Collection

We are taken through the remarkable collection of photographic erotica amassed by Mark Rotenberg of New York, including some 1500 old erotic photos, dating from the 1870s to the 1950s. It is known that many of the models were prostitutes, for whom this work was considered a lucky break from their usual dangerous occupation. Produced to the usual high Taschen standards, the book contains around 1000 b/w and sepia images, depicting most variations on the sexual theme. Very explicit content for adults only. Sportive gentlemen, lascivious ladies, since the earliest days of photography, people have been getting up to all manner of rannygazoo in front of the lens. Rotenberg now owns a 95,000 strong collection of archive pornography dating from between 1860 and 1960. Flick through these pages and witness the fitness of our forebears as they romp, cavort, and frolic with unabashed energy and glee. From early monochromes of daringly dropped drawers and seductively waxed handlebar moustaches, to Kodachromes of cheery, twin-peaked pin-up beauties in the 1950s, this fine collection spans the sublimely sensual and the ridiculous. Text in English, French and German. 14 x 19.5 cm, 512 pages. New from Taschen.