The Nude Book Vol. 1.0 The Best Coffee Table Book Celebrating Black Male Beauty

Official Website: TheNudeBook.com

Yes! A pleasant surprise, right...?!

I happen to be browsing by the Hoodsworld: The Beauty Of Men Of Color blog and I saw an advertisement on the side that said The Nude Book. I said, "Hmm... let me check this out" and I instantly was impressed with brutha Alex-Ade Ogundiran's photography. It took me about 5 minutes (if not less) before I decided to add another quality book to my collection around the Black male body which has an artistic attraction and integrity to it, and NOT just a book hi-lighting nudism to be lewd. There's so much trashy stuff out there that it just translates to soft porn. However, The Nude Book Vol. 1.0 avoids that and really adds some nice b&w and color photography to the Black male body expose landscape.

Trust me... a lot of the book is risque and I LOVE the play on the leave it to the imagination of the viewer portraits with hanging underwear and towels obscuring private parts and such in its exquisite art of the Black male body. However, because of my ideology around the Nubian Knights Network and what I will or will not publish, I can only share a select number of pics that I feel is appropriate. However, you an visit Alex's website to see more portrait pictures.

If you trust my word with regard to my previous talks about Black (non-nude) male calendars then trust my judgment here. A beautiful collection of work to say the least, but, again, more risque!

So... The Nude Book Vol. 1 .0 (90 pages) is available from Alex's website at TheNudeBook.com and the price is a low $19.99 plus $5.00 for shipping. You have the option of paying via PayPal or directly via your credit/debit card.

I placed the order on February 1st and I received the book today, February 3rd, 2010 via USPS Priority Mail in the flat rate cardboard type envelope. Just 3 days to get it! The service was FAST and EFFICIENT! That means a lot to me when I order from a merchant and decides whether I'll order from then again as well as tell friends and family and report about it on my blog here about my positive and negative experiences. In this case everything was a positive experience including some briefs email correspondences with Alex. And he gave me heads up that he's working on another book project for later this year! Qool! Qool!

One major thing I should mention is that in the lower left hand corner of the book by the bar code it has a suggested retail price of $49.99 U.S. / $59.99 CANADA. I also checked at Amazon.com and it is listed as available and IN STOCK at $49.99. So, I don't know if Alex is running a limited sale price or not via his website, but you are advised to take advantage of the great price for a great book via his website.

My only disappointment was that Alex also has a 2009-2010 11" x17" wall calendar for $14.99, but that he is out of stock on it and had to refund me. I told him to please let me know when he gets more published stock. (As an aside, since I'm a collector of Black male calendars, I'm not limited by the year in which they are published. I'll buy any calendar I see that I like regardless of year).

A few more pics below to share below... so, what are you waiting for?

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Nude Book Vol. 1.0 by photographer Alex-Ade Ogundiran.

This Is One Of My Top Favorite Images In The Book.
LOVE This Brutha'z Swooshing Lox;
Also Because He's An ACTIVIST
Under The Black Entrepreneurs Theme

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