Thursday, August 31, 2006
Hot Library Smut
[I have seen this book in person & the nonist is correct, if you love books, the large, glossy photos are breathtaking]
From: The Nonist
Red-Hot and Filthy Library Smut
Now, coming upon this post as you are, unawares, I feel I ought to clarify the title (which was alternately going to be sex libris) straight away by telling you what this post is not, in fact, about. By “library smut” I am in no way referring to the photo books on native peoples, or the illustrated health manuals, or any of the other volumes which, in your childhood, you lurked about the library aisle to find with the sole purpose of sneaking guilty glances at naked bodies. Nor am I referring to the “risqué” novels by Miller, Cleland, Réage, or Lawrence you leafed impatiently through as a teenager. No. What I’m talking about here is the full-frontal objectification of the library itself. Oh yeah.
Yesterday I came across a truly gorgeous book of photographs by Candida Höfer titled, Libraries, a title which pretty much says it all, because that is just exactly what it is, one rich, sumptuous, photo of a library interior after another. It’s like porn for book nerds. Seriously. They are gorgeous photos, nearly all without visitors and just begging to be entered. (ha. sorry.)
See below for 14 examples which I particularly liked, but keep in mind these 500px wide version can’t really compete with the big, glossy, real thing.
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Trinity College Library, Dublin
Trinity College Library, Dublin
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Well, see now you ARE aware...
so never forget this lesson....
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Here's a lil library humor for ya..
Fire Destroys Bush Presidential Library
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tragic fire on Monday destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. Both of his books have been lost.
Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president was devastated, as he had not finished coloring the second one.
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That's right! Bush sucks...Let it never be forgotten! ;)
so never forget this lesson....
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Here's a lil library humor for ya..
Fire Destroys Bush Presidential Library
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tragic fire on Monday destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. Both of his books have been lost.
Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president was devastated, as he had not finished coloring the second one.
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That's right! Bush sucks...Let it never be forgotten! ;)
Nothing like being aroused by learning. :)
And, regarding the library humor,...some say the White House occupant literally sucks.
Oh, but now that isn't positive. :)
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And, regarding the library humor,...some say the White House occupant literally sucks.
Oh, but now that isn't positive. :)
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