Wet And Wild
(2009 - SQP (Sal Quartuccio Publications))

(full cover withheld) Not appropriate for children or adolescents. If this was just female bodies in the water, the book would be called just 'Wet' - but the 'Wild' part of the title has to be justified, so almost all the images move into 'Adults Only' territory, with the female bodies rarely being solo. All 64 pages, plus the front inner-liner and the two paintings on the front & back covers, let a single image dominate. There's a male or two, but as you can imagine, it is the XX-chromosomes that horde all the nudity. With only a handful of these images incorporating fantastical elements, the rest have to be characterized as modern, though many of them make use of humor to keep themselves playful. The featured artists, all 'well-presented', are: Marco Baldi (4), Esteban Baleiron, Luis Buci (3), Mitch Byrd (6), Diego Cirulli (3), Federico Combi (2), Javier Coscarelli (2), J.L. Czerniawski (4), Alejandro Ferrero (2), Diego Florio (5), Danilo Guida (3), Pablo Kousovitis (3), Brian LeBlanc (4), Juan Lencina (3), Luna, Anibal Maraschi (5), Manuel Martin, Percy Ochoa (2), Aldo Perez (4), Perla Pilucki (5), Edward Reed, and Emiliano Urdinola (2).