Roy Stuart
Roy Stuart is an American photographer and film director who lives in Paris. His photographs blend glamour photography and contemporary art with an emphasis on female models and BDSM aesthetics. His photography books have been published by Taschen and has directed the movies Giulia and The Lost Door.
Roy Stuart
- Born
- 1955 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer · film director · video artist
- Languages
- English
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Roy Stuart is an American photographer and film director who lives in Paris. His photographs blend glamour photography and contemporary art with an emphasis on female models and BDSM aesthetics. His photography books have been published by Taschen and has directed the movies Giulia and The Lost Door.
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Roy Stuart (born 1955) is a film director, photographer and video artist, of American nationality. The film director was born in New York City. Languages used include English.
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Stuart lived in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s, working as an actor ("his only role of interest was a bit part in The Godfather Part II, playing an American soldier back from World War II"), musician and in a colour photo lab. He moved to London where he became a photographer and began taking erotic photographs. His work blends glamour photography and contemporary art with an emphasis on female models and BDSM aesthetics. His first three volumes of photography sold 250,000 copies. He later moved to Paris. Philippe Garnier, writing in Libération in 2002 said of Stuart's publications by Taschen, "Roy Stuart is quickly becoming a locomotive for this atypical editor."
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Roy Stuart is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation video artist. Recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded as photographer, film director and video artist.
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Life and career
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1955
Roy Stuart was born on 25 October 1955.
Publications
• Roy Stuart, vol. 1. Cologne: Taschen, 1998.. • Roy Stuart, vol. 2. Cologne: Taschen, 1999.. • Roy Stuart, vol. 3. Cologne: Taschen, 2000.. • 30 Postcards. Postcard Book Series. Cologne: Taschen, 2000.. • Roy Stuart: The Fourth Body. Cologne: Taschen, 2004.. • Roy Stuart, vol. 5. Cologne: Taschen, 2007.. • Leg show work, 1995–2001. Cologne: Taschen, 2009.. • Glympstorys. Skylight; Mul, 2014.. Includes Julia on DVD. • Lovers and Madmen. Skylight; Mul, 2016.. • Power Play: the Leg Show Photos. Roy Stuart: Embrace Your Fantasies. With original Leg Show magazine text by Dian Hanson. • Getting Off: the Leg Show Photos. Roy Stuart: Embrace Your Fantasies. With original Leg Show magazine text by Hanson.
Films
• Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 1 – Julia (1999). Directed by Stuart, Francesco Dominedò and Stefano Soli. Produced / sponsored by Tinto Brass and produced by Giuseppe Colombo. 108 min. • Giulia (1999). Directed by Stuart. Written by Stuart and Joseph Simas. Produced by Giuseppe Colombo. 85 min. • The Lost Door (2008). Directed by Stuart. Written by Stuart and Rémi Bohrt. Additional music by Gary Lucas.
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- 1."Roy Stuart cliches x", Libération. Accessed July 29, 2014.
- 2.Burt, Eugene C. Dictionary of Erotic Artists: Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, Graphic Designers, and Illustrators. McFarland & Company. 2010. 9780786448746.
- 3."Show me your panties! ", Salon (website). Accessed August 11, 2014.
- 4."Roy Stuart: Roy Stuart est l'un des papes de la photographie érotique et pornographique. Interview.", GQ. Accessed July 28, 2014.
- 5."Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur la représentation du sexe sans jamais oser le demander à Roy Stuart ", Arte. Accessed July 28, 2014.
- 6."Les filles vues par… Roy Stuart", Lui. Accessed July 29, 2014.
- 7.The original in French is "Roy Stuart est bien vite devenu une locomotive pour cet éditeur atypique"
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