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Sports Illustrated: Exposure (Sports Illustrated) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Sports Illustrated, Raphael Mazzucco
Publisher: Time Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 13.7 x 10.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1933405856
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.24
EAN: 9781933405858
ASIN: 1933405856
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
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Product Description
Eight supermodels, 10 days, one world-class fashion photographer---it was a Sports Illustrated swimsuit photo shoot almost too perfect to imagine. But it happened last summer, at Harbour Island in the Bahamas--a reunion of SI Swimsuit Issue covergirls Rachel Hunter, Rebeca Romijn, Daniela Pestova, Elle MacPherson, Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Elsa Benitez, Veronica Varekova and Carolyn Murphy. Presented here for the first time, in a lavish coffee-table volume, are hundreds of images from that spectacular trip to the beach---a set of photos so revealing that you will never see them anywhere else.
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 Some interesting artistic photography interspersed with too-obvious cover-ups February 24, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
"Exposure" presents an expanded compilation of what Sports Illustrated called the "All-Star SI Cover Model Beach Party" in its 2006 Swimsuit Issue. The photo shoot by Raphael Mazzucco took place in the Bahamas, and featured eight past SI swimsuit cover models, the most famous being Elle MacPherson, Rachel Hunter, Rebecca Romijn and Daniela Pestova. Overall it's good photographic work, and every collector of these swimsuit issues will no doubt have favorites among the eight models.
There are over 100 photos, color and b&w, that range from cleverly artistic to "eh, whatever." Many of the photos are taken right from the Swimsuit Issue, but are enlarged to fit the book's not-quite-double the magazine's size. The girls look great and are dressed in various forms of white bikinis (fashion credits listed in the back of the book).
The one glaring problem I found with this compilation (hence the 3 stars) is that what was supposed to look like a fun-filled frolic (au naturel, sort of) on the beach too many times comes across as a bunch of really self-conscious models unsubtly covering themselves up. Perhaps the girls had a contractual agreement not to be photographed bare-chested, or maybe it was SI's unwillingness to be Playboy-ish, but I think there are better ways to limit such exposure without being so pronounced. I could almost hear the photographer: "Okay everybody, hands over your breasts please!" To me, the artistic direction made these photos restrained at best, and just plain goofy at worst. Believe it or not, I would have rated this book a star or two higher had these pictures been left out(!) since the swimsuits are made to bring out the best in a model's figure (right?). Fortunately, many of the remaining images are awesome in terms of the artistry of capturing beauty(ies) and the beach. It's a good book, just not a great one.
 Gorgeous Book January 11, 2007
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
A gift for my GF - she loved it. Some of her fav models - like Marissa Miller arent here, but the photos are stunning.
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