Paris from Behind

Name: Paris from Behind
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ISBN: 9781966515357

A Flaneur’s Guide To The Erotic Backside of Paris

Daniel R. Brooks, Roger J. Kilmartin

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Oro Editions
13 April 2026

Sculpture; Nudes depicted in art; Photographs: collections

This book is a photo essay of all the 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century statues of nude men in the squares, parks and museums of Paris. The pictures concentrate on the rarely photographed backsides of these statues. It is a celebration of the beauty of the male nude from the back with a particular focus on the muscular strength, sensual curves and erotic power of the derriere. It also celebrates the sculptors who have created these statues. Almost half were recipients of the Grand Prix de Rome, an award for exceptional young artists to go to Rome to study the art of the antiquities and the Renaissance. The majority of the artists had works shown in the Salons of Paris and most received major awards and commissions. The text features literary quotes about the beauty of the male, often particularly the derriere, by authors from ancient times to the present. The book is the product of a flaneur who had the time and leisure to walk the streets of Paris for the last six years collecting these images always from behind.

By: Daniel R. Brooks, Roger J. Kilmartin
Imprint: Oro Editions
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 304mm, Width: 254mm,
ISBN: 9781966515357
ISBN 10: 1966515359
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 13 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Daniel R. Brooks, a former creative director for several global advertising agencies, has lived in New York, London and Rome. For the past several years, he has called Paris his home, where he lives with his long-time partner, Douglas Scott Perlman, and their two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Loulou and Lolly. Roger J. Kilmartin is an international creative director and designer who has lived and worked in Auckland, Bahrain, Istanbul and London. Currently, he is residing and working in New York, where he lives with his husband, Toby O’Rorke, their daughter, Imogen, and their Jack Russell Terrier, Agnes.