Roy Stuart (photographer)


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.
WWW roystuart.net

Life and work

Stuart lived in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s, working as an actor, 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."

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