It's finally here, a hardcover, oversized book of Roy Dean's male nude photography. I remember in the 1970's collecting his photography in magazines, paperback books, and other sources. His work has always fascinated me because he only worked in color photography, while other photographers were producing male nude images in black & white only. He is truly a master in color prints. In this new book you're seeing his best shots of the most young and handsome, and very muscular (as in big) men that he ever produced. Although I have seen most of these men before, being an avid collector of his work, its nice to have them all collected here in this big book. As for the collector who is not familiar with Roy's photography this is a perfect book to start with. All the models are nude, large in many ways and I do believe many are former Colt Studio models.

Roy Dean started his career in the theatre and appeared in many Broadway productions. He also appeared in many films, including "My Fair Lady", "King Rat", "Music Man" and "Sextet." Arriving in New York in the 1950's he acted his way onto Broadway, and later became a photographer of male nudes, one of the first, a pioneer in this field.

Did I really enjoy this book? Yes. Is it worth having in my collection? Yes. The only fault I might find with this book is that some of the color male nude images are a little blurry, but this is probably due to the period these photos were taken, the 60's & 70's and the transfer to this large book size. However, that's a very minor problem, most of the images are crystal clear and beautiful. Roy Dean's photography will always share a special place in my collection. He's a very special photographer, a pioneer of our time, and a very different and original photographer!

This is modest, yet suitable, book for an introductory class on visual genetics. It would work well in a M.D. or PhD program focused on that course of study.