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Grady Harp wrote on 04/16/2012:

Photographer Lorenzo Gomez and publisher Bruno Gmunder make a very good fit: Gomez knows how to create full body bulk with luminous lighting and Bruno Gmunder is as superb as any publisher at bringing the finest quality of color photography in the business. Long a proponent of capturing the physicality of the male physique, Lorenzo Gomez has assembled a group of perfectly sculpted body builders, placed them in context with machinery, pipes, ladders, ropes, leather aprons, and other paraphernalia of the hot work place, and in doing so he has blended the male machine with the work machine into a series of sensual poses that while reminiscent of the early 20th century Physique Photos are by nature of his models very contemporary.

Interestingly Gomez more often than not elects to bypass total nudity with quasi-nude choices, and as has been an accepted art stratagem for centuries, a bit of cover makes his models even more erotic. If there is a constant in these lush color photographs aside from the theme of 'iron', it is the use of light: his light source always appears to be the sun from all portions of the day. The result is a soft golden ambience that illuminates these body builders and brings them down to earth - in the best sense of the term.

Though this portfolio has an obvious captive audience, the casual browser will find much to entice the eye in this fine body of work!

MaleNudeLover wrote on 04/14/2009:

I own a good number of these types of books, and this one is quite disappointing. The models are definitely Ironmen, but there is an overabundance of clothing. I much prefer the majority to be totally nude. Male nudity in its purest form is far superior in my opinion. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FULL NUDES, THIS IS N-O-T THE BOOK.