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CONTENTS EDITOR & CREATIVE DIRECTOR : Arnaud de Champs GRAPHICS & LAYOUT : Sébastien Hocquaux ENQUIRIES & SUBMISSIONS : magazine@zoomhomme.com

04 TAINTED PERFECTION by David Tan @davidtanphotography

22 HOLI SPIRIT by Alain Bearinz @bearinzphotography

36 COLOURS by Erick Monterrosa @erickmonterrosa.official

60 IRON MEN by Alex Wightman @alexwightmanphotography

68 MIAMI LIGHTS by Tom Saint Clair @tomsaintclair

88 DREAM BOYS by Verner Degray @verner_degray

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DAVID TAN David Tan holds a Master of Laws from Harvard and a PhD in Law from the University of Melbourne. He is presently Vice Dean (Academic Affairs) and Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, and is the first person to be named to the Dean's Chair there.

Tan is also an accomplished fine art fashion

His monograph on celebrity personality rights titled

photographer, having published a coffeetable book

"The Commercial Appropriation of Fame: A Cultural

"Visions of Beauty" featuring the designs of

Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off" was

Versace, and "Tainted Perfection" in collaboration

published by Cambridge University Press in 2017.

with Cartier in Singapore.

For most of the 18th and 19th century, the naked or His retrospective collection of photographs from

near-naked human body was the subject of

1996 to 2005 - "David Tan: The First Decade" -

Renaissance paintings and sculptures. Classical

was launched at The Photographers' Gallery in

Greece bequeathed to the Western world a tradition

Singapore in August 2005. His last exhibition was a

in which the body mattered in its own right, as an

collaboration with luxury denim brand 7 For All

emblem and incorporation of divine beauty, strength

Mankind at ION Art Gallery Singapore in July 2010.

and harmony.

He is currently planning a follow-up exhibition to "Tainted Perfection" scheduled for 2020.

The perfect human body is seen to be a bond between the gods and men. In the Bible, man is

Tan has had exhibitions in the United States,

created in the image of God. Indeed most bodies in

Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. His worldwide

reality do not conform to the Greek ideal, or even

photographic campaign to promote Singapore as a

modern society’s ideal of what beauty is, but there

global talent destination - featuring well-known

exists a certain objective and aesthetic standard of

personalities such as fashion designer Andrew Gn,

an ideal – or perfect – body.

host of The Amazing Race Asia Allan Wu and award-winning chef Emmanuel Stroobant - has

The human body may be regarded as the purest and

appeared in magazines like Vanity Fair, The New

most perfect aesthetic form, or one can study it as a

Yorker and Time. Over the years, he has

socially constituted and situated object. But to fully

contributed to magazines like Elle, Harper's Bazaar

appreciate the art of the human body, one must

and Marie Claire.

understand the distinction between the naked and the nude.

In the area of law, Tan has published numerous articles in a diverse range of journals like the Yale

Journal of International Law, Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Sydney Law Review, Law Quarterly Review, and Media & Arts Law Review.

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Through these strong palpable images of intellectually situated nudes, fine art fashion photographer and legal scholar David Tan depicts the postmodern man – and woman – not as he or she is, but as he or she could or should be.

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'' The line separating art from pornography is a thin one. ''

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Naked is a reference to the unclothed state, and nude refers to the affirmation of the body as a subject in its own right.

“Tainted Perfection” is Tan’s tribute to the late photographer extraordinaire Herb Ritts, whose bold nude studies revealed a deep understanding of the beauty and sensuous aura of both sexes.

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Puritanical values still hold sway in ostensibly

One often uses terms like “self-

liberal and globalised communities, and much

transcendence” and “erotic numbness” to

of contemporary society is ashamed of the

differentiate what is art from what is not.

naked and the nude. There appears to be a socio-psychological taint associated with the

Tainted Perfection intellectualises the human

exposed body.

body and utilises the sculptural beauty of line and texture to prevail over the sexual

However, there is a difference between an

seductiveness of physique, thereby de-

aesthetic representation of the nude –

eroticising the nude form.

usually defined as art – and an erotic depiction – commonly known as pornography.

In the words of George Santayana, the body – tainted by a misconceived prejudice

The line separating art from pornography is a 16 thin one.

against its nudity – attains an “aesthetic dignity”.

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“ nudity attains an aesthetic dignity �

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ALAIN BEARINZ

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ERICK MONTERROSA

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''BLUE''

Photographer : Erick Monterrosa 41

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''FLOWERS'' Photographer : Erick Monterrosa

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ALEX WIGHTMAN

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'' IRON MEN ''

Photographer : Alex Wightman

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TOM SAINT CLAIR International male photographer specialized in fashion & fitness photography.

Tom Saint Clair lives in Lyon (France) but still travels often to shoot in other destinations (Paris, London, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, Miami, New-York, Montreal, Moscow, Saint Petersburg).

He has been shooting the male nude for more than three years and has worked with beautiful men from all around the globe.

Tom Saint Clair works with international magazines (tMf magazine, Mmensuel, ICON Magazine, Center Stage Magazine, 2BExposed, ZOOM Magazine, Beautiful Magazine, New Faces ...) and underwear brands (AWARE, ES collection...)

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'' MIAMI LIGHTS '' Photographer : Tom Saint Clair

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VERNER DEGRAY

Originally from a small village in Picardy, Verner discovered photography thanks to his mother.

He remembers the plants and landscapes she liked to take pictures of. In the 1980s, he became passionate about David Hamilton, whom he greatly admired.

On the advice of his art teacher, Verner

From his work, Verner explains that "it is the

presented a project of pictures of animal offal in

enhancement of man's value that contrasts with

macro to the baccalaureate. The jury sees it as a

the chaotic setting. Some people ask me why I

representation of a colourful landscape, it obtains

don't take pictures of my models on beautiful

the highest score in visual arts and art history.

beaches. For me, it's like putting a Lamborghini and a Ferrari together.

He continued his studies in interior design at Créapole Esdi Design&Management Paris 1er,

A photo must be reflected. My device is a tool. I'm

where he specialized in scenography. He worked

like a painter with his brush. I'm a photographer

in this field for several years before being

and not a reporter. I don't take a multitude of

recruited by Hugo Boss, then Kenzo.

photos and end up keeping only 2.

He frequented the fashion world for 4 years. One

Before a shooting, I look at and analyze the

morning, he decides to leave this "already written

photos of my candidates. Then a story comes to

life" for a new adventure. It is in French Polynesia

me, feelings, emotions. I write them down. I talk

that he rediscovers a quality of life and a joie de

about it with my models. I know them. I need to be

vivre: "I am discovering the humanity of this

close to them in order to create the story.

country. We are at the creation of a people. » What I have known and experienced in my life Verner fell in love with the Pacific islands where

does my job today. Little by little, I have perfected

he settled: "like the painters Gauguin and Matisse

myself and I continue to learn every day.

in the 19th and 20th centuries. He focuses on the object of his desire:

Today, Ruven Afanador, Francois Rousseau, Jean Baptiste Mondino or Olivier Ciappa inspire me. I

To highlight the beautiful and athletic men of

like their work like David Hamilton's. »

Tahiti. These muscular Tahitians are generally photographed in chaotic worlds, abandoned

Verner feels the need to look at the work of

hotels, warehouses or garages where eroticism is

others, their approach to light, the treatment of

part of daily life, part of a young man's rite of

muscles and the poses of models. "You can't

passage to adulthood. »

progress without looking at what's going on around you unless you think of course that you're

From his work, Verner explains that "it is the

at the top, which is not my case. »

enhancement of man's value that contrasts with the chaotic setting. Some people ask me why I don't take pictures of my models on beautiful

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'' DREAM BOYS ''

Photographer : Verner Degray

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After the success of his exhibition in Las Vegas, Verner Degray exhibits on Hollywood Blv in Los Angeles.

The quality of his work earned him the title of best photographer USA 2015 and 2016 by "Advocate magazine" then, he exhibited in San Diego, Palm Springs, Tijuana and obtained the title of best photographer 2017.

Today, Verner has settled in the south of France, on the azure coast that he particularly likes.

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