MADONNA | Nudes +

Second printing of the updated edition, 2018. 35 black + white plates of Madonna posing nude. Martin M. H. Schreiber photographed Madonna one year after she moved to New York, and years before her fame. Pages are clean, crisp, and like-new. Cover has very minimal shelf wear and tiny bump to one edge. Near fine condition. "Martin H. M. Schreiber rose to international prominence when his shots of a nude, pre-fame Madonna appeared in the September 1985 issue of Playboy magazine. While he is proud of the shots, Schreiber regrets not having had the chance to do a one-on-one shoot with Madonna. "I was taking pictures from behind my students, it wasn't as if I had a private session and could get her to do what I wanted her to do." It was February 1979 when a quiet, shy young woman walked into Martin's studio to serve as a model for his photography class. The 'dancer', as she modestly described herself, was Madonna Ciccone. She arrived in New York in 1978 having bought a one-way ticket from Mi