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Bettina Rheims, The Book of Olga - Reviews

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"The Book of Olga is, as a matter of fact, a fairy tale. It is the story of a wealthy prince very much in love with his beautiful wife. The prince is a Russian oligarch, Sergei Rodionov, who owns banks and magazines. The wife is a beautiful 30-something blonde named Olga... The prince oligarch has never asked to see a single image from the selection but insists on reading the text from the sulfurous French writer Catherine Millet, who, a few years earlier, published a controversial book on her sex life as a swinger. The fairy tale is published and priced in a limited edition: 1,000 copies, each costing $500. The entire edition sells out in days. How nice fairy tales are when everyone is rich and beautiful." American Photo, New York United States

"Un plat chaud, épicé, servi dans une bonbonnière, préparé par un des plus grands chefs et servi à table avec une mise en bouche de Catherine Millet..." Pariscope, Paris France

"Parce qu'elle le vaut bien...Figure de la jetset moscovite, Olga Rodionova est mariée à un puissant oligarque russe, qui vénère à ce point son épouse qu'il demande à Bettina Rheims de la photographier! Le résultat n'est pas donné (350 €, un joli cadeau de Noël!) mais il est troublant, érotique, toujours glamour, que le thème soir SM en noir et blanc ou inspiré par Marie-Antoinette." Union, Paris France

"Bettina Rheims vient de publier une série de clichés entre prono-chic et SM soft, rassemblée dans The Book of Olga. L'origine du livre - préfacé par Catherine Millet - fait tout le sel de l'histoire: le milliardaire russe Sergueï Rodionov demande à la photographe française de photographier sa femme, Olga (il avait déjà fait pareille demande à Helmut Newton). Le résultat de cette première séance se passe si bien qu'il décide d'en faire carrément un ouvrage et laisse toute liberté à Bettina Rheims, qui fait intervenir un ligoteur professionnel et recrée des mises en scène inspirées de tableaux classiques." Playboy, Paris France

"So sexy hat die französische Fotografien Bettina Rheims noch für kein Buch fotografiert: gewagte Porträts einer hinreißenden Frau, in Auftrag gegeben von ihrem millionenschweren Ehemann ... Das Resultat ist gleichermaßen eine Liebeserklärung, ein künstlerisches Statement wie eine Studie in Exhibitionismus." DeutscheGesellschaftfuerPhotographie.de, Köln Germany

"Bettina for ever. Pour fantasmer sur un seul et même modèle, Olga, épouse d'un milliardaire russe. La photographe des stars au féminin, Bettina Rheims, a concocté ce programme étrange, tantôt bucolique, tantôt pornographique." Têtu, Paris France

"El oligarca ruso Sergei Rodionov le pidió a la fotógrafa Bettina Rheims un libro con fotos de su mujer y le gustó tanto que lo ha publicado." Público, Madrid Spain

"Olga Rodionova tomó un día, casi sin querer, el testigo que los ideólogos de la Unión Soviética jamás le habrían pasado. Así se ha convertido en un icono que ha bajado el puño en alto para llevar bolsas de Gucci o Ives Saint Laurent. A sus 31 años y luciendo un cuerpo que muchas top model envidian en voz baja, Rodionova no sólo no cobra por posar desnuda, sino que paga auténticas fortunas. Así hace honor al derroche innato de la generación de nuevos rusos a la que representa. Gracias a El libro de Olga, editado por TASCHEN, Occidente ha sabido de la existencia de esta musa llegada del frío y que en su país es todo un mito. Se trata de un colección de fotografías firmadas por Bettina Rheims que van más allá de la mera sensualidad. El impulsor del proyecto fue Serguei Rodionov, esposo de la diva, su sustento económico y admirador número uno." La Razón, Madrid Spain

"We meet to talk about her latest incarnation as the star of The Book of Olga. This is a collection of erotic portraits by the acclaimed French photographer Bettina Rheims, published here by TASCHEN next week. Olga is coy about the details but it is evident that the project was, as ever, funded by husband Sergey. After commissioning cover shoots for the Russian editions of Playboy and FHM, he thought it was time for his wife to appear in a book. One thousand limited-edition copies will be available, each costing £300....The book is extraordinarily explicit and shockingly pornographic... Some photos seem intentionally kitsch. Here is Olga stepping out of an open-topped sports car wearing a leopardskin thong and fetish sandals. There she is lying flat on her back naked in a field of long grass, being ravaged by a lobster. Others are strangely ambiguous. There are black and white poses of her in leather hotpants, zip open at the front, with collar and whip, but looking like a mother smiling at her newborn baby. As Marie Antoinette, complete with beauty spot, Olga looks demure, almost virginal, until you see that she is holding a black dildo. She is naked in most of the photographs, apart from the odd wisp of lace or bondage tie, and an elaborate labial piercing is clearly on show throughout. Olga describes the pictures as representing 'broken glamour - they are fractured images. A friend of mine said, "I didn't think anyone could improve on Madonna's Sex book but you have"." Observer Woman, London United Kingdom

"When Russian oligarch Sergei Rodionov married a former Helmut Newton model named Olga, he celebrated by commissioning French photographer Bettina Rheims to shoot her-in a variety of pornographic poses. (Yep: that old wedding gift.) Initially, the photographs were for his, uh, personal use, but Rodionov was so pleased with the results, he decided to spread the wealth. The result? The Book of Olga, limited to 1,000 supersized signed and numbered copies, featuring the billionaire's wife in a variety of comprising positions. (In case you were wondering, that's not Rodionov in the picture above.) For her part, Olga says she has no problem showing off her body, but, as she told The Times, "I am not an exhibitionist." Forgive us if we're skeptical." GQ, New York United States

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