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Woman covers slyly her breast up with a red rose. Drawing of Herouard for La Vie Parisienne, June 1928 Young woman with underwear, raises her underskirt and observes her own gorgeous suspenders. Photography, Italy end of the XIX century Dreamy boy. Male nude, chaste but very sensual, lie down on pillows and carpets. Photography attribuited to Wilhelm von Plüschow (1852-1930), Italy 1900 approximately Two girls in a bedroom with bath tub. Photograph from a series made in the room of a brothel, late 19 th century Young sensual woman with turban adorned with pearls, has in hand a mirror. Photograph of the early 20 th century
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Who's afraid of porn?


The Expression of natural human sexual drive was the first emotional subject inspired the primitive artist. With the progress of the civilization such natural instinct for many reasons was repressed by the power that be and its representations became subversive and illegal. But to our days sensual image returned, as in prehistory tolerable by common moral, in fact very attractive and therefore used as attractive "packaging" of countless products; it's also a genre in itself very relevant, with a very high number of consumers.


Pornography or porn is, in its broadest state, the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal and/or sexual relief. It is similar to erotica, which is the use of sexually-arousing imagery for mainly artistic purposes. Over the past few decades, an immense industry for the production and consumption of pornography has grown, due to emergence of the VCR, the DVD, and the Internet, as well as the emergence of social attitudes more tolerant of sexual portrayals.

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But PORN ADVENTURE is a long speech and complex: if you want deepen they suggest to buy the book Storia della fotografia pornografica (History of Pornographic Photography, text in Italian ) by Ando Gilardi, Bruno Mondadori, Milan (Italy) 2002. To achieve this volume we collected, in our daily work of archiving ongoing for decades, many examples of ancient porno images: funny and extravagant.

If you want to access to the blue-zone use the login: history& and the password: eros of our archive. In addition to consult the archive you will have the opportunity to easily buy pictures and receive both printed on paper, through post or on file, through mail for private or editorial. Send your request by clicking here


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