Peek: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute

by Carol Squiers, Jennifer Pearson Yamashiro, Jeffrey A. Wolin

Photographs from nearly 30 years of Kinsey's research.

Genres: Photography, Art, Erotica

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[rndgmoat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kinsey was an odd guy, but still a person whose work on human sexuality--and the role he played in mainstreaming a more liberal attitude toward same--makes him one of the most important figures of the 20th century (even if, as newer readers point out, there are criticisms to be made about some of his work, especially his refusal to moralize when it came to sex offenders). He was also, as it turns out, an obsessive collector of sexual imagery. This book is a best-of compiled from the archives, and features a wide range of many different forms of sexual photography. Some of the pictures are quite frankly bizarre; some are genuinely arousing; others are laugh out funny. Overall, the general tone is a humanistic embrace of the diversity of human sexual experience, showing that the brain does funny things in this area. There are some great images in this book; overall, it is an antidote to current conservative lies about a sanitized past. We've always been freaks; it just comes down to whether we are willing to embrace the hypocritical criminalization of that very human tendency.

[Daniella · Rating 5 out of 5]

great plot

[Ted · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kinky erotic photos from the Kinsey Institute.

[Jenny Robertson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A stunning photographic journey through the Kinsey archives. It's at once humbling and exhilarating to be reminded that there is nothing original or new about our sexual desires and fantasies.

[bRidgEt · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must have book of amazing photographs.