Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry

Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry
Author(s)	Michael Grecco (photographer), Dave Navarro and Larry Flynt (forewords), Lonn Friend and Rob Hill (editors)
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Photography Sexuality
Publisher	Rock Out Books
Publication date	2007-11-01
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	224
ISBN	0979331404
OCLC Number	190967572

Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry is the third portrait photography book by American photographer Michael Grecco. It is published by Rock Out Books (ISBN 0979331404). The book contains over 200 photographs of actors, filmmakers and personalities in the world of adult entertainment. Grecco photographed his subjects during the 2006 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, the convention which surrounds the annual AVN Awards. The book's forewords, written by rock musician Dave Navarro and Hustler magazine editor Larry Flynt, discuss modern culture's acceptance of pornography into the mainstream, which allows an overtly sexual work like this to be considered a coffee table book.

Included among the portrait subjects are Larry Flynt, Jenna Jameson, Ron Jeremy, Chi Chi LaRue, Tera Patrick, Alexandra Silk, Katsuni, Dana DeArmond, Sunny Lane, Kurt Lockwood, and Michelle Aston. Uncommon in pornography-related works, the photographs do not seem to have been altered with any significant image editing or photo manipulation, thus avoiding the layer of fantasy usually applied to actors in this field.

Naked Ambition was edited by former RIP magazine editor Lonn Friend and former FHM editor Rob Hill.

External links

• Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry on imdb.com
• Naked Ambition preview video on YouTube.com
• Naked Ambition review and Michael Grecco interview on San Francisco Chronicle website
• Naked Ambition book review on BlackBook website
• Naked Ambition book review on Philadelphia City Paper website
• "A-List" announcement on Philadelphia Weekly website
• Feature on Next Magazine website
• Naked Ambition book review on Boston Now website
• Naked Ambition feature on Double Exposure website
• Michael Grecco video interview on KSUI News San Diego
• Naked Ambition Website
• Michael Grecco Website