Michael Grecco’s “Naked Ambition”

September 28, 2007
JONNO

The title isn't the only thing that's familiar about celeb photographer Michael Grecco's "Naked Ambition": we seem to remember another high-profile coffee table book extravaganza a few years ago that catered to the market's apparently unquenchable thirst to see what porn stars look like with their clothes on. But while Timothy Greenfield-Sander's "XXX; 30 Porn Star Portraits" was a relatively austere affair that portrayed the superstars of smut as (gasp!) real people, Grecco's take on the shining lights of the adult industry presents them in all their glossy, pneumatically sexy glory ... and doesn't let you forget for a second that they're called porn stars for a reason.

The cast list reads like a who's who who of Fleshbot fandom, from megababes like Jenna Jameson, Tera Patrick, and Belladonna to the new generation of alt superstars including Dana DeArmond, Joanna Angel, and Michelle Aston ... along with a couple of our not-so-secret mansex crush objects like Francois Sagat and Diesel Washington. And they're all wrapped up in a special limited edition that includes a signed fine art print and hot leather corset portfolio cover (a regular edition is available for you cheapskates out there as well). OK, so it might not end up being the subject of a serious HBO documentary and a hoity-toity New York City gallery opening ... but it's going to kick some serious ass on our coffee table come November, and in this business looks matter more than anything.