Dressing for Pleasure in Rubber, Vinyl & Leather: The Best of Atomage 1972-1980 Hardcover – November 30, 2010

This is a good reference book for people who want to know about the early years

This was a great find. I have several atomage from the 70's and 80's and this is a nice addition to the collection.

I liked this good for the great photos, but it would have been nice to have descriptions for each or at least some of the photos, also more letters from readers of the original magazine would have been nice as well. Otherwise the book should have been bigger in size and made more like a coffee table book.

The photographs and outfits are terrific.

The pictures in this book are fantastic. Tons of imaginative leather, latex and rubber outfits. Two things really struck me about these photos: First, I tend to see more modern fetish photography of this type in urban settings and indoors. This book has a lot of shots of people clad in black wandering through nature, wading through streams and whatnot. It's a really fun juxtaposition. Second, there is more tenderness in this than I expected, with really cute shots of couples kissing and whatnot. It actually seems kind of innocent in a way.My only complaint is that there isn't more writing. I would have liked more info about the photos themselves, although I understand things like model names and names of outfits may not have been recorded. The reader letters are informative about what this fetish means to people, but I would have liked to see more of them or more about Atomage magazine in general.