Study of Pose: 1,000 Poses by Coco Rocha Hardcover – October 28, 2014

I really don't know what the complaints are here, as seen in other reviews. The book is exactly what it says on the tin; it never purported to be anything else. 1,000 fascinating poses by Coco Rocha. That's what it *is*, and it's very useful to me as I pose figures in the 3D/CGI domain. Yes, the paperstock is whisper-thin, and occasionally I need to glide my finger between stuck pages... but so what? The poses are mostly very modern-looking, as though from modern dance, but there are some classic, "old-fashioned" poses in there, too. The chunky, heavy volume looks chic and handsome, and I am perfectly pleased with the book. What is the "other thing" that the complainers here were looking for, I wonder?

Amazing book. As an aspiring model, I find it very helpful. It gives inspiration and boost your creativity. you can practice the poses at your home or just pick the ones you like and try to give your own style. Modeling is hard, its not easy to pose in front of a camera when you don't have the experience. Now, with this book, you have 1000 poses to be creative with and to never bore the photographer. I have to say that the pages are very thin and they came stick to one another. My book came on backwards, but I didn't return it because, for me, is like the book itself is making a pose. Other than that it's a great book, I recommend it to any person interested in the fashion world in general.

Love it, I really needed something to help me understand how the body works. Only bad thing is every two or so pages are stuck together. Spent about an hour and a half takin them apart but, I at least looked at all the poses. ❤️😋

I'm a photographer and looking at those poses i got very exited!, i can't wait to use some of them in my next work. I think this is a book that every creative (painters, sculptors, photographers, Models, etc) should have. The reason why i gave 4 stars is because the Cons with the organization and printing quality in the book. Overall i love the book and i highly recommend it to everyone.Pros:- Very Original Poses- Great Photographs- Lots of content- Very attractive lookCons:- Personally i think is missing some organization, maybe a content table where you can refer to specific type of posing. Currently the book have a thousand poses in a row and you have to either take a picture or get a lot of book markers to identify your favorites.- Page quality, definitely this is a book that you must handle carefully because the pages are so thin that you can break them so easily!, also they get stuck and you have to take them apart with a very delicate precision. I wouldn't mind paying 20 dls extra for a better page quality.- Weight, it's MAD heavy, maybe they could print it in 3 parts even thou price will go higher.

Love everything about it! As a fashion designer, this amazing book helps me in a thousand ways. Teaches you about the art of pose, displaying emotion, and technology.

When I hear the phrase "strike a pose", I think of a person freezing in a particular body position, if only for an instant, while a picture is taken, and then moving on to the next pose. This book has a much different definition of pose in that many of the "poses" are just intermediate frames of dancing and jumping moves that are impossible to hold and would rarely if ever be used as actual poses for a photograph. Many of these "poses" are unflattering, with the model's arms partially obstructing her face or the body frozen in contorted, unbalanced positions.On top of that issue, because the producers of this book decided that half the pages would be nearly blank, with just a big number from 1-1000 on the bottom, they were forced to use a thin onion skin-ish type paper that sticks together, making the book almost impossible to use! Considerable force has to be used to separate many of the pages, sometimes damaging the pages in the process. How could this problem not have been noticed and dealt with before release?I suspect this book is an attempt to get some cash out of the long term 360-degree photography project the author mentions in the preface. Maybe in digital form, with access to all the angles, this project would have some value, but in unusable printed book form with only space to show one view of each pose, it's a waste of paper and money.

Very cool book but cover is messed up.

Fantastic Book! It's literally gorgeous. Not only helpful for someone who's getting into modeling or trying to broaden their craft, but also a great coffee table book. Also, delivered quickly & on time, in perfect condition~xo.