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Dave Naz

Religion is the opium of the masses. - Karl Marx

About Me

Dave Naz is a photographer of sex and meaning, women and landscape. Innovative and self-taught, Naz has five well-received books with Goliath Press: Lust Circus (2002), Panties (2003), Legs (2004), Fresh: Girls Of Seduction (2006), and L.A. Bondage (2007). His work has appeared in GQ, Maxim, Stern.de, and Salon, and in international collections, including The New Erotic Photography (Taschen, 2007) and Self-Exposure: The Male Nude Self-Portrait (Universe, 2005). Praised by such cultural icons as Richard Kern, Nina Hartley, Gregory Dark, Lydia Lunch, Eric Kroll, and Jonathan Gold, Naz's photographs are shown in galleries all over the world. He lives with his girlfriend, Oriana in the foothills above Southern California.

My Interests

Music:

The Replacements, Paul Westerberg, Patti Smith, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Nico, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, The Rolling Stones, Yoko Ono, MC5, Germs, Descendents, All, Black Flag, Social Distortion, Bad Brains, John Frusciante, Adolescents, Bad Religion, X, PIL, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, New York Dolls, Blondie, Gram Parsons, Black Sabbath, RFTC, Hot Snakes, Make Up, Devo, Kiss, The Meatmen, Husker Du, The Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, Screamers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Trail of The Dead, The Runaways, Christian Death, The Birthday Party, Common, Crime, Rage Against The Machine, Tom Jones, Venom, Slayer, Gang of Four, Misfits, Make Up, Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, NWA, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sebadoh, Fear, Dead Kennedys, Dinosaur JR, The Fleshtones, Big Boys, The Sonics, Salvation Army, The Jam, The Plimsouls, Television, Gil Scott-Heron, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, PJ Harvey, The Mars Volta, The Darkness, Elvis Costello and the Atractions, Plastina Mosh, Neil Young, Miles Davis, Tina Brooks, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Urge Overkill, Thee Headcoatees, Turbonegro, Von Bondies, Redd Kross, Pixies, Holly Golightly, The Smiths, The Gossip, Cat Power, Lucinda Williams, Ween, Ryan Adams, Esquivel, Martin Denny, Andre Williams, The Dictators, Iggy and the Stooges, JSBX, The Strokes, Backyard Babies, The Flaiming Lips, Joseph Arthur, Arcade Fire, Louis XIV, The Kills Check out the Chemical People My Space Page.

Movies:

Miami Blues, Ken Park, Kids, Barfly, The Wild Bunch, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, For A Few More Dollars, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness, Storytelling, Palindromes, Dead Ringers, Bad Timing, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, A Knife in the Water, Office Space, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Adaptation, Buffalo 66, Fingered, Right Side of My Brain, You Killed Me First, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!, Motorpsycho, Vixen, Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living, Matador, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down!, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Slap Shot, Cocksucker Blues, Y Tu Mama Tambien, American Pimp, Dead Presidents, Swingers, Ghost World, Spun, The Inaugration of the Pleasure Dome, Scorpio Rising, She Devils on Wheels, New Wave Hookers, Black Throat, The Piano Teacher, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Bad Lieutenant, Bad Santa, Santa Sangre, Blue Velvet, Enter the Dragon

Books:

Tulsa, Teenage Lust, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, The Perfect Childhood, Punk Picasso, Love is a Dog From Hell, Ham on Rye, Women, Post Office, Cockfighter, The Quality of Hurt, About a Soldier, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Model Release, Fetish Girls, From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose, Legs That Dance to Elmer's Tune, Hollywood Babylon, ANY: Bukowski, Hunter S Thompson, Charles Wileford, William S Burroughs, Karen Finley, Harry Crews, Photos by: Diane Arbus, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Juergen Teller, Jack Pierson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul Jasmin, Terry Richardson, Richard Prince

Heroes:

Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Diane Arbus, Charles Bukowski, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, Frida Kahlo, John Fante, Hunter S. Thompson, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Nobuyoshi Araki, Helmut Newton, Paul Westerberg, Keith Richards, Gil Scott-Heron, Mark Gonzalez, Sigmund Freud, Diamanda Galas, Raymond Pettibon

My Blog

Circa ’82 DVD release party June 10th at Hyperion Tavern

Circa '82 DVD release party this Tues, June 10th at 10PM at the Hyperion Tavern 1941 Hyperion Ave 90027. Meet: Ashley Blue, Sasha Grey & Lexi Belle....
Posted by Dave Naz on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:01:00 PST

L.A. Bondage Book Signing Dec 6th at Book Soup

Dave Naz - L.A. Bondage Book Release Party & SigningThurs Dec 6th, 2007 at 7:00PM at:Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd W. Hollywood 90069Also Signing: Eric Kroll, Ashley Blue, Nadia Styles, Gia Jordan, D...
Posted by Dave Naz on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:41:00 PST

Link to My Blog

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Posted by Dave Naz on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST