Three years ago, photographer Greg Gorman created for powerHouse Books the most personal work of his career. This epic artist&rsquo;s project features carefully selected young men&mdash;not big or overly built&mdash;who exemplify for Gorman a perfected state, allowing him to frame grace, beauty, and elegance in the form of the male nude. Included amongst the 212 portraits are many of Gorman&rsquo;s friends and acquaintances, as well as professional models, many of whom had never posed nude before. The initial release of the book went on to become a best-seller. <br><br> The cumulative effect of <i><b>As I See It</b></i> creates a pleasurable zone of contemplation, allowing one to reexamine the precepts of beauty within a refreshing framework of exalted maleness. According to Gorman, &ldquo;As I see it, they&rsquo;re not really boys, yet they&rsquo;re not really men. They are caught somewhere in between&mdash;almost at that point of maturity that defines masculinity.&rdquo; <br><br> &ldquo;The display of the male body has been fraught with significance for centuries....Gorman portrays the male body without stripping it bare of power or poignance. It&rsquo;s a new approach to an old, old idea.&rdquo; <br> &mdash;<i>American Photo</i>