In Tableaux Vivants, the erotic encore to first book Obsessions, we are taken through an elaborate series of "living pictures" in Wards bold and provocative style. These lavishly constructed scenes pull the viewer into a fantasy-meets-reality dreamworld where the perception of the taboo is turned on its head.

Witty, ironic, irreverent, sly or outrageous, these grandly staged settings are expansive, luxuriantly indulgent scenes of erotica.

With his cleverly satirical nods to social, religious, cultural and historical idea's and icons, these works create a montage of audacious living tableaux.

Tony Ward is an erotic art photographer receiving global notoriety with his stunning, provocative, controversial and highly acclaimed work. Ward's photographs have appeared in many of the most highly regarded magazines throughout the US, Europe and Japan. Ward's Fine Art is widely collected; leading galleries in Paris, New York, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Kyoto and Philadelphia have held extremely well received exhibits of his work. In 1997 Ward was nominated for an Eisie Award and was featured in the April/98 issue of Life Magazine. In 98, Ward was presented with the LeadAward for the erotic photograph of the year, "Slit with Tit."

Tony Ward was born in 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, attained a Bachelor of Science in Arts Education in 1977 from Millersville University and a Master of Fine Arts from The Rochester Institute of Technology in 1979. He currently lives with his wife and business partner Sandy and their three children in Philadelphia.

You can view Tonys Work on his own personal and pay sites at:
http://www.tw-obsessions.com
http://www.tonyward.com