Wild hardcore photographs that would make your grandmother squirm Mark Rotenberg was inspired to begin collecting lost and forgotten erotic photographs after he stumbled upon over a thousand very graphic vintage photos in a dumpster in Brooklyn. His collection now tops out at about 95,000 photos covering the period from 1860 to 1960. TASCHEN's second book drawing from Rotenberg's collection features more crazy hardcore photographs that would make your grandmother squirm. How odd it is to see ladies in bloomers and corsets with men sporting handlebar moustaches, transfixed in the raunchiest of positions! Excerpt from the interview text: Laura Mirsky: Do you find vintage pornography more exciting than new pornography? Mark Rotenberg: Yeah. Not everyone looked the same, as they do now. They're not all polished... they were never pumped with silicone. Today's erotica is boring in comparison with vintage erotica, where women could wear bloomers, rolled-up stockings and high button boots and shawls and hats and jewelry. Laura Mirsky: How do you think most people will respond to seeing the collection in this book? Mark Rotenberg: I hope their jaws drop! Laura Mirsky: Do you think this book is mostly pornography? Mark Rotenberg: Yes. I defy anyone to look at this book and not have some sort of traceable reaction.