147 GISELE BÜNDCHEN PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES WHITE 150 AMERICA UNTITLED, 2004 PHOTOGRAPHS BY TINA BARNEY, MARTIN PARR, MARY ELLEN MARK, BRUCE DavidSON, EUGENE
RICHARDS, JOEL MEYEROWITZ, AND CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON
170 HIDEOUSLY INVASIVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
174 THE ESQUIRE PHOTOS OF DIANE ARBUS
180 HOW TO: TAKE A SELF-PORTRAIT
BY CHUCK CLOSE
182 THE 7 PEOPLE WHO WILL ELECT THE PRESIDENT
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREW HETHERINGTON
190 HOW TO: PHOTOGRAPH YOUR DOG
BY ELLIOTT ERWITT
192 EXCERPTS FROM THE JOHN WATERS PROJECT
206 HOW TO: PHOTOGRAPH HER NUDE
BY ANDREW BRUCKER
208 SERIOUS PEOPLE MAKING FUNNY FACES
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAKE CHESSUM DEPARTMENTS
48 THE SOUND AND THE FURY
64 CONTRIBUTORS
73 EDITOR'S LETTER
75 Man at His Best
The perfect portable martini kit, secrets of the star chefs, Peter Falk on Cassavetes
and Columba, and Philip Roth's timely historical novel. Plus, Joely Richard-son's
favorite joke.
108 Chuck Klosterman'S AMERICA
Finally, amid the moral minefield of stem-ceil research, an unassailable purpose:
We must create of a race of superbabies.
112 THE GAME
NFL players rarely talk about the Vikes at halftime. Until now.
BY CHRIS JONES
118 GETTING BETTER
The Overstimulated Girl fights free radicals, and a soundtrack to amp your workout.
120 TV
The new head of NBC Entertainment is a big fan of "noisy television."
Which is why he just might be the man to save the networks.
BY ANDREW GOLDMAN
126 SEX
Do animals have oral sex?
BY STACEY GRENROCK WOODS
128 TERROR
Just what is a Manhattan homicide detective doing stationed in Israel?
BY THOMAS KELLY
136 TEN THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT WOMEN
Why you should never give up hope on that threesome.
BY Sandra Oh
138 FICTION
Some sexual indiscretions are just so complicated and wrong that you can never
stop.
BY ROD LIDDLE
168 WHAT I'VE LEARNED: Arny Freytag
The centerfold photographer on life and work: "Twins who wish to be photographed
nude are hard to find. Triplets, more so."
PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS MPHERSON
220 THIS WAY OUT
Photos We Couldn't Quite Get Ahold Of
BY BARRY BLITT STYLE
Photo-Issue Special: Nine top photoers get in front of the camera for a change
and compose nine stylish self-portraits to showcase fall's best casual clothes
(Me, Myself, and I, page 196). In a world of too many choices, we offer a little
help sorting things out. From exquisite fountain pens to the world's slimmest
laptop to a gorgeous gin from, of all places, Scotland, this is the right stuff
(The Esquire Catalog, page 103).