Currently reading the latest (3rd) issue of Paradis Magazine. 

A magazine for worldly men, it provides information and entertainment in richly detailed articles by knowledgeable writers.  Paradis’ creators are also connoisseurs of fine photography.  They fill the magazine with captivating images and intensely erotic phootgraphs.  In the first issue (still available from their website) they featured the work of two of my favourite erotic photographers, Sante D’Orazio and Nobuyoshi Araki.

Paradis is a statement of contemporary style. Each issue is designed to be strikingly original, strongly visual and contain definitive articles and images about it’s chosen subjects.  In my view they are very successful at this.  The design echoes this, a thick glossy brick of a magazine with fine printing on photographic quality paper.  Now three issues in, it is still finding its voice.  But the voice it has is manly, strong, cultured and sexy. 

The current issue has (amongst others) a fascinating article on ultra-marathon running, something which I previously had no interest in.  There is also an article on Ruprt Murdoch’s Newscorp which is remarkable for its inside knowledge and even-handedness.  The writing in this magazine is consistently excellent and I find myself reading all the articles regardless of subject.

This issue also includes a portfolio of black and white erotic nudes of Reon, a japanese actress, by Kishon Shinoyama.  By contrast there is Miles Aldridge’s “Midnight”.  Notionally a photo-gallery of antique watches, it comes across as a dominant man in sexual battle with a ripe expensive blonde.  Raw, subversive and dirty.

Paradis is very difficult to find in England.  I bought a copy retail at Magma, 8 Earlham, Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9RY Tel: 44 (0)207 240 8498 

If any of our readers know where else it is sold retail perhaps they would be kind enough to email the details and I will publish them here.

It is also possible to buy from the Paradis website here.  The website has a short manifesto of what these gentlemen are about and also allows one to preview earlier issues. 

Enjoy.