Pure Beauty Mag is a daily online magazine devoted to the female form. It features the work of Adolf Zika, an award-winning European photographer. This is another high-class art photography site in the magazine style that MET-Art pioneered and that every other erotic photography site has since copied. Here is how they describe themselves and their mission: “Our website is a celebration of the female body. Our goal is to explore and spread the appreciation of natural feminine beauty. We wish to achieve this by showing the true essence of a woman without

modern surgeries or photo editing techniques. We feel that erotica is a natural part of life and an excellent remedy for the stress of today's fast-paced lifestyle.” Basically what we have here is a photographer's site, with the photographer of record being Adolf Zika (there are other people involved, but he's the headliner and shooting most of the stuff himself).

A former top athlete and judo international, Adolf Zika gave up his sport suddenly after returning from a training camp in Japan. He became actively engaged in rock music and other activities that he didn't know before. Over a short time this lifestyle consumed all of his strength and after a "three-year party" he ended up in a hospital, totally exhausted. Then all of a sudden a fateful encounter with photography came. After less than one year, he won the most prestigious contest for professional photographers in his country. In 2000, his works were displayed at the Photokina world exhibition by the renowned company Leica and, four years later, his photos appeared as part of Olympus' presentation in the E-system gallery. His photographs sold at events such as Paris Photo in

Louvre, Paris, as well as in numerous other countries. He has worked for many renowned companies and luxury brands such as Orange, Hermes, Playboy, Leica, Ford and more. A passionate collector of black and white photographs, he still regards himself as a traditional black and white photographer and works mainly in Southern France and on islands throughout the world Mr.Zika

now lives in Prague. If you want to find out more about the guy he has a personal homepage at www.zika.cz. With daily photo updates and twice monthly video updates, Zika has photographed hundreds of beautiful girls. All of them are Czech and they're more gorgeous than you can imagine. They all have natural breasts and bodies that range from the very slim to the slightly busty and curvaceous. The locations include a variety of indoor to outdoor scenes; but each shoot has a look all of its own. Zika uses shadows and light to enhance the appearance of

every girl's body. The photos are very sexy in the way that elements may be used to highlight a pert nipple or the curves of a woman's butt. All of the photography on Pure Beauty Mag is awe-inspiring. Many of these photos are shot in outdoor settings using natural lighting conditions. Angles are varied, and I noted some creative lens changes from set to set, especially the use of

a wide-angle lens. I have never viewed wide angle as especially favourable in beauty of erotic photography, yet it works here due to the talent and craftsmanship of the sites premiere photographer, Adolf Zika. The smallest size of photo is 450x600 and the largest is up to 5000 pixels, and there are two size options in between. Each set is downloadable in a convenient ZIP file. While the photography section is great, the videos give you a chance to see how the models move, smile and interact with the photographer. The videos are also impressive. They come in three formats (DivX, Windows, and QuickTime), high and low resolution. There were three kinds of movies: Classic (sexy), Behind-the-Scenes, and Documentary. The site looks good with a very professional design. However, it does take a few minutes to figure out the navigation, as there is a lot of stuff on the main page including actual world news and foreign currency exchange rates, which just seemed odd. Along with all the pictures there are also some amateur shots, lots of articles and information pieces on the art and history of photography. There's also a forum, a section with interviews, tributes and profiles (it's a magazine, you see), and a neat little function that allows you to change your default preferences and background colour from among 11 choices. Finally, you can download wallpaper for your computer desktop and e-cards created from Zika's steamy photography.