Sexy athletes under the mon dieu! This is what we've all been waiting for! Rugby players from the French capital in classically photographed, duotone pictures - and they're all naked! Photographer Francois Rousseau's electrifying images pay homage to his athletes' sinewy bodies in a mixture of haunting portraits, individual shots and group photos. As we have come to expect, Rousseau presents carefully styled and composed nudes, immediately drawing us into their spell with their scintillating homoeroticism. Dieux Du Stade is already a huge seller in France.
Rousseau began his photography career in 1995, after 10 years of painting. He alternates between commercial, fashion photography and art photography.
In 2003 he was commissioned to photograph the famous calendar 'Les Dieux du Stade 2004', a nude calendar of the French elite rugby team 'Stade Français CASG', which has sold over 160,000 copies.