Through May 31st, the Galerie Maruani & Mercier will exhibit two new photo series by Bettina Rheims. The first, Héroïne, features off-beat portraits of models, actresses and dancers usually represented…
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"Nue York: Self-Portraits of a Bare Urban Citizen" bloomed from an initial questioning about clothing and its importance in society today. Fashion and what we wear act as a language:…
In 1948, celebrity photographer Tom Kelley took a photograph of an out-of-work actress; a nude posed with arm outstretched against a scarlet background. That actress was Marilyn Monroe.…
For her fifth book with Steidl, Mona Kuhn has entered the heart of the American desert and returned with a sequence of pictures that is seductive, enigmatic and a little unsettling. "Private" proposes a world…
In a career that spanned more than four decades, Carlo Mollino designed buildings, homes, furniture, cars, aircraft. One of the most dashing figures of mid-century Italy, Mollino was famed for…
Nakedness is exciting, fascinating - but it can also be disturbing. Kenneth Clark, the English art historian, made the distinction between ‘nude’ and ‘naked’ - the nude is posed, confident, contrived,…
Marc Lagrange is based in Antwerp, Belgium. His work is a celebration of beauty, pleasure and sensuality. With a predilection for nudes and portraits, Lagrange creates luxurious and timeless environments where…
Feelings of obsession, repetition, fetishism, pain, longing, death and the psychedelic tumble throughout his intimate works. M+B gallery presents the exhibition of Pierre Molinier’s photomontages. Molinier’s work reflect his exquisite…
Marie-Claire Montanari photographs women. Her black&white carefully framed images of headless, anonymous bodies caressed by shadows celebrate the female beauty. But, while her work can appear classic the photographer’s approach is…
Tony Butcher showcases his photographs of the black male nude and male dancers in this stunning collectors’ edition book (25 copies). 159 images are individually hand-printed by Tony on 100% rag Hahnemuhle…