Transitional Authors 4: Harry Callahan
Harry Callahan: a bright star in the firmament of American art photography and nude art too, thanks to his wife Eleanor. Another time, an otherworldly life and fast career development — if you can resist the sadness that might catch you reading this article in stark contrast of our own time and place, enjoy it!
Transitional Authors 1: Edward Weston
In this fourth installment of our Artistic Nude History series, we explore Edward Weston—a pivotal transitional figure who moved from soft-focus Pictorialism to sharp modernist photography. Through relationships with Margrethe Mather, Tina Modotti, and Charis Wilson, Weston pioneered en plein air nude photography while treating the human body with the same formal rigor he brought to peppers and shells.
Post Surrealism and the start of Portrait Photography’s Golden Era
Post-war photography saw Art Nudes move from Clergue's natural poetics to Avedon & Ritts' high-fashion glamour. Facing the AI threat, the future of photography must return to Clergue's emotional depth.
What Photography Gives the World, What My Photography Seeks
Inauguration article of my blog’s new course. A bit of Photography History to place myself in the course of a long family tree of Fine Artistc Nude Photographers. History awareness, ideas telling, emotion narrating.