Transitional Authors 3: Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander captured everything from jazz musicians to street scenes, but his nude photography reveals the same complexity of reality he brought to all subjects. His work challenged conventions, showing the human form without idealization—intimate, layered, and enigmatic. A pioneer who proved photographers needn't limit themselves to one genre.
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.
The Actuality of Surrealism and Man Ray’s L’étoile de mer
An Art History deep dive into Man Ray's film The Sea-Star, revealing the stark truth: The Surrealist movement's chaotic dreams have become the nightmare of our modern, precarious economy and relationships.