Into the Jaws of Commercial Photography – Helmut Newton
Helmut Newton bent the world of fashion magazine photography to his personal artistic vision like no one before him — provocative, fetishistic, psychologically loaded. A biography, an analysis of his imagery, and a personal critical perspective on why his approach, endlessly imitated, has finally exhausted its cultural moment.
The Last Transitional Author: Irving Penn
Irving Penn — fashion photography's undisputed master — was also one of the twentieth century's most serious practitioners of nude art photography. From his suppressed early studies of 1949-50 to his celebrated late sessions with the era's top models, this is the story of an artist who had to earn the freedom to pursue his most personal work.
To the roots of female photographers of artistic nudes 2: Imogen Cunningham
Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976): from Pictorialist soft-focus to f/64 sharp modernism. Pioneer of artistic nude photography who photographed the human body — male and female — as form, light, and truth rather than desire. Botanical studies, industrial landscapes, street photography, and portraits spanning 70 years of American West Coast photography.
Transitional Authors 8: Erwin Blumenfeld
From failed leather merchant to acclaimed fashion photographer, Erwin Blumenfeld's life embodied the artist's dilemma: commercial success versus creative freedom. His darkroom experiments with the nude—wet silk, mirrors, multiple exposures—pursued classical beauty through surrealist techniques, 'smuggling art' into a world that demanded only glamour.
StyleCruze Magazine Chapter 169 - Boudoir Special Edition is out!
The announcement for the publication of 5 artistic nude images made by me in collaboration with model Lorenza Caradonna on StyleCruze magazine chapter 169, special boudoir edition. Get it on printed or digital format on magcloud.com
Transitional Authors 7: ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ
Description (within 400 characters): Explore the life and work of André Kertész, the "little soldier" of photography who struggled for recognition but left a powerful legacy. Focus on his groundbreaking 1933 Distortions series and its striking relevance to today's social media era, body dysmorphia, and self-perception struggles.
To the roots of female photographers of artistic nudes: Anne Brigman
Anne Brigman (1869-1950) created iconic images of nude figures among ancient trees in the High Sierra, transforming photography into spiritual art. As the only Photo-Secession Fellow west of the Mississippi, she rejected Stieglitz's sexual interpretation for nature mysticism. Her work connects Pre-Raphaelite romanticism to modern fantasy literature—and to my own artistic calling.
Transitional Authors 6: Ruth Bernhard
Discover Ruth Bernhard, one of the 20th century's greatest nude photographers. From her accidental start in photography to her transformative encounter with Edward Weston, explore how this Berlin-born artist developed her empathetic, light-focused approach that influenced feminist photography for decades.
Transitional Authors 5: Emmet Gowin
Transitional Authors 5: Emmet Gowin
Presenting today Harry Callahan student and Princeton’s long time teacher Gowin. A Nature lover that found in the day to day life with his wife Edith the exceptional and the trascendent, even giving to the observer more intimate, carnal, images from their relationship. A tale of a loving life made in pictures.
SOCKS AND PIZZA #50 VOL.3 now available on MagCloud.
Announcing the realise of Socks and Pizza magazine issue #50 vol 3 feauturing my last light painting set made in collaboration with model Matilde Fantini at maxlaz studios in Milano - Italy. Enjoy it!
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 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 2: Bill Brandt
This week we explore the life and work of iconic Anglo-German photographer Bill Brandt — how his artistic nude photography merged with the Surrealist movement through his radical exploration of shape, meaning, and emotion. A master who transformed the body into landscape.
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.
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.
FC Talk, ep 10 - october 25
The transcription of the 10th episode of my FC Talk podcast. Art business changes, more focus, more emotive, more accessible, towards a more beleavable artistic. Website and network changes.
Last BW with Ginevra
Last 6 BW lingerie portraits of model Ginevra Alombi from the now complete modelsharing event in Seregno organized by Fillory Agency last fFbruary. End of a season and transition to a new one.
Some BW Ginevra again
An excerpt of the modelsharing event happened in Seregno (Monza province - Italy) and organized by Fillory Agency with 5 new lingerie BW portraits of model Ginevra Alombi