
Brescia, 14:00 Dressed and 15:30 Naked (Sylvia Walking)
Helmut Newton's 'Brescia, 14:00 Dressed and 15:30 Naked (Sylvia Walking)' is a gelatin silver print diptych that juxtaposes contrasting states of presentation. The work exemplifies Newton's characteristic exploration of fashion, identity, and the viewing gaze.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print diptych.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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April 6, 2022
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Guy Bourdin
French · b. 1928

Bourdin similarly worked in high contrast black and white and color fashion photography that provocatively blurred the boundaries between the dressed and undressed body, using conceptual juxtaposition and a commanding gaze to interrogate desire and identity.
Nobuyoshi Araki
Japanese · b. 1940
Araki's gelatin silver print photography obsessively pairs clothed and nude states of the female subject, exploring similar themes of voyeurism, identity, and the tension between concealment and exposure in a comparably provocative and conceptual manner.

Cindy Sherman
American · b. 1954

Sherman's conceptual photographic series similarly use sequential and diptych structures to examine the constructed nature of female identity, the performative relationship between dressed presentation and the body, and the power dynamics embedded in the act of looking.
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