Nude with camera
Helmut Newton's provocative photograph 'Nude with Camera' challenges conventional representations of the female body in photography. The work is signed by the artist in pencil.
- Medium
- Signed in pencil in the margin.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
May 16, 2019
Artists in conversation
Herb Ritts
American · b. 1952
Ritts shared Newton's mastery of black and white nude and fashion photography with a bold, sculptural approach to the female form, creating images that blur the line between commercial and fine art photography.
Guy Bourdin
French · b. 1928
Bourdin created provocative and highly stylized fashion and nude photography that similarly challenged conventional representations of the female body with a daring and unapologetic visual language.
Ellen von Unwerth
German · b. 1954
Von Unwerth produces provocative female nude and fashion photography that echoes Newton's bold aesthetic, exploring themes of femininity and sensuality with a strong and confident visual style.
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