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Marilyn Red Classic Charcoal Roses
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 inch
$5,541
Marilyn Black silver wink roses
Bert Stern
Photography - 43 x 31 cm Photography - 16.9 x 12.2 inch
$5,541
No55 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 72 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 28.3 x 0 inch
$1,668
La parade de la tentation
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,696
No92 Spirit Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,668
No83 Spirit Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 67 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 26.4 x 0 inch
$1,668
Jeune nuit
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,668
Light Slide
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,668
Allure
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,668
Angelique 3
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,668
Eruptio
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,668
WetWay
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,668
No03 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,668
No58 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 72 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 28.3 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,668
No15 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,668
Carla Bruni Sarkozy, Harper's Bazaar
Philippe Robert
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
$9,047
No78 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 91 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,668
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting Portfolio 7
Bert Stern
Photography - 61 x 61 cm Photography - 24 x 24 inch
$20,000
Countess On Deck 1982 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$4,015
Beach At St. Tropez - 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$4,015
Summer In Monaco - 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,015
Sunbathing In Arizona - 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$3,404
Island Paradise - 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$4,015
Plantation Cocoyer - 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$4,015
Yachting Trip - 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$3,404
Keep Your Cool - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$4,015
Les Acrobates IV
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Homme nu sur la plage III
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,131
Homme nu sur la plage II
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,131
Beauté de l'île
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Corps d'eau I
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Harbour Island, Bahamas
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$3,902
Femmes Objets
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Femmes Objets
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Femmes Objets
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Femmes Objets
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Les Acrobates I
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Les Acrobates II
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Les Acrobates III
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Les Acrobates V
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Les Acrobates VI
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 69.9 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 27.5 inch
$3,500
South Beach. From the Mani series.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Haiti. From the Mani series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Paris. From the Mani series.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Kenya. From the Mani series..
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Kyoto. From the Mani series.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Saudi Arabia. From the Mani series.
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Planet Plastic II
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Planet Plastic I
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Marise. Nature series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Marise. From the Nature series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Marise. From the Nature series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Marise. From the Nature series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Marise. From the Nature series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Marise. From the Nature series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Marise. From the Nature series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Untitled, From the series Balance
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 127 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 50 x 35 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Les Enveloppes : Barbara
Charlotte Abramow
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,488
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In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered how to print images onto metal plates. When he died in 1833, Louis Daguerre, followed by Francois Arago continued to develop his research, resulting in the invention of the daguerreotype which consisted of an image printed onto a silver plate when exposed to the light. Together they had invented photography.
Unlike paintings of nudes, which had long been considered an artistic discipline, nude photography was first used for scientific or educational purposes. Art schools often provided anatomy courses and photography became an increasingly popular means of representing the human body. In Orsay, photographs of nudes were found with squares traced onto the bodies in order to more carefully study their proportions and make them easier to reproduce through drawing.
At the beginning of the 20th century, magazines began to publish photographs of nudes. L'Etude Académique, for example, published nude photographs aimed at replacing life models in painting. When it first appeared, photography was not considered an art form; it remained anonymous and was thought of as a tool for artists to represent the human body. However, less scientific uses had been explored and a few years earlier, many erotic magazines had been published despite censorship.
The male nude, less widespread than the female nude, first appeared in photographs by Albert Londe, Thomas Eakins and Vincenzo Galdi, taken outdoors and capturing men as representations of young ephebes. In the 1930s and 1940s, photographers of the time, including Man Ray, Jean Ferrero and Gregor Arax, created more virile and sophisticated images.
Contemporary nudes take on many forms. One might expect them to be exclusively erotic but in reality, photographers approach the human body in a number of different ways. True to his style, Jeff Koons, chooses sexual provocation, creating pornographic scenes. Spencer Tunick brings together hundreds of naked participants to create striking images. As for Peter Joel Witkin, he explores the nude using the horrific and the bizarre. Among the masters of nude photography are Nan Goldin and her decadent photographs, Araki, specializing in black and white, Anders Petersen and his images of intimate scenes, as well as Robert Mapplethorpe with his minimalist and distinctive staging and composition.
In 1970, nude photography was fully accepted and there were even magazines specialized in the subject. Artsper features photographs by Bert Stern, Ren Hang, Eric Ceccarini, Maurice Renoma, Dani Olivier and Laetitia Lesaffre.
Depicting the nude human body in art is, for many artists, a way to express the beauty of the human form as well as sentiment and emotions. Representing nudes in art is an old tradition; the earliest known depiction of a nude figure, a small sculpture carved from a wooly mammoth tusk, dates back 35,000 years.
One of the most famous photographers who created nude images is Alfred Stieglitz, an American photographer whose career spanned the first half of the 20th century. Some of his most famous nude works are of his lover, famous artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
Unlike paintings of nude figures, which fell under the artistic domain from the earliest examples, nude photography began to be used in the fields of science and education. Nude photography was then introduced into the art world as an alternative way of representing the human body.