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Black and white 11 - black and white photo
Located in New York, NY
Since 1995 I have used a great deal of my time to study the lines and curves of the female body. Long before that I already had the idea that the female body contains every line, ev...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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C Print, Plexiglass

Marilyn (Blue)
Located in New York, NY
Created as an original lithograph by Bert Stern in 1973 from his original negative taken during The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine in 1962/1973, Marilyn (Blue) is hand-...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Lithograph

"Brooke (Crashing Waves)" Photography 40" x 30" in Edition 2/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brooke (Crashing Waves)" Photography 40" x 30" in Edition 2/3 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed - ships in a tube Brooke (Crashing Waves) Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Untitled Self Portrait
Located in Wilton, CT
Oversized photograph- beautiful self portrait.
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2010s Nude Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hommage a Pollock IV
Located in New York, NY
Nicole Furman is a multimedia artist, body painter and photographer from Bogotá, Colombia. Having studied a range of art practices from body painting and performance to art history a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Plexiglass, C Print

"MW Untitled 2" Figurative Photography 40" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"MW Untitled 2" Figurative Photography 40" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Lika Brutyan Original photography by Lika Brutyan from the "Milky Way" series Edition 1/7 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Not Framed. Ships in a tube. Lika Brutyan is American photographer, was born in a family of scientists and artists in Yerevan, Armenia. Her training and work in psychotherapy has lead her to a deep curiosity in human nature. While still in the field of psychology, she started to shoot. Over the years she became more and more interested in photographing human emotion and behavior. This interest combined her great appreciation for fashion has lead Lika down the path of fashion photography and portraiture. Lika’s work are shown across the U.S, Great Britain, France, Italy, Romania. Her photographs have been published in various magazines, many of them belong to private collections. Selected Exhibitions 2019 - Sublimation at Voies Off Festival, Arles 2019 - Sublimation at Fondazione Luciana Matalon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

`Ritual`, Tokyo -from the series `Okurimono`- nude flowers blue Japan
Located in Oslo, NO
Okurimono Pigment Print Images from the Okurimono series is available in 3 different formats : * 50 x 75 cm : edition of 10 + (+2ap) * 80 x 120 cm : edition of 7 + (+2ap) * 113 x...
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2010s Nude Photography

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Digital Pigment

Chiro + Tabletop
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940) is a renowned Japanese photographer acclaimed for his provocative style that blurs the line between fine art and pornography. With an oeuvre of over 450 ph...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Polaroid

"High Noon 2" Photography 20" x 16" inch Edition of 36 by Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"High Noon 2" Photography 20" x 16" inch Edition of 36 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) 2019 ABOUT Rob Woodcox Rob Woodcox is a fine art and fash...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Archival Paper

"Tangle" Black & White Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Tangle" Black & White Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/20 by Ben Cope Not framed. Ships in tube Ben Cope is a Georgia native graduating from Columbus State University with a B...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Exposure, Carlota, Paris
Located in New York City, NY
Exposure, Carlota, Paris
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Wrapped Series Untitled #33" Photography Edition 2/10 42x28 in by Robert Mack
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wrapped Series Untitled #33" Photography Edition 2/10 42x28 in by Robert Mack 2019 Photograph, archival exhibition paper Aluminum mount, UV mat protectio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Metal

"Human Nature Pt. 2" Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition 2/7 by Brendan North
Located in Culver City, CA
"Human Nature Pt. 2" Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition 2/7 by Brendan North not framed ships rolled in a tube ABOUT: Brendan North is a fine art photographer based in Los Angeles....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Paper, Digital

Untitled (Touching) – Lina Scheynius, Colour, Woman, Body, Nude, Female
Located in Zurich, CH
LINA SCHEYNIUS (*1981, Sweden) Untitled (Touching) 2021 Fibre-based silver gelatin print Sheet 90 x 60 cm (35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in.) Edition of 3, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 1/3 Print only Touc...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Pink Harmony" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pink Harmony" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) Ships in a tube 2019 ABOUT Rob Woodcox Rob Woodcox is a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

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Archival Paper

"Wrapped Series Untitled #42" Nude Fine Art Photography 1/10 by Robert Mack
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wrapped Series Untitled #42" Nude Fine Art Photography 1/10 by Robert Mack 2019 Photograph, archival exhibition paper Aluminum mount, UV mat protection 4...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Metal

69YK #48 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Nude, Black and White, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 69YK #48, 2009 Gelatin silver print 60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based photographer. Araki completed his studies at Chiba University’s Department of Photography, Painting and Engineering with a focus on the study of film and photography. His photographic project Satchin earned him the prestigious Taiyo Award in 1964, shortly after he had joined the advertising agency Dentsu, where he worked until 1972. At Dentsu he met his wife Yoko, to whom he paid homage in Sentimental Journey, a photographic record of their honeymoon published in 1971. Eros and thanatos (sex and death) has been a central theme in Araki’s work; an abiding fascination with female genitalia and women’s bodies in Japanese bondage...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

"Geometry of Color N3" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition 3/10 by Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geometry of Color N3" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition 3/10 by Lika Brutyan "Geometry of Color N 3" Original photography by Lika Brutyan from the ""Geometry of Color" series A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled (Nr. 7506) Photography 44" x 36" Ed. 1/12 by Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 7506) Photography 44" x 36" Ed. 1/12 by Rowan Daly Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid Off the Grid is the culmination of a six-ye...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

"WB9" Photography (FRAMED) 62" x 42" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"WB9" Photography (FRAMED) 62" x 42" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor Print size 62x42 Inches Artwork finished size 64x44 Inches Limited edition of 10 Artist proof 2 Medium This artwork printed on the highest resolution archival fine art 100% cotton rag velvet Somerset museum quality smooth surface heavyweight paper. It’s printed with a high saturation finish. Mounted on half inch thick dibond. Coated with a museum quality archival premier print shield with extra UV protection. Custom gallery style matte black finish Roma frame. WILD BELOW series Glowing projections of marine life flood the darkness of an aquatic underworld. Evoking the silence following a dive into the ocean, this series gives the viewer a sense of being submerged. Detailed projections create compositional magic on the bodies of human subjects; water droplets render movement and transmit light across the fluid landscape. ABOUT THE ARTIST Internationally recognized photographer, Giuliano Bekor, holds a portfolio that includes work from the realms of fashion, beauty, celebrity, advertising, and fine art. Giuliano’s photography has been featured in top publications around the globe, and his client list includes an endless file of beauty industry leaders, advertising agencies, celebrities, producers, and artists. With 30 years in the industry, Giuliano has perfected his craft to an exceptional level of expertise. Composed of light, color, space and form, Giuliano brings ideas conceptualized in his own imagination into reality throughout his work. Currently living between New York and Los Angeles, Giuliano is often on the move traveling for work and inspiration. Always the restless visionary, he ceases to continually express his fresh and nuanced style. For Giuliano Bekor, a photograph is an image that comes into being consciously, composed of light, color, space and form. Like a painter, he sketches, refining ideas through pen and pencil well before the shutter clicks. A camera is strictly a means to an end, a way of making a palpable visual record of an idea that gestates in his mind, gains shape by his hand, and resolves through his eye as it peers through the lens. His subject is the human body, almost always nude. These images delve into the splendor of the body - how it can express the inner meaning of who we are. Limbs, torsos, muscles and bones are exposed as though carved out of a supple, glowing stone that flexes and twists. Many of these photographs feature subjects posed with the eyes obscured, the face covered. If we look closely, Bekor says, we can see that the body is as much a window into the soul as the eyes. This is a gallery of the soul etched into the forms we assume in the physical world. Through exaggerated contrast between light and dark, smooth and textured, vaporous and tactile, Giuliano deliberately filters the extraneous. The camera captures the image, but for Bekor each exposure is a transformation - of himself, his subjects, and us. He is digging into uneasy turf, fraught with tension: masculine/feminine, heroic/cowardly, shameless/shameful, eternal/fleeting. The intensity of detail, the fiercely exquisite perfection of the bodies themselves, the unflinching, scrupulous engagement of the lens, negates all pretense of politeness. Confronted, we are summoned to look. So we must. And we do. And we experience the beautiful human forms we inhabit and the silent, eloquent language they speak. EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS Giuliano Bekor’s most recent fine art photography solo shows include: 2019 - March Lips The cool HeArt...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

Ghost Souls IV • # 2 of 12 • 42 cm x 29 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ghost Souls IV • 2022 • 2/12 • Edition of 18 prints in 2 different sizes. A collaboration of photographer Angelika Büttner and visual artist Laure Laferrerie. All prints are numbered and signed by both artists. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper. Two different sizes are available, the series is limited to a total of 18 prints H 42.00. cm x W 29.70 cm - Edition of 12 - 1/12 to 12/12 H 59.40 cm x W 42.00 cm - Edition of 6 - 1/6 to 6/6 The artwork is sold unframed as a print only. • Renowned photographer Angelika Buettner and accomplished visual artist Laure Laferrerie join forces in a captivating creative collaboration, unveiling a mesmerizing series that seamlessly merges nude photography with the allure of digital paintings. Together, these visionary women embark on a duet of creation, capturing reflections of concealed female souls. Angelika Buettner's revealing eye and Laure Laferrerie's raw artistic gesture converge in a project that transcends whispers to explosive artistic expression. Having previously established a creative rapport through various editorial collaborations, Angelika Buettner and Laure Laferrerie draw inspiration from their deep understanding of each other. Their enchanting nude series delves into the depths of the soul, unveiling the eternal bond with our unique soul sisters...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

"Milano, Italia, " Nude Statue Silver Gelatin Print signed by Philip Krejcarek
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Milano, Italia" is an original silver gelatin photographic print by Philip Krejcarek. The artist signed the piece. It features a statue of a nude woman with a figure grabbing onto her shoulder. The photograph is in black and white. 7 1/4" x 9 1/4" art 20 1/4" x 16 1/4" frame EDUCATION: M.F.A. - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (1973) B.S. in Art - University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh (1968) POSITION: Professor of Art, Carroll College (began1977) Co-Chairman, Art Dept. COLLECTIONS Milwaukee Art Museum Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee Denver Art Museum Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine City of Milwaukee Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Fine Art Gallery The University of Wisconsin Center - Waukesha Oshkosh Public Museum Wisconsin Artists Collection, Carroll College ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 1972 University of Wisconsin Center - Waukesha 1974 Tom Hayes...
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1990s Other Art Style Nude Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Villa Cetinale, Siena Italy, May 2012
Located in New York, NY
Villa Cetinale, Italy, May 2012 A moment at a storied property where centuries of history pile on Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 44" x 4...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Twin Kate Moss on Pink" Photography 30 x 27.5 in Edition of 25 by Kate Garner
Located in Culver City, CA
"Twin Kate Moss on Pink" Photography 30 x 27.5 in Edition of 25 by Kate Garner Hahnemuhle fine art archival paper Kate Garner: Seeker, Sage, and Preservationist of Identity A thou...
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"El Espiritu Asciende 1" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Espiritu Asciende 1" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) Ships in a tube 2018 ABOUT Rob Woodcox Rob Woo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

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Archival Paper

No title (No 55) Photography 36" x 29" inch Ed. of 28 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
No title (No 55) Photography 36" x 29" inch Ed. of 28 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko No title (No 55) by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Year photo was taken: 2020 Limited Edition of 28 Picture size...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Pigment

Love-Dream, Love-Nothing #042 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Nude, Japan, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Love-Dream, Love-Nothing #042, 2018 gelatin silver print 60 x 50.8 cm ( 23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Aquila, Round cyanotype on paper, white box frame, romantic vintage looking nude
Located in Dallas, TX
Rosie Emerson, born in 1981, is a contemporary artist working almost exclusively on representing the female form. Emerson’s figures draw reference from archetypes old and new, from Artemis to the modern day super model, each solitary figure, an allegory of her own fantasy. Interested in surface, the interplay between photography and painting. Emerson’s works are playful constructs; Photography is used, not as a device for capturing reality but for creating romanticised optical illusions. Inspired by her love of theatre, performance, shrines and rituals, she uses lighting, costume, set and prop making, alongside printmaking and painting to create other worldly one off pieces. Her photography is inspired by both the drama of the baroque, and ethereal qualities of Pre Raphaelite works. Other important influences include late medieval and renaissance paintings, Japanese prints, and magical realist literature. Emerson’s screen...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Rag Paper

"Blue Kate Moss Triplet" Photography 28" × 26" in Edition of 25 by Kate Garner
Located in Culver City, CA
"Blue Kate Moss Triplet" Photography 28" × 26" in Edition of 25 by Kate Garner Signed & dated. Comes with COA Archival Hahnemuhle art paper Not framed. Ships in a tube. Garner's...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

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Archival Paper

"Evolution Of A Fall" Photography 20"x16" inch Ed. 2/36 by Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"Evolution Of A Fall" Photography 20"x16" inch Ed. 2/36 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) 2019 ABOUT Rob Woodcox Rob Woodcox is a fine art and fas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Archival Paper

"Heart Strings" Photography 50" x 40" inch Edition of 12 by Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"Heart Strings" Photography 50" x 40" inch Edition of 12 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) 2020 ABOUT Rob Woodcox Rob Woodcox is a fine art and fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Archival Paper

Exposure, N`gone, Paris
Located in New York City, NY
Exposure, N`gone, Paris
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

Wall • # 1 of 3 • 120 cm x 90 cm
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Wand • 1985 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes. All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper. Three different sizes are available, the series is ...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

"Human Spiral" Photography 50" x 40" inch Edition of 12 by Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"Human Spiral" Photography 50" x 40" inch Edition of 12 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) Ships in a tube 2022 ABOUT Rob Woodcox Rob Woodcox is a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography

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Archival Paper

Untitled (Nr. 7506) Photography 24" x 18" Ed. 2/20 by Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 7506) Photography 24" x 18" Ed. 2/20 by Rowan Daly Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid Off the Grid is the culmination of a six-ye...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ralph Gibson - Nude Woman Portrait - Signed Photograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ralph Gibson Nude Woman Portrait Signed and Dated 2013 Dimensions: 19" x 13" Ralph Gibson was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1939. Today he lives and works in New York. He se...
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2010s Nude Photography

Exposure, Minna, Milan
Located in New York City, NY
Exposure, Minna, Milan
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Geometry of Color N2" 40x30in Photography Edition 1/10 by Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geometry of Color N2" 40x30in Photography Edition 1/10 by Lika Brutyan "Geometry of Color N 2" 40" x 30" inch Original photography by Lika Brutyan from the ""Geometry of Color" s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

"The Mountain" Photography 20"x16" inch Ed. 1/40 by Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Mountain" Photography 20"x16" inch Ed. 1/40 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) 2019 ABOUT Rob Woodcox Rob Woodcox i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Untitled (Touching) – Lina Scheynius, Color, Woman, Body, Nude, Female
Located in Zurich, CH
LINA SCHEYNIUS (*1981, Sweden) Untitled (Touching) 2021 Fibre-based silver gelatin print Sheet 90 x 60 cm (35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in.) Edition of 3, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 1/3 Print only Touc...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

No title (No 10) Photography Edition of 28 36" x 29" in by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
No title (No 10) Photography Edition of 28 36" x 29" in by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Year photo was taken: 2015 This artwork is part of "Spirit" series. The picture shows a frozen movem...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Pigment

"Wrapped Series Untitled #10" Photography 42x28 in Edition 1/10 by Robert Mack
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wrapped Series Untitled #10" Photography 42x28 in Edition 1/10 by Robert Mack 2014 Photograph, archival exhibition paper Aluminum mount, UV mat protecti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Metal

`Psycho`, Okurimono series, Tokyo- japan-nude -harajuku-girl-color
Located in Oslo, NO
Okurimono Pigment Print Images from the Okurimono series is available in 3 different formats : * 50 x 75 cm : edition of 10 + (+2ap) * 80 x 120 cm : edition of 7 + (+2ap) * 113 x 170 cm : edition of 7 + (+2ap) Each print is numbered and signed About the work : Work by contemporary photographer Christian Houge, from the Okurimono series. In this series, Houge has, through five trips to Japan (Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto), explored Japans otherworldly subculture and its ritualistic perfection. In this personal art documentary he has ventured into delicate themes such as personal identity, sexuality, longing and gender dysphoria. In this particular series, he uses staging as a method to create a story within a story. The viewers associations are important in meeting this work and ambiguity plays an important role. In this series, Houge has, through five trips to Japan (Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto), explored Japans otherworldly subculture and its ritualistic perfection. In this personal art documentary he has ventured into delicate themes such as personal identity, sexuality, longing and gender dysphoria. In this particular series, he uses staging as a method to create a story within a story. The viewers associations are important in meeting this work and ambiguity plays a Okurimono (meaning both “gift” and “that which is in-between” in Japanese) - is a word that binds together this comprehensive project developed over five trips to Japan between 2007 and 2018. The series explores the personal pursuit of identity, at times with an underlying darkness as Houge had the chance to be introduced to Tokyo’s subculture. In exploring this theme, Houge has ventured into delicate matters such as sexuality, longing and gender dysphoria. In this particular series, he uses staging as a method to create a story within a story. The artist wishes to question the viewer and provoke a reflection on topics that are often seen as taboos in our contemporary societies. The viewer’s own associations are important in appreciating this work where ambiguity plays an important role. The project started in the Harajuku district of Tokyo which is known as a center of Japanese youth culture and where Houge found some of his first motifs: teenage girls dressing up in post-Victorian dresses or ‘cosplay’ costumes to identify with a character of their favorite comics. Here, the desire to express one’s uniqueness is central and the photographer explores the tension between personal identity and aesthetics shared by all (or at least by the same youth group). In many of his carefully staged photographs, Houge’s models are masked, so as to echo the many social masks we wear in our day-to-day lives. In our post-modern information society, drained of wonder, these enigmatic masked characters also evoke the world of shamans and pagan rituals, therefore injecting a sense of mystery and spirituality that many people are longing for. Symbolism and the many references to ritual and identity in an otherwise suppressed society, may at times create a sense of unease among viewers. The Okurimono project also explores the topic of identity and sexuality in gender dysphoria with Japan’s nyūhāfu (the transsexual ‘new halfs’). Here, the quest for identity coincides with a search of femininity and body image which results in complex physical transformations. Viewers may look at these portraits not having any clue that models are nyūhāfu. Yet, the photographs are staged so that viewers are placed in a disconcerting voyeuristic role while looking at otherwise closed world. Shibari (the art of tying), which originates from the Edo period (1600s), is another territory explored by Houge in his Okurimono series. His striking photographs of female models tied with red rope on a white background take us into this powerful journey into vulnerability and surrender, power and freedom. Through tradition, symbolism and technology, Okurimono also explores the hugely potent symbols that help define parts of Japanese culture and national identity, between old and new. As Art historian Erling Bugge put it: “Christian Houge guides us into a mystery. It resides between the ritualized shapes of the traditional and withdrawn Zen garden in Kyoto and the equally ritualized spaces of futuristic, urban Tokyo. For a westerner, Japan might look familiar, since what is held up for us looks like a futuristic spectacle somehow grounded in a western imagination. This judgment, however, is too easy. In Houge’s photographs, the sense of sameness withdraws and a very different feeling of strangeness creeps up on us. In fact, what this series registers is a remarkable place of alterity in today’s global order, a radical difference bang in the middle of the familiar.” The images of the Okurimono series share a ghostly, otherworldly quality. In reality and dream, ritual and play merge while the boundaries between the known and the unknown dissolve. Christian Houge – Now – Okurimono Christian Houge guides us into a mystery. It resides between the ritualized shapes of the traditional and withdrawn Zen garden in Kyoto and the equally ritualized spaces of futuristic, urban Tokyo. For a westerner, Japan might look familiar, since what is held up for us looks like a futuristic spectacle somehow grounded in a western imagination. This judgment, however, is too easy. In Houge’s photographs, the sense of sameness withdraws and a very different feeling of strangeness creeps up on us. In fact, what this series registers is a remarkable place of alterity in today’s global order, a radical difference bang in the middle of the familiar. This is pushed to the limit in the technological and virtual wonderland of Akihabara in Tokyo, where shop after shop trade in electronic products and computer games, while a weird costume play, “cosplay”, is being performed in streets. A similar kind of simulation is being acted out in the district of Harajuku, where Houge found some of his motifs. There is no authenticity here, no western “essence” or “reality”; instead, the virtual conquers the carnal body in a purified play of surface, image and the hyperreal. This is exotic. All the while as we are conscious of these notions as pinnacle points in a western idea of the post-modern. But in this sense Japan has always been “post-modern”. It has always integrated the most refined culture and technology from the outside while somehow retained an identity for itself. So, what would this identity be? Houge takes the view of ritual and play. Indeed, Japanese culture seems to be grounded solely on ritual, in business and in sex, in its relation to nature and in religion. This play transcends the notion of authenticity altogether, unlike the West which is haunted by the “ghost” of origin and beginnings. In Japan, “now” would mean just that; it is a “no looking back”, but rather a flow of intensities integrated in the play and ritual of the ever-present, okurimono. There is no threat of being eaten up by western culture and technology here, for, like in Zen practice, the ritual oversees everything and has no historical drag. Japan becomes weightless, shot into orbit outside the material of earth itself. Is acting out the role as Lewis Caroll’s Victorian girl driven by a sense of nostalgia? I think not. It is a striving for a moment of perfected presence, in dialogue with Houge’s optical machine. It is the moment of Now. The girl, the Zen garden and the image shares in a perfection modified by small uncertainties, coincidental imperfections that become somewhat oblique points of entry for us - a discarded handkerchief or seemingly unremarkable shapes and reflections in the prismatic play of surfaces. There is a ghostly, otherworldly quality in these images, even in the fleeting blossoming cherrytree and the play of shadows across a concrete minimalism. The doubly exposed or reflected light on the lens reminds us of the uncertain beginnings in photography’s history, with its widespread belief that the camera was able to perceive more than the naked eye, like spirits and ghosts. In Houge’s images there are different specters, skeletal, natural shapes on the one hand, the machine and the virtual on the other. Here, like some scene from the film Blade Runner, there is an uncanny confusion and mix between the human and non human. Maybe the search for a perfect moment in the perpetual flow of things is a romantic or melancholic longing for transcendent wholeness, a drive that is harnessed in a rigorous attention to visual detail. This compulsive discipline might seem absurd to any western observer, while longing itself form a common ground and will ultimately be the basis in our meeting. Erling Bugge Bio: Christian Houge (born in Oslo 1972) Based in Oslo, Norway, I have been making photographs for over twenty years and new insights continue to open. By exploring the relation, and conflict, between Nature and culture, I get a better understanding about Mans` condition. I am interested in the consequences of Humankinds progression and how science often is the result of our conquering of Nature, both on Earth and beyond. Mans` ego, consumer society, the last remnants of pure Nature and identity are recurring elements in my work. I often juxtapose the visually aesthetic with an underlying uneasiness. This often emanates a cognitive dissonance in the viewer to invite deeper truths and personal references. Looking at our actions and place in environment, which we are so dependent on, is a recurring theme in all my exploration and can use everything from digital cameras to large format and panoramic analog cameras for specific projects. I have exhibited extensively in galleries and museums in my native country Norway, as well as the US, England, France and China. The series `Death of a Mountain`(2016-2021) is nominated for the 2021 Leica Oskar Barnack Award, as well as receiving an arts grant from Norwegian Arts Council. Most recently, my series `Residence of Impermanence` 2017-2019 has been exhibited at five museums and several galleries already (including a solo show at Fotografiska, Stockholm (2019), and Les Recontres d`Arles, Haugar Artmuseum, Preus Muaeum of Photography and 2019 (Galerie Omnius, Arles). In 2021, this series received ten nominations for the Prix Pictet Award with the theme FIRE. `Residence of Impermanence` is currently exhibited at the UCR: California Museum of Photography in Los Angeles with the exhibition `Facing Fire,` Art, Wildfire and The End of Nature in the New West...
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2010s Nude Photography

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Digital Pigment

"Geometry of Color N5" Photography 40x30in Edition 2/10 by Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geometry of Color N5" Photography 40x30in Edition 2/10 by Lika Brutyan "Geometry of Color N 5" 40" x 30" inch Original photography by Lika Brutyan from the ""Geometry of Color" s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

"Minnie/Mickey MM5" Photography (FRAMED) 50" x 40" in Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Minnie/Mickey MM5" Photography (FRAMED) 50" x 40" in Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor This artwork printed on a highest resolution fine art Fujiflex Crystal archive silver halide paper. P...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

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Located in Culver City, CA
“And His Dark Secret Love” (FRAMED) Photography 30x20 in Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff “And His Dark Secret Love” (2016) Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 30” X 20” i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Weathered Souls" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"Weathered Souls" Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 24 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) Ships in a tube 2019 ABOUT Rob Woodcox Rob Woodcox is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

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Archival Paper

69YK #55 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Nude, Black and White, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 69YK #55, 2009 Gelatin silver print 60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based photographer. Araki completed his studies at Chiba University’s Department of Photography, Painting and Engineering with a focus on the study of film and photography. His photographic project Satchin earned him the prestigious Taiyo Award in 1964, shortly after he had joined the advertising agency Dentsu, where he worked until 1972. At Dentsu he met his wife Yoko, to whom he paid homage in Sentimental Journey, a photographic record of their honeymoon published in 1971. Eros and thanatos (sex and death) has been a central theme in Araki’s work; an abiding fascination with female genitalia and women’s bodies in Japanese bondage...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

CLAUDIA SCHIFFER, Paris 1997 (P_205)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bruno Bisang CLAUDIA SCHIFFER, Paris 1997 (P_205) 45 x 37.5 inches Archival Pigment Print / Black & white fine art Bartya / Color gloss resin coated Edition of 10 + 2 AP Signed b...
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2010s Nude Photography

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Resin, Coating, Archival Pigment

"LB07" (FRAMED) Photography 60" x 40" inch Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
LB07 Photography 60" x 40" inch Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor Print size 40x60 Inches Artwork finished size 42x62 Inches Limited edition 1 of 4 Artist proof 2 Medium: This artwo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography

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Metal

Exposure, Margareth, Paris
Located in New York City, NY
Exposure, Margareth, Paris
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - Kaisut Desert, Kenya - Signed
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jimmy Nelson Nyerere, Loingo, Lewangum & Lepokodou Kaisut Desert, Kenya Chromogenic print on dibond. 80 x 120 cm (107.5 x 147 cm). Signed in felt tip pen as well as detailed notes on the subject and on the edition on an artist's label affixed to the reverse of the mount. Edition 3/6 Framed. Accompanied by photographer's certificate, dated 18.09.2015 Literature: Jimmy Nelson, Before they pass away, Kempen 2013, ill. pp. 218 Jimmy Nelson (Sevenoaks, Kent, 1967) started working as a photographer in 1987. Having spent 10 years at a Jesuit boarding school in the North of England, he set off on his own to traverse the length of Tibet on foot. The journey lasted a year and upon his return his unique visual diary, featuring revealing images of a previously inaccessible Tibet, was published to wide international acclaim. Soon after, he was commissioned to cover a variety of culturally newsworthy themes, ranging from the Russian involvement in Afghanistan and the ongoing strife between India and Pakistan in Kashmir to the beginning of the war in former Yugoslavia. In early 1994 he and his Dutch wife produced Literary Portraits...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Gladiators - Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
Located in Miami, FL
Taken at the Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH in Gay San Francisco. Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed simul...
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2010s American Realist Nude Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Original Photography by Cyrille Druart
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Black and white original photography by Cyrille Druart. Edition: I/V It is the last available. Dimensions: 120 x 90 cm Cyrille Druart is a Fre...
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2010s Black and White Photography

"Minnie/Mickey MM4" (FRAMED) Photography 50" x 40" in Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Minnie/Mickey MM4" (FRAMED) Photography 50" x 40" in Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor This artwork printed on a highest resolution fine art Fujiflex Crystal archive silver halide paper. P...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

"Approach" Art print 36" x 29" inch Edition of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Approach" Art print 36" x 29" inch Edition of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Year photo was taken: 2018 Art Print Limited Edition of 25 Picture size: Height: 36" inch Width: 29" inch ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Photographic Paper, Pigment

Valcor 1992
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
ALAIN DAUSSIN Signed by the artist on the back and certificate Format 40X50 cm Baryta paper Numbered /30 ex Selling price : 1980 euros
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1990s Nude Photography

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Paper

"Solitude" Black & White Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/12 by Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Solitude" Black & White Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition 1/12 by Ben Cope Not framed. Ships in a tube Ben Cope is a Georgia native graduating from Columb...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

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