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Art Subject: Hand
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary, Model
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film in 1984. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Naomi with Raised Arms Los Angeles by Herb Ritts Vintage print
Located in London, GB
Naomi with Raised Arms Los Angeles 1988 by Herb Ritts World renowned British super model, Naomi Campbell, posing in front of the lens with her arms raised. Unframed Matted Overall ...
Category

1980s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White

No Way - black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 43 x 68"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment p...
Category

2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Stretch - Signed limited edition semi nude fine art print, Black and white
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stretch - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10 This image was captured on film in 1982. From the same photoshoot, the so-called 'Zip' print by Ian Sa...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Espiral Dos & Espiral. Diptych. Male Nudes. Black and White Photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Espiral Dos & Espiral Diptych, by Ricky Cohete From the series "Espiral" Overall size: 30 in H x 40 in W. Individual size: 30 in H x 20 in W. Edition of 13 + 1AP Unframed 2021 All p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Pigment, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Heqet (Argentum by Guido Argentini)
Located in New York City, NY
40x40in ed.18 Archival Pigment Print MOUNTED AND FRAMED Also available in 48x48in and 60x60in. Limited edition signed print by Guido Argentini. Guido Argentini was born in Florenc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Engulfment - Mosquera 9 from the Engulfment series. Nude Color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Engulfment - Mosquera 9, 2023 by Javier Rey From the series Engulfment Archival pigment print Image size: 65 cm H x 49 cm W. Edition of 7 + 2AP Unframed "The first encounter I ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Hestia (Argentum by Guido Argentini)
Located in New York City, NY
40x40in ed.18 Archival Pigment Print MOUNTED AND FRAMED Also available in 48x48in and 60x60in. Limited edition signed print by Guido Argentini. Guido Argentini was born in Florenc...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ananke (Argentum by Guido Argentini)
Located in New York City, NY
40x40in ed.18 Archival Pigment Print MOUNTED AND FRAMED Also available in 48x48in and 60x60in. Limited edition signed print by Guido Argentini. Guido Argentini was born in Florenc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Portrait fine art signed print, Figurative, Analogue, Black white - Morgane
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Morgane ‘ who was captured on film in ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Figure Study No. 30
Located in Seoul, SO
These photographs explore tonality, texture, mass and depth in context of the human figure. This photograph was made in my home studio while visiting my family in Seoul, South Kore...
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2010s Other Art Style Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Thoughts
Located in New York City, NY
40x40in ed.18 Archival Pigment Print MOUNTED AND FRAMED Also available in 48x48in and 60x60in. Limited edition signed print by Guido Argentini. Guido Argentini was born in Florenc...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Figure Study No. 23
Located in Seoul, SO
These photographs explore tonality, texture, mass and depth in context of the human figure. This photograph was made in my home studio in Seoul, South Korea in the 2nd half of 2022...
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2010s Other Art Style Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Charis, Santa Monica
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Charis, Santa Monica" is a photograph by Edward Weston. It has the artist stamp on verso, “Negative by Edward Weston print by Cole Weston”. The framed photograph measures 15 1/4 x 1...
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1930s Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Figure Study no. 29
Located in Seoul, SO
These photographs explore tonality, texture, mass and depth in context of the human figure. This photograph was made in my home studio in Seoul, South Korea. These figure studies i...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Drew, Stretching
Located in New York, NY
Drew, Stretching 2019 Signed and numbered on label, verso Archival pigment print (Edition of 3 + 1 AP) 30 x 40 inches $3,000 This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Inner Connectedness, Silver Gelatin Black and White Nude Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Savannah Spirit Inner Connectedness Silver gelatin on Ilford multigrade paper, signed, edition of 5 Scroll for more on the artist and this series and an excerpt from the recent monograph, The Archive #6: Savannah Spirit, published by Quiet Lunch: "When I first saw Savannah Spirit’s early nudes, I felt immediately struck by their power and awareness. Of course, they were traditionally beautiful, with classical lighting and shadows from Venetian blinds. Some of them were sexy, in the way bodies are sexy. But they weren’t sexualized. Looking at them, I felt powerful. I felt good. They depicted the body of an adult woman viewing herself with love. I’ve been devoted to them ever since. To me, these portraits invoke the power of a landscape. The way the light rolls over the body evokes the body’s connection with the earth, with sunrise and its long deep shadows. The patterns of darkness can break the figure into geometry, creating a distance between the viewer and the image, as in End of An Era and Staying Abreast. Yet others, like Resist and Be The Woman You Needed When You Were Younger, create direct address, and sometimes empathy. Sometimes, the viewer takes the vantage point of the artist, and the piece becomes a further study in introspection. The titles, like The Bottom Line and Read Between the Lines, often invoke idioms, figures of speech, or stereotypes that themselves point back to the culture that produced them. As conceptual components, they are both playful and political, which, when juxtaposed against image to elicit a mood or reaction. For me, it’s different every time. I am often pricked to discover how the vernacular of Hollywood capitalism, juxtaposed to a powerful, nude self-portrait of a woman, almost always feels a bit surprising–as if I wasn’t expecting her to be there. Recent works, like Network, use both shadow and mirror to create a doubled image, the artist and her reflection, further suggesting the sense of a dialogue with the self. The two bodies are not a mirror image, though seen in a mirror: a conversation between two sides of oneself, rather than a literal twinning. Over the past decade, as this series took on greater and deeper life, Savannah and I have had countless wonderful discussions about women, bodies and art. As a former artist’s model, early in her career, she participated in the form of power that was available to her: that of the quieted muse. She knew she was being objectified, she recalls, but at least she was included in the club. I instantly recognized that message. She was still creating her own work, though, and one day, she realized she’d had enough of seeing herself through someone else’s lens. She turned the camera on herself, and began to take a very different kind of picture. During the pandemic, the feeling of being alone with oneself can sometimes feel overwhelming. These recent pieces reflect that agitation of the dialogue alone, the being with oneself, seeking connection..." - Katie Peyton Hofstadter Classic black and white silver gelatin print, signed by the artist Savannah Spirit. This is a self portrait of the artist. Categorize between self-portrait, contemporary feminism, take back control, I am my own muse, my body my choice...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Woman Model, Intimate - Caroline
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Caroline ‘ Signed by Ian Sanderson lo...
Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Letters from Madame - Touch - from the series mme.xposed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Letters from Madame - Touch, from the series mme.xposed, 2006, Archival C print based on the Polaroid, beautiful on Fine art Bright white by Hahnemuhle, mounted on Dibond - uncoated in shadow frame, Hand signed & numbered by the artist edition of 7 - nr 2 25x25cm Carmen De Vos - Artist statement Flying Freelance Portrayer. Purveyor of Exquisite Photographic Peculiarities. Chroniqueur and Archiver. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the late TicKL-Magazine. The Belgian artist Carmen De Vos is a slow photographer. She registers, portrays and thinks up odd stories. She shoots Polaroids to frame these mental escapades, they get so easily out of hand. She enormously longs for what she’s afraid to loose: real human contact, the slowness of being and creating, the tangibility of materials. Almost without exception she uses old Polaroid camera’s, long time expired film and self-made filters. Her tools and methods - such as film bleaching and deliberate film obstruction - are not precise and are not even geared towards a perfect representation. They often yield results - such as colorisation, deformation, unsharpness - which she could never have predicted on forehand with any certainty, because their flaws do not allow for calculation. She’s not in control. She fights the material. She plans, stages and directs but the decayed chemistry and off-focus lenses add their magic. All by themselves. Which merrily surprises her. Or ruins her image. This battle attracts her as much as it frustrates her. She loves to create within these limitations, to try to produce the best possible image within the narrow circumstances given. Luckily, she’s a sucker for imperfections. Once upon a time she found herself guilty of home-crafted mischiefs for TicKL, her English art porn Polaroid magazine. She never really got cured from naughtiness. She can’t help but traveling back to these blessed times of free-love photography...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Polaroid

Ciwara Hyène
Located in Miami, FL
JB was born in France in 1970, and currently lives with his family in Paris. JB Thiele's long career in photography has encompassed fashion, advertising and ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Inkjet

Room 408 - Collector Portfolio # 1 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always being more obsessed with aesthetics than with simulacrum. If he worships more than one of these predecessors who poured into more outrage, it is freely that he suggests to the imagination to imagine without capturing the fantasy of the viewer. The choice had been made of very high quality prints: cotton fiber base baryta paper without chlorine and high grammage (310 gr / m²), pigment inks. They carry on the back an authentication label signed by Eric Ceccarini The enhancement of this limited edition of 100 copies is ensured by the use of a unique high-quality box to keep the 12 fine art prints Eric is a Belgian artist born in 1965. He gained a Degree in Photography from INFAC, Brussels in 1987. Since then he has been a fashion photographer working with many of the top houses. Elle, Marie-Claire, L'Oréal, Levi's, Coca Cola, Virgin, Saab, Delvaux, Lowe Lintas and Ogilvy are some of his clients. Among other distinctions, his photography for the Saab cabrio 9-3 campaign was awarded the Silver Lion at the Cannes International Advertising Festival. Eric is set apart from many of his colleagues by his way of shunning technical artifice and working in natural light. This results in soft, velvety, almost painterly images. Nowadays in his artistic works, he captures women's essence and soul, transcending mere physical representation. Eric's "AMNIOS" series of soul portraits- the model appear in suspended animation, as if they were about to born, and full of hidden secrets. This represents a new conceptual departure for Eric, who began as a fashion photographer, moving on to classic artistic nudes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Rag Paper

Ciwara Ciwara
Located in Miami, FL
JB was born in France in 1970, and currently lives with his family in Paris. JB Thiele's long career in photography has encompassed fashion, advertising and ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Inkjet

Eyes and Stripes - underwater b&w nude photograph archival pigment print 24"х18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black & white photograph of a young naked women. her face and classic breast are covered with sunbeams. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the arti...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

'Never Let a Snake Bite You Twice' Black and White Nude Classical Silver Gelatin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this rich self portrait, Savannah Spirit takes the tradition of black and white female nude photography, and turns the gaze back on itself. In this series, the muse is the artist, and the gaze is her own. Spirit believes that an image of a woman's body should not be viewed through a purely sexual lens. Through her artwork and curation, Spirit takes on technology and social media censors who operate on the assumption that any unclothed body is pornography. Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag. "We are unique beauty, we are strong, we are equal, we are body-positive, we are elegant, we are powerful, we are vulnerable. We are our own muses." Style: This photograph combines a feminist eye and modern feminism with classic vintage pinup...
Category

2010s Conceptual Nude Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Room 3 - Collector Portfolio # 7 out 7 - 15 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always being more obsessed with aesthetics than with simulacrum. If he worships more than one of these predecessors who poured into more outrage, it is freely that he suggests to the imagination to imagine without capturing the fantasy of the viewer. The choice had been made of very high quality prints: cotton fiber base baryta paper without chlorine and high grammage (310 gr / m²), pigment inks. They carry on the back an authentication label signed by Eric Ceccarini The enhancement of this limited edition of 100 copies is ensured by the use of a unique high-quality box to keep the 12 fine art prints This is edition #1/100 Eric is a Belgian artist born in 1965. He gained a Degree in Photography from INFAC, Brussels in 1987. Since then he has been a fashion photographer working with many of the top houses. Elle, Marie-Claire, L'Oréal, Levi's, Coca Cola, Virgin, Saab, Delvaux, Lowe Lintas and Ogilvy are some of his clients. Among other distinctions, his photography for the Saab cabrio 9-3 campaign was awarded the Silver Lion at the Cannes International Advertising Festival. Eric is set apart from many of his colleagues by his way of shunning technical artifice and working in natural light. This results in soft, velvety, almost painterly images. Nowadays in his artistic works, he captures women's essence and soul, transcending mere physical representation. Eric's "AMNIOS" series of soul portraits- the model appear in suspended animation, as if they were about to born, and full of hidden secrets. This represents a new conceptual departure for Eric, who began as a fashion photographer, moving on to classic artistic nudes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Rag Paper

Blue Water Pistol - 29 Palms, CA, diptych mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blue Water Pistol (29 Palms, CA), diptych - 1999 Edition 3/10, 67x60cm each, 67x128cm installed. 2 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroids. Mounted on...
Category

1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Figure Study No. 25
Located in Seoul, SO
These photographs explore tonality, texture, mass and depth in context of the human figure. This photograph was inspired by the Lysippos Apoxyomenos from the Greek Hellenistic perio...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Katia-Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary black white
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Katia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film in 1989. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then pri...
Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

"Eva and Gorilla" Photography 16.5" x 23" inch Edition 6/10 by Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Eva and Gorilla" Photography 16.5" x 23" inch Edition 6/10 by Lukas Dvorak Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2015 Ships rolled in a tube ABOUT THE ARTIST Lukas Dvorak is a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Pigment, Archival Paper

Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary, Model
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Rachael 02‘ who was captured on film in ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Engulfment - Cartagena 4. From the series Engulfment. Color Nude Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Engulfment (Cartagena 4) by Javier Rey From the series Engulfment Archival pigment print Medium size: 165 cm H x 110 cm W. Edition of 2 + 1AP Unframed All prices are quoted as "in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Engulfment - Cartagena 3. From the series Engulfment. Color Nude Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Engulfment (Cartagena 3) by Javier Rey From the series Engulfment Archival pigment print Medium size: 110 cm H x 73 cm W. Edition of 5 + 1AP Unframed All prices are quoted as "ini...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

No Way - black and white nude photograph - print on aluminum 23" x 36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger. Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist. Limited edition o...
Category

2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Metal

Figure Study No. 24
Located in Seoul, SO
These photographs explore tonality, texture, mass and depth in context of the human figure. This photograph was made in my home studio in Seoul, South Korea.
Category

2010s Other Art Style Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Limited edition nude art print, Analogue, Sensual Charismatic woman, Estelle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Estelle‘ who was captured on film in 199...
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...

The Red Tutu - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 18" x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a topless dancer in red tutu skirt. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on metallic paper signed by the artist. Limited edition of 24 The art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Nude male model multiple exposure with plant leaves
Located in Senoia, GA
Unidentified male model, multiple exposure with plant leaves, 1971. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from...
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bubbles - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment print 23 x 35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of beautiful naked young woman breasts covered with air bubbles. “In my line of photography all best shots are ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Untitled #3245-1 (Man Holding Bow and Arrow)
Located in New York, NY
Untitled #3245-1 (Man Holding Bow and Arrow) Stamped and numbered in black ink, verso Vintage silver print 6.875 x 4.875 inches, sheet 6.5 x 4.5 inches...
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20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

`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

Phoenix Nude 4, Torso With Blinds
Located in Carmel, CA
Mint Condition Platinum Photograph Dry Mounted to Mat Signed on Recto and Titled on Verso
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2010s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Untitled (Alan in the Barn)
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Alan in the Barn), New Hampshire 1975 Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso Vintage gelatin silver print (Edition of 2) 14 x 11 inches, sheet This work is offere...
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Goddess and the Roses No 2" Photography, Archival Ink on Aluminum, Nude
Located in New York, NY
Goddess Series featuring dancer Katherine Crockett Dimensions: 8 x 12in (Limited Edition 2/15), 12 x 18in (Limited Edition 2/10) Signed on verso, includes certificate of authenticit...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition fine art print, Black and white photo, Model
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film in 1984. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

"Angelique" Art print 24" x 36" inch Edition of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Angelique" Art print 24" x 36" inch Edition of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Year photo was taken: 2020 Archival pigment print on Fine Art paper Limited Edition of 25 Picture size: He...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Nude portrait study of unidentified male model
Located in Senoia, GA
Unidentified male model, photographed nude, 1971. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

EVA; LE PORGE, FRANCE
Located in Aventura, FL
Archival digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. This photograph appears in Jock Sturges: Notes. Sheet size 17 x 13 inches. Image size 13...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Digital

"Goddess and Lilies No 3" Photography, Archival Ink on Aluminum, Figurative Nude
Located in New York, NY
Goddess Series featuring dancer Katherine Crockett Dimensions: 9 x 12in (Limited Edition 2/15), 12 x 18in (Limited Edition 2/10) This piece is sign...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Classic Nude, Studio Nude
Located in Carmel, CA
A exquisite classic nude figure study by one of the masters of photography. Mint Condition. Hand printed by Brett Weston. Signed in pencil on lowe...
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1970s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ned Brower Celebrity Loose Print Signed on Verso
Located in Carmel, CA
Mint Condition In Corners Signed on Verso
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Godess and Lilies No 1" Photography, Archival Ink on Aluminum
Located in New York, NY
Goddess Series featuring dancer Katherine Crockett Photography, Archival Ink on Sheer Aluminum, Dye Sublimation Print Dimensions 8 x 12in (Limited Edition of 15), 12 x 18in (Limited...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

The Touch - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 18x24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young naked women touching her reflection in the water surface. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled (Alan in the Barn), New Hampshire
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Alan in the Barn), New Hampshire 1975 Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso Vintage gelatin silver print 14 x 11 inches, sheet Edition of 3 20 x 16 inches, sheet...
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1970s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Iyanna and Svala No 2" Photography, Fine Art Print
Located in New York, NY
The Labyrinth Series 30 x 24in (Archival Fine Art Print, Framed or Unframed, Limited Edition of 3) Also available: 16 x 20in (Archival Fine Art Print, Framed, Limited Edition of 6) ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

"Goddess and Lilies No 2" Photography, Archival Ink on Aluminum
Located in New York, NY
Goddess Series featuring dancer Katherine Crockett Dimensions 8 x 12in (Limited Edition of 15), 12 x 18in (Limited Edition of 10). This product is...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Dirty Martini Fan Dance XXII, Tease-O-Rama, Hollywood - Burlesque Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Dirty Martini, from Richard Heeps Burlesque series. Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque Photography after he spent 2003 capturing...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Arnold Schwarzenegger 'After Dark' magazine, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photo
Located in Senoia, GA
Professional bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger posing at the top of his form in October 1976 for a cover and feature article in After Dark magazine. One of Mitchell's most beautiful ...
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1970s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Everlong
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Everlong - 2016, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-2003. Not mounted. K...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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