Benno Thoma Art

A sexy nude male lazily glides through the water on a sunny day near Prague. The Czech Republic is the home of many beautiful rivers and lakes in addition to beautiful men and women. The photograph is printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth paper that meets the highest industry standards regarding density, color gamut, color graduation and image sharpness. This white 100% rag paper guarantees archival standards. Benno Thoma was born in the university city of Maastricht on the southern tip of the Netherlands in November, 1956. He strives to stimulate our senses in his photographs and to move his audience to touch, feel and experience his vision. Thoma's photographs show us the beauty in each aspect of the composition. There is a tactile feel to his material, a positive energy that comes from the light that gives nuance to the subtle colors created. Arranged together with the beauty and dignity of the human body his technique invites us to become one with the scene. He travels around the world to create his images and strives to bathe his subjects in the natural light of that locale. Above all he captures the sense of place, its uniqueness -- cultural, natural or architectural. His newest photographs manipulate the element of water and light to express his vision of the male body – in both its innocence and vulnerability. Thoma uses movement and composition to capture the beauty of the body. The German publishing house of Bruno Gmunder has published five monographs of the work of Thoma. His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami...

It is printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth paper that meets the highest industry standards regarding density, color gamut, color graduation and image sharpness. This white 1...

This image was illustrated on the cover of Absolute Sweden. tThis young Sedish man is taking a break on a lazy Summer afternoon. It is printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth ...

It is printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth paper that meets the highest industry standards regarding density, color gamut, color graduation and image sharpness. This white 1...

It is printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth paper that meets the highest industry standards regarding density, color gamut, color graduation and image sharpness. This white 1...

The artist's creation of a man created as if it were of marble This impression is #1 of an edition of 10 and is signed, titled and dated on verso. It is printed on Hahnemuhle Photo ...

A sexy nude male lazily glides through the water on a sunny day near Prague. The Czech Republic is the home of many beautiful rivers and lakes in addition to beautiful men and women....

This black and white image is of a young neighborhood Dutch boy with no modeling experience that was asked to model for a series focusing on the body, water,...

This color image is of a seated nude Bel Ami model taken in an old Colonial house in Cali, Colombia, a city in the Valle del Cauca department, southwest of Bog...

This black and white image is of a young neighborhood Dutch boy with no modeling experience that was asked to model for a series focusing on the body, water,...

Benno Thoma's dazzling portrait of a Bel Ami model with blue eyes was taken in Cartagena, a port city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. By the sea is the walled O...

This Benno Thoma's color photograph captures a standing nude Bel Ami model leaning on a chair taken in an old Colonial house in Cali, Colombia, a city in the V...