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"Metallic Crawl" 27x37 Framed
By D Flowers
Located in Southampton, NY
D Flowers is a painter and photographer at the forefront of this particular style of photography. He has been working in this style for many years and is a master of his technique. I...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
Revival
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 6/15, includes black frame with white mat.
Phoebe Fitz is a Miami-based artist specializing in underwater photography. Her images are a meditation on presence and embodiment wi...
Category
2010s New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$5,100
Metallic Reflections, Large 38x54" photograph on rag paper
By D Flowers
Located in Southampton, NY
This large photograph is printed with archival pigmented inks on 100% rag paper. The paper size measures 34 x 50", framed size is 38 x 54". The art is signed on the lower right and...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Ink
"Metallic Reflections with Aqua", 28x39" photograph on rag paper
By D Flowers
Located in Southampton, NY
D Flowers is a painter and photographer at the forefront of this particular style of photography. He has been working in this style for many years and is a master of his technique. I...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Ink
Three Torsos
By Robert Farber
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 10, includes black frame with white textured mat.
Robert Farber’s style has influenced generations of photographers. His painterly, impressionistic style captures the essence...
Category
1990s New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
El Beso, from the series Agua Viva
By Aldara Ortega
Located in New York, NY
A photograph on fine art Baryta paper mounted to Dibond and floated in a black wood frame with a UV 70 Glass.
A limited edition of 10 in total plus artist proofs. The current print is edition number 6 (this can be changed without notice)
Also available in other sizes on request : 32.5 x 40, 43 x 53 , 53 x 65
The image may be presented Horizontally (landscape orientation)
About the Series:
Aldara Ortega’s series Agua Viva was an entirely experimental journey brought together by the serendipity of life, motion, and emotion. Ortega found the model featured in these photos at an art fair where she was spellbound by her work with silks. The two met in Miami and brought to life a series of three photographs entitled, Liquid Passion, El Beso...
Category
2010s Other Art Style New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
American Paradise
By Christophe von Hohenberg
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 1/10, includes white frame with white mat.
A Long Island native, von Hohenberg has always been a world traveler and took an interest in photography at the young age of fourteen....
Category
1970s New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
My love
By Floria Gonzales
Located in New York, NY
Floria González
My love, 2010
Digital photography printed on cotton paper
29.5 x 28 in
(74.93h x 71.12w cm)
2/6
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Paper, Digital
Wookie Hands
By Christophe von Hohenberg
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 2/5, includes white frame with white mat.
A Long Island native, von Hohenberg has always been a world traveler and took an interest in photography at the young age of fourteen. ...
Category
1980s New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Les Amants
Located in New York, NY
Silver Gelatin print by Ariane Lopez-Huici
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled #9 from Ruven Afanador "Sombra" series, silver gelatin print 2/5
By Ruven Afanador
Located in New York, NY
Untitled #9 from Ruven Afanador "Sombra" series, silver gelatin print 2/5
This work is featured in Afanador's 2004 book 'Sombra" which combines elegant, erotic portraits and nudes of...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled, NUDE
By Yoshihiko Ueda
Located in New York, NY
Yoshihiko Ueda
Untitled, NUDE , 1985
Gelatin silver print
10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (image)
11 x 9 1/2 inches (sheet)
27 5/8 x 22 1/2 inches (frame)
Edition 1 of 25
Signed recto
Black ...
Category
1980s New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bottoms Up
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 1/5, includes white frame.
With his passion for formal technique and composition, internationally renowned photographer Nathan Coe’s works exude a deep reverence for the classic...
Category
2010s New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Louvre, Statue I
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 9.
Signature label. Framed work.
A prominent French architectural photographer, Jean-Christophe Ballot’s body of work concerns itself with space: be it cities with urb...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Terry O'Neill 'Mark Spitz, Olympic Champion'
By Terry O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Mark Spitz
1972 (printed later)
C-print
20 x 16 inches
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
American swimmer Mark Spitz poses with the seven...
Category
1970s Modern New York - Nude Photography
Materials
C Print
Nut Gold
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 New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Edge of the World"- Colorful Evening Silhouette in the Sea
By John Mazlish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A magical evening on Isla Holbox, Mexico.
Printed on archival fine art paper, mounted on dibond aluminum with a float mount backing. Available in a wide variety of custom sizes, pri...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Metal
Antu Gold
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 New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Standing Female Figure
By Anne Sager
Located in Astoria, NY
Anne Sager (American, 1930-2024), Standing Female Figure, Color Photograph, Chromogenic Print on Kodak Paper, from the "Women Over 50" series, depicting woman in sheer dress, with ar...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Chief of Protocol (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Chief of Protocol, 1961
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
The Honorable Angier Biddle Duke, Chief of Protocol for the State Department during the Kennedy Years, Novembe...
Category
1980s Modern New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Lambda
Santorini
By Karin Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
Karin Rosenthal
Santorini, 1981
Gelatin silver print
10h x 10w in
Category
1980s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Villa Cetinale, Siena, Italy, May 2012
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
Villa Cetinale, Siena, Italy, May 2012
A moment at a storied property where centuries of history pile on
Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary
...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Platinum
Self Portrait #2
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in New York, NY
Robert Mapplethorpe
Self Portrait #2
c. 1970
Polaroid (Unique)
3.625 x 2.75 inches
Related literature:
Sylvia Wolf, Polaroids Mapplethorpe (Munich: Prestel, 2008), p. 94, plate 4...
Category
1970s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Price Upon Request
Double Self Portrait in Blue Jeans
By Peter Berlin
Located in New York, NY
Double Self Portrait in Blue Jeans
c. 1970s/printed later
Signed in black ink, verso
Archival pigment print
14 x 11 inches, sheet
10 x 10 inches, image
Category
1970s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Double Self Portrait with Red Bandana
By Peter Berlin
Located in New York, NY
Peter Berlin
Double Self Portrait with Red Bandana
c. 1970s/printed later
Signed in black ink, recto
Archival pigment print
14 x 11 inches, sheet
10 x 10 inches, image
Category
1970s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
One of the Boys
Located in New York, NY
Alvin Baltrop
One of the Boys
1977/2005
Blind stamped, l.r.
Titled and numbered in pencil, verso
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 20)
14 x 11 inches, sheet
Contact gallery for pr...
Category
1970s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Gabby)
By Catherine Opie
Located in New York, NY
Catherine Opie
Untitled
1989
Signed, dated, and inscribed in pencil, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
7 x 7 inches, image
Contact gallery for price.
Category
1980s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Figure in Grass)
By Jimmy DeSana
Located in New York, NY
Jimmy DeSana
Untitled (Figure in Grass)
1972/1991
Offset print (Edition of 50)
11 x 14 inches
Category
1970s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Offset
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Abstracted Torso)
By Jimmy DeSana
Located in New York, NY
Jimmy DeSana
Untitled (Butt)
1972/1991
Offset print (Edition of 50)
11 x 14 inches
Category
1970s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Offset
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Butt)
By Jimmy DeSana
Located in New York, NY
Jimmy DeSana
Untitled (Butt)
1972/1991
Offset print (Edition of 50)
11 x 14 inches
Category
1970s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Offset
Price Upon Request
Kirk Bond #3267-2
Located in New York, NY
Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas) black and whiter male physique photograph of Kirk Bond #3267-2 nude in a cowboy hat holding a whip.
Stamped and numbered in black ink, verso
V...
Category
1960s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Seated Nude, Nude Portrait Photograph by David Halliday
By David Halliday
Located in New York, NY
David Halliday sepia toned gelatin silver print titled "Seated Nude"
1996
Signed, dated, and numbered, l.r.; Also blind stamped, recto
Sepia toned gelatin silver print (Edition of...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tattooed Torso, black and white male nude photography by Charles Gatewood
Located in New York, NY
Tattooed Torso, black and white male nude photography by Charles Gatewood.
Charles Gatewood was a groundbreaking photographer known for capturin...
Category
1970s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Torso, black and white photograph of a man's torso by Victor Carnuccio
Located in New York, NY
Torso, black and white photograph of a man's torso by Victor Carnuccio
1991
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 25)
14 x 11 inches, sheet
1...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Danish National Gymnastic Team (Untitled #1), Male Physique Photograph Queer
By Anderson & Low
Located in New York, NY
Danish National Gymnastic Team (Untitled #1), Male Physique Photograph Queer
Toned gelatin silver print (Edition of 25)
Signed and numbered, verso
Between 1998 – 2002, Anderson & L...
Category
1990s Other Art Style New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jean-Michel Basquiat Hawaii 1984 (Basquiat photograph)
By Paige Powell
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat photograph 1984/2014:
This intimate photo of Jean-Michel Basquiat was taken during his stay on a ranch in Hana on the island of Maui in 1984. He was working in ...
Category
1980s Pop Art New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Craig Blanchette
By George Dureau
Located in New York, NY
George Dureau (1930-2014)
Craig Blanchette
1992
Signed and titled, recto
Gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches, sheet
Contact gallery for price.
Category
1990s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Domestic Bliss
By AdeY
Located in New York, NY
This is a color photograph by AdeY offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Domestic Bliss
2015
15.75 x 11.8 inches
(Edition of 5)
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
"Horizon" Contemporary Queer LGBTQ Portraiture and Landscape Photography by AdeY
By AdeY
Located in New York, NY
"Horizon" Contemporary Queer LGBTQ Portraiture and Landscape Photography by AdeY
Horizon
2016
Signed and numbered, verso
Archival pigment print (Edition of 3 + 2 APs)
29.5 x 39.4...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Breaking the Rules Again
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 1/5, includes white frame with signature label.
Photographed in Palm Beach in 2019, the original black and white edition of Nathan Coe's most collected work, "Breaking the Rules...
Category
2010s New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Orpheus in Hades
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes in offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Orpheus in Hades
c. 1936-7
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 x 7 inches (22.9 ...
Category
1930s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
2nd Marine Division, Saipan
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white photograph by Peter Stackpole taken in 1944 - this work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
1944/1970s
Signed in pencil, l.r.; Also signed in pencil, ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
The Voyeur
By Arthur Tress
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white photograph by Arthur Tress of a nude male figure.
The Voyeur
c. 1970s
Signed, titled, and numbered in black ink, recto
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Bubbly
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 2/3, signed, titled, dated, numbered in ink. Includes black frame.
Ellen von Unwerth is a director and photographer who started out working as a fashion model. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and began modeling at the age of 20. After being noticed by a photographer on the street, she moved to Paris to begin a career as a fashion model. During her years as a model, she started to feel that the industry was missing an element of freedom.
After receiving a camera as a gift from her boyfriend, she began to take her own pictures, which eventually led to an improvised photo-shoot in Africa of her model colleagues. Von Unwerth developed a passion for photography after seeing the published photos of her colleagues. She became famous for her work when she was hired by Guess to shoot an up-and-coming model named Claudia Shchiffer. This photo-shoot created a huge demand for her services in the industry. Since then, von Unwerth has gone on to photograph numerous celebrities and entertainers and has worked for leading magazines like Vogue, Interview, Vanity Fair, The Face, L’Uomo Vogue...
Category
1990s New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Val (Bruce is King/Female Nude)
By Mark Morrisroe
Located in New York, NY
Val (Bruce is King/Female Nude)
1982
Signed, dated, and inscribed in red ink, recto
Chromogenic print (negative sandwich) retouched with ink
20 x 16 inches, sheet
Contact gallery...
Category
1980s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
'Lady on Raft', Framed Black & White Photograph, Female Figure
By Tran Huy Hoan
Located in Rye, NY
The themes in Tran Huy Hoan’s work are contradictions within themselves. His work is both innocent and erotic. Each subject is attractive yet affecting. Hoan’s style is at once influ...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe
By Bert Stern
Located in New York, NY
This digital pigment print from The Last Sitting, commissioned by Vogue Magazine, was created in 1962/2010. Hand-signed by the photographer (recto), with signature, date, and copyrig...
Category
20th Century Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Price Upon Request
Inked In Kyoto
Located in New York, NY
Reka Nyari’s erotically charged photographs engage cultural narratives surrounding gender and sexuality. A master at the art of storytelling, Nyari’s newest series, GEISHA INK, documents Ginzilla, a dramatically-posed young woman whose naked body is lavishly-adorned with tattoos.
A champion of feminine fortitude, Nyari has long been fascinated with the art of capturing women without pretense. Recognizing strength in the vulnerability of the nude female form, she chooses most often to photograph women...
Category
2010s Photorealist New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographi...
Price Upon Request
Seraphim
By Drew Tal
Located in New York, NY
With his works included in the permanent collection at the Norton and the New Britain Museum, Drew Tal’s successful career has been nothing but a soaring ascension into the global ar...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Photogram, Archival P...
Price Upon Request
Damasked
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Price Upon Request
Beyond the veil
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Photorealist New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Pho...
Price Upon Request
Yaa-sama Tears
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Photorealist New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographi...
Price Upon Request
Beauty of Atatori
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Photorealist New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Pho...
Price Upon Request
The Cure for Life
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerm...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photogram, Archival Pi...
Price Upon Request
GAIA
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
Print is also available in a Medium size: 50'' x 40'' and is priced at $13,000. It is a black and white photographic print, with uniquely handmade puncture designs by the artist, set...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Plexi...
Price Upon Request
THUONG NGAN (FOREST GODDESS)
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
Print is also available in a Medium size : 50'' x 40'' and is priced at : $13,000. A black and white photographic print, with uniquely handmade puncture designs by the artist, set in a black shadow box frame.
The new series “Punctured Ink” incorporates works from Nyari’s ongoing, portrait project titled “Ink Stories”.
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone in Finland and I would use my mother’s sewing needles to poke patterns into the paper”.
This nostalgic memory in combination with the longing to apply her physical, painterly abilities resulted in the choice to transform these photographs via puncturing the paper. Unlike painting or drawing on the surface of each print, the raised, brail like holes created leave a permanent result, just as a tattoo does on one’s skin. While the surface of an artwork, like skin, is typically preserved and or avoided, Nyari follows in the subject’s footsteps by purposely destroying the pristine surface in order to create a new narrative. The act taps into a long history of tribal scarification which signified a right of passage, permitting the individual to transcend their past traumas and transforming their evolved selves. This notion grounds all of her works.
In addition, Nyari’s choice to puncture nature-based patterns into each portrait also has its own significance. She stated that when “talking about scarification and getting over trauma, to me, nature is one of the most healing and beautiful elements.”
As Nyari is emphasizing through her photographs, when you add a personal story onto the skin, it is a whole new layer that often becomes biographical. It translates a story to the audience of one’s past, future and wishes. While this concept existed in her previous photographic series, now, through puncturing the surface of each, Nyari is adding another layer of permanence onto her works’ meaning, therefore becoming, as she calls it “ink cubed”.
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Born in 1979 in Helsinki, and raised in Finland and Germany, Nyari came to New York City at the age of seventeen. While here, she studied at the School of Visual Arts where she not only began to model but found her passion for photography. Using inspiration from masters such as Helmut Newton and Cindy Sherman, Nyari’s work employs and explores the traditional ideal of beauty and gender to portray sexuality from a predominately female perspective. She utilizes technical elements such as gestures, nudity, the subject’s gaze, objects and more to link this connection of the empowered feminine identity. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries throughout the United States and Europe and through such exposure, she has received multiple prestigious awards including the first-place winner of the International Photography Awards in 2010, Beauty Pro Category. Her 225-page Monograph titled “Femme Fatale: Female Erotic Photography...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York - Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Plexi...
Price Upon Request
FILLE DE REVE
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
Print is also available in a large size : 63'' x 50'' and is priced at : $16,000. Each work is a one of a kind, unique piece that is hand punctured. The work also comes with a black floating frame.
The new series “Punctured Ink” incorporates works from Nyari’s ongoing, portrait project titled “Ink Stories”.
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone in Finland and I would use my mother’s sewing needles to poke patterns into the paper”.
This nostalgic memory in combination with the longing to apply her physical, painterly abilities resulted in the choice to transform these photographs via puncturing the paper. Unlike painting or drawing on the surface of each print, the raised, brail like holes created leave a permanent result, just as a tattoo does on one’s skin. While the surface of an artwork, like skin, is typically preserved and or avoided, Nyari follows in the subject’s footsteps by purposely destroying the pristine surface in order to create a new narrative. The act taps into a long history of tribal scarification which signified a right of passage, permitting the individual to transcend their past traumas and transforming their evolved selves. This notion grounds all of her works.
In addition, Nyari’s choice to puncture nature-based patterns into each portrait also has its own significance. She stated that when “talking about scarification and getting over trauma, to me, nature is one of the most healing and beautiful elements.”
As Nyari is emphasizing through her photographs, when you add a personal story onto the skin, it is a whole new layer that often becomes biographical. It translates a story to the audience of one’s past, future and wishes. While this concept existed in her previous photographic series, now, through puncturing the surface of each, Nyari is adding another layer of permanence onto her works’ meaning, therefore becoming, as she calls it “ink cubed”.
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Born in 1979 in Helsinki, and raised in Finland and Germany, Nyari came to New York City at the age of seventeen. While here, she studied at the School of Visual Arts where she not only began to model but found her passion for photography. Using inspiration from masters such as Helmut Newton and Cindy Sherman, Nyari’s work employs and explores the traditional ideal of beauty and gender to portray sexuality from a predominately female perspective. She utilizes technical elements such as gestures, nudity, the subject’s gaze, objects and more to link this connection of the empowered feminine identity. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries throughout the United States and Europe and through such exposure, she has received multiple prestigious awards including the first-place winner of the International Photography Awards in 2010, Beauty Pro Category. Her 225-page Monograph titled “Femme Fatale: Female Erotic Photography...
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