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The Nude
Reading Time: 5 minutes The role of the nude selfie is shifting. Some artists have explored its potential for self-love, reclaiming it from a historically male gaze. But in an age of social media censorship and the rapid reproduction of images, is it now necessary to draw a line between art and pornography?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Throughout history, the nude has transitioned from a figure of anatomical intrigue to a token of beauty, and even a political tool. From Weston to Mapplethorpe and into the present day, Joseph Glover unravels the then and now of the photographic nude
Reading Time: 4 minutes Each year, British Journal of Photography presents its Ones To Watch – a group of emerging image-makers,…
Reading Time: 10 minutes “I am arguing for sex as both meaningful and meaning-making. It’s an uphill battle but I think the pictures help”
Reading Time: 5 minutes If her images appear unsettling, that’s our own hang-ups, says Aneta Bartos, who photographed herself with her ageing father
Reading Time: 2 minutes Steph Wilson reflects on her relationship to photographing skin and flesh up-close, in all their imperfect gloriousness, during this period of self-isolation — the first in a new series inviting photographers to reflect on subjects central to their work
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dedicated to the creative legacy of Nobuyoshi Araki, the first issue of dada magazine champions mostly-female creatives and their nuanced explorations of sexuality
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Drawing on the visual language of Cubism, the Vietnamese photographer creates whimsical renditions of the nude form