Dr. Mehemed Fehmy Agha – Advertising Photo for Perfume (Woman with Rose in Glass Flask). 1940s

Dr. Mehemed Fehmy Agha – Advertising Photo for Perfume (Woman with Rose in Glass Flask). 1940s

Minayoshi Takada (高田 皆義) (1889–1982)

les photographies de nus prises entre 1947 et 1950 par Minayoshi Takada ont  à la fois un intérêt  esthétique et érotique. En tant qu’ éditeur de magazine de photographies ,et developpeur,  il fût une figure influente de la photographie japonaise en matière de nus durant de nombreux années.

Dans un grand nombre de son travail, le corp des modèles sont étroitement encadrées et réduits à des éléments semi-abstraites, rappelant les nus composés d’Edward Weston à partir des années 1920. Ici, cependant, cette simplicité radicale est devenue un cliché, et il se tourne rapidement vers une conception plus « graphique » . Takada donne à ses images une touche surréaliste en développant des négatifs ensemble, combinant nus avec  des chaloupes, de fleurs et d’autres objets. Ces juxtapositions sont toujours formellement élégante et donne à ses images une étrangeté convaincante ainsi  qu’une suggestivité onirique.

 

Minayoshi Takada Nude , 1947

Minayoshi Takada Nude , 1947

Minayoshi Takada -Nude lying on sand,  e 1948

Minayoshi Takada -Nude lying on sand,  1948

Minayoshi Takada -Nude lying on sand, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -Tucked nude, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -   Nude by window, 1948

Minayoshi Takada – Nude by window, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -  Nude lying down, 1948

Minayoshi Takada – Nude lying down, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -  Nude lying , 1948

Minayoshi Takada – Nude lying , 1948

Minayoshi Takada-  Nude on Beach, 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Nude on Beach, 1948

Minayoshi Takada-  Kneeling Nude , 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Kneeling Nude , 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Nude on rocks, 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Nude on rocks, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -Nude perched on ground, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -Nude perched on ground, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -  Nude , 1948

Minayoshi Takada – Nude , 1948

Minayoshi Takada -   Nude leaning backwards, 1948

Minayoshi Takada – Nude leaning backwards, 1948

Minayoshi Takada - Nude looking over her shoulder, 1948

Minayoshi Takada – Nude looking over her shoulder, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -Nude with parasol, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -Nude with parasol, 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Double exposure- nude and leaves,1948

Minayoshi Takada- Double exposure- nude and leaves,1948

Minayoshi Takada- Double exposure, 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Double exposure, 1948

Minayoshi Takada-  Nude, Double Exposure, 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Nude, Double Exposure, 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Nude torso in shadow, 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Nude torso in shadow, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -  Nude , 1948

Minayoshi Takada – Nude , 1948

Minayoshi Takada -  Nude , 1948

Minayoshi Takada – Nude , 1948

Minayoshi Takada -Kimono, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -Kimono, 1948

Minayoshi Takada -   Nude with Flower , 1948

Minayoshi Takada – Nude with Flower , 1948

Minayoshi Takada- Canoe, 1950

Minayoshi TakadaCanoe, 1950

 

Minayoshi Takada -  The unknown, 1950

Minayoshi Takada – The unknown, 1950

Minayoshi Takada Double Exposure- Nude sitting with a rowing boat, c. 1948

Minayoshi Takada Double Exposure- Nude sitting with a rowing boat, c. 1948

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Xan Stark – Plates

Alta Photos Sheet , 1920s

 

Alta Photos Sheet , 1920s

Alta Photos Sheet , 1920s

Alta Photos Sheet , 1920s

Alta Photos Sheet , 1920s

Alta Photos Sheet , 1920s

Alta Photos Sheet , 1920s

Alta Photos Sheet , 1920s

Alta Photos Sheet , 1920s

 

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Walter Frederick Seely -Theda Bara, in The Soul of Buddha, 1918

Walter Frederick Seely -Theda Bara, in The Soul of Buddha, 1918

Walter Frederick Seely -Theda Bara, in The Soul of Buddha, 1918

 

George Hoyningen-Huene, “Conchita Montenegro” ,1930

George Hoyningen-Huene, “Conchita Montenegro” ,1930

 

Hal Phyfe

Hal Phyfe Conchita Montenegro, nd Gelatin silver matte double-weight

Hal Phyfe -Nude, Vintage Sheet-fed Gravure printed in 1935 by Ullmann Printers, Brooklyn

Hal Phyfe -Nude, Vintage Sheet-fed Gravure printed in 1935 by Ullmann Printers, Brooklyn

Hal Phyfe -Marjorie Levoe, 1931

Hal Phyfe – Martha Lorber Ziegfeld Girl from theatre magazine July1927

Hal Phyfe -Barbara Stanwyck, 1927

Hal Phyfe- Lupe Velez, 1932

Hal Phyfe – Helen Morgan, 1920s

Hal Phyfe-Dorothy Hall, 1931

Hal Phyfe-Dorothy Hall, 1933

Hal Phyfe-Louise Brooks custom portrait ,1925

Hal Phyfe-Greta Nissen ,1930

Hal Phyfe -Greta Nissen, 1920s

Hal Phyfe- Lili Damita ,1932

Hal Phyfe – Gilda Gray 1927

Hal Phyfe- Lupe Velez, 1933

Jugend Magazine

Jugend Magazine is a weekly cultural magazine from late 19th – early 20th Century Germany. Jugend Magazine’s style became influential in the launching of Art Nouveau movement in Germany and give this movement its German name: Jugendstill ( Youth Style) . The term is still used by contemporary graphic designers to refer to German art nouveau works coming from this period.

It would not be an overstatement to say that in Germany Jugend Magazine’s style shaped Art Nouveau movement, which was expanding all over Europe since mid 1800′s. Most typical of Jugendstil was the typography, hand-lettered fonts that heavily influenced computer and graphic design fonts used today.

Hugo Höppener (Fidus). Scene in hades from Jugend Magazine 1896

Hugo Höppener (Fidus). Scene in hades from © Jugend Magazine 1896 Band 2 (Nr. 27-52), page 815  Fidus was the pseudonym used by German illustrator, painter and publisher Hugo Reinhold Karl Johann Höppener

Hugo Höppener (Fidus)- Der Wolken[...] from jugend magazine 1896,  Band 1 (Nr. 1-26), page 60-61

Hugo Höppener (Fidus)- Der Wolken[…] from jugend magazine 1896, Band 1 (Nr. 1-26), page 60-61

Hugo Höppener (Fidus)Die Kugelläuferin1896, Band 1 (Nr. 1-26), page 297

Hugo Höppener (Fidus)Die Kugelläuferin from © Jugend Magazine 1896, Band 1 (Nr. 1-26), page 297

Richard Müller -Auf Freiersfüßen (In courting) ,illustration from Jugend magazine 1914

Richard Müller -Auf Freiersfüßen (In courting) ,illustration from © Jugend magazine 1914 ( printed in color in 1922)

 

you can broswe all the magazine with the link Jugend Magazin

PC- Art of Gabriel DOMERGUE » Eve » ( Snake Dancer Erotic Nude) 1910s postcard for Salon de Paris

PC Studio- Art of Gabriel DOMERGUE » Eve » ( Snake Dancer Erotic Nude) 1910s postcard for Salon de Paris

 

Marie et Borel étude de nu n°12 from 28 Études de Nus. Préface d’Abel Bonnard. Poème de Rémy Duval.Paris, ed Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1936.

Marie et Borel étude de nu n°12 from 28 Études de Nus. Préface d’Abel Bonnard. Poème de Rémy Duval.Paris, ed Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1936.