Mario Testino - Undressed - 2017

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Mario Testino - Undressed - 2017

ISBN 9783836566469
出版社 Taschen
刊行日 2017年7月1日
綴じ方 ペーパーバック
商品状態 非常に良い
言語 英語、ドイツ語、フランス語
ページ数 144

"Undressed" は Mario Testino による2017年の写真集プロジェクトです。ベルリンのヘルムート・ニュートン財団でのサイト特有の展覧会としてデビューし（2017年6月2日–11月19日）、 Taschen によって刊行されました。 本プロジェクトはファッションとエロティシズムの境界を揺らし、人間の身体、ヌード、親密さを探る大判プリントを特徴としています。

A 144-page monograph released by Taschen featuring 50 photographs, including previously unseen studio shots of figures like Kate Moss and Amber Valletta.

Mario Testino’s Undressed removes various layers. Coinciding with an exhibition conceived exclusively for the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin, this intimate series explores the notion of undressing in photography as much as it lays Testino’s archive bare, probing beyond the photographer’s established public image to reveal a deeper understanding of his practice and oeuvre.

The 50 featured photographs center on the naked body, alternately exploring and pushing the traditions and boundaries between sex, gender identity, and fashion. Honoring the influence of Helmut Newton, the images become abstracted body landscapes, the protagonists appearing as mere form, a torso, even a statue.

A special highlight are previously unseen photographs shot in the Testino studio, in which an exuberant atmosphere intermingles with the implicit frisson of nudity and where playfully amorous dynamics never slip into the obscene or pornographic.

Testino’s lineup ranges from supermodel protagonists, such as Kate Moss and Amber Valletta, to anonymous, androgynous men; from individual portraits to group photos. We see many intimate moments, some caught candidly, some consciously orchestrated, such as a young man shaving a woman’s upper pubic hair in a luxurious bathroom. Following in the tradition of SIR, many of the images may be seen to redefine masculine paradigms in the same way that Newton created his own brand of female beauty.

As emotions, aesthetics, and bodies meet, Testino grants new insight into his world-famous work. The images are accompanied by an introduction from curator Matthias Harder, a candid conversation piece with Carine Roitfeld, as well as an essay from psychiatrist and psychologist Manfred Spitzer who offers a neuroscientific perspective on our visual perception of bodies and beauty.