They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Wilhelm von Gloeden inspired many to recre

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Wilhelm von Gloeden inspired many to recreate his distinctive, pioneering work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries : here we see a photograph by Gaetano D'Agata where both hilltop setting and curled pose have been inspired by von Gloeden’s famous Cain. Taken in 1923, this falls a tad outside my self-imposed limit of the end of the 1910’s, but the style of this man’s work is so very like those earlier Arcadian photographers, it just seems to fit.