This lovely c1900 nude by Wilhelm von Gloeden employs a less clichéd sort of censorship than the usual paper fig leaf favoured by studio photography at the time, allowing a subtle and discreet level of nudity without the stuffy artifice of attaching fake leaves to the model’s person!
Another striking photograph of The Great Faun, perched on the weatherworn rocks of the hills above Taormina. This model was well-chosen for his part, a broad-chested, sturdy-limbed man of distinctive strong features. Note the elongated shadow cast by his nipple!
A beautiful softly lit photograph of a remarkably handsome man, neither date nor credits known and so this may fall a little outside my collection’s intended era, but as it is such a very attractive picture I hope you will not mind, dear readers!
