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Nude (Charis, Santa Monica)

Nude (Charis, Santa Monica)

1936 photograph by Edward Weston

Photo: Edward Weston · Commons · Public domain · Cropped & Resized

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Nude is a black and white photograph taken by Edward Weston in 1936. It shows an apparently nude woman with her arms wrapped around her legs while she sits on a blanket in bright sunlight against a darkened doorway. The dynamic balance of the light and dark accentuate the curves and angles of the woman's body; at the same time her face and all but the slightest hint of her pubic area are hidden from view, requiring the viewer to concentrate on her arms, legs, feet and hands. It is an image of a nude that concentrates solely on the forms of the body rather than the sexuality. The model was his muse and assistant, Charis Wilson, whom he married a year later.

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Image: Edward Weston, Public domain · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0