Gymnosophist
Posted: 18 Feb 2014, 12:32
Gymnosophist
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford MGIV VC FB photographic paper, image size 25.4cm X 20.3cm,
by contact from a Kodak Tmax 400 8"x10" negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera
fitted with a Fujinon-W 300mm f5.6 lens. Signed, titled, and stamped verso.
There is a long tradition in photography where a person may deliberately undress to afford the photographer a motif
whereby the human form or the human condition may be inquired into. It is another thing that the subject is unclad in any case;
camera or no camera.