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Dryads, 1913 by Anne Brigman

Anne W. Brigman :: Dryads, 1913. Photogravure on thin off-white wove paper. Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Volume 44 (1913) | src Harvard Art Museums
Anne W. Brigman :: Dryads, 1913. Photogravure on thin off-white wove paper. Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Volume 44 (1913) | src Harvard Art Museums
Annie W. Brigman :: Dryads, 1913. Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Heft 44 (1913)
Annie W. Brigman :: Dryads, 1913. Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Heft 44 (1913)

Shadow pattern on Miller torso

Man Ray :: Shadow Patterns on Lee Miller’s Torso, ca. 1930. Gelatin silver print. | src The Huffington post
Man Ray :: Untitled (Shadow patterns on Lee Miller’s Torso), ca. 1930 Photo-engraving. | src liveauctioneers

Lee Miller nudes by Man Ray

Man Ray :: Lee Miller nude with sunray lamp, ca. 1929. Gelatin silver print.| src The Huffington post
Man Ray :: Untitled (Lee Miller, nude), ca. 1930
Man Ray :: Untitled (Lee Miller, nude), ca. 1930 | src eBay

Open air exercise, ca. 1936

Gerhard Riebicke ~ Open air exercise, around 1936. | src anamorfose also on ODLP ~ l’œil de la photographie

Dämmerung (Twilight), 1925

Gerhard Riebicke :: Dämmerung (Twilight), 1925. Gelatin silver bromide print.
This image is taken from the film ‘Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit’ (‘The Way to Strength and Health: a film of modern body culture’, 1925). Along with Helmy Hurt, Gerhard Riebicke was the set photographer for the UFA film directed by Wilhelm Prager and Nicolaus Kaufmann.

Distortions series, ca. 1933

André Kertész :: Untitled (Distortion # 68), ca. 1932-1933. | src Art Institute Chicago
André Kertész :: Untitled (Distortion # 64), ca. 1932-1933. | src Art Institute Chicago
André Kertész :: Untitled (Distortion # 69), ca. 1932-1933. | src Art Institute Chicago

Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit

Helmy Hurt :: Stills from "Wege z. Kraft u. Schönheit", 1925/printed 1930s. Film Photography. Photographer: Helmy Hurt (active 1920s). Photo with UfA logo in lower right corner in the negative. Helmy Hurt had a photography studio in Berlin and together with Gerhard Riebicke she was the set photographer for the UFA film "Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit" (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Dr. Nicolaus Kaufmann. | src Galerie Bassenge via The Saleroom
Helmy Hurt :: Still from “Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit“, 1925; printed 1930s. Film Photography. Photo with UfA logo (and nº 63) in lower right corner. | src Galerie Bassenge via The Saleroom

Photographer Helmy Hurt (active 1920s) had a photography studio in Berlin and together with Gerhard Riebicke she was the set photographer for the UFA film «Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit. Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur» (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Dr. Nicolaus Kaufmann.

Gerhard Riebicke :: Still from the film ‘Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit’, 1925. Vintage gelatin silver print. | src liveauctioneers

Along with Helmy Hurt, Gerhard Riebicke was the set photographer for the UFA film «Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit. Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur» (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Nicolaus Kaufmann (casting, among others, Jack Dempsey and Leni Riefenstahl). This image still captures the general mood of the earlier FKK nudist movement which stressed the importance of movement and exercise outdoors. (quoted from src)