Censi in Cambodian costume

Giannina Censi in costume cambogiano di Mauro Camuzzi, [1930 - 1939] | src Mart · Fondo Giannina Censi Pubblicata in Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano, 1998, p. 86
Giannina Censi in costume cambogiano di Mauro Camuzzi, [1930 – 1939] | src Mart · Fondo Giannina Censi
Pubblicata in Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano, 1998, p. 86

Giannina Censi by Camuzzi, 1930

Giannina Censi di Camuzzi, Mauro. Fotografie, 1930 | src Mart · Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi di Mauro Camuzzi. Fotografie, 1930. In verso nota ms. “Giannina Censi via Princ. Umberto 10. Milano (Italia) – Milano 1930” | src Mart · Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi di Mauro Camuzzi. Fotografie, 1930 | src Mart · Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi di Mauro Camuzzi. Fotografie, 1930 | src Mart · Fondo Giannina Censi

Pubblicata in: Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano: Electa; Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 1998, p. 24 (both photographs)

Lala Aufsbergs Aktstudien

Lala Aufsberg :: Nude studies. A nude young woman sitting by a mountain stream, 1939. | Deutsche Fotothek
Lala Aufsberg :: Aktstudien. An einem Gebirgsbach sitzender Mädchenakt, 1939. | src Deutsche Fotothek
Lala Aufsberg :: Nude studies. A nude young woman sitting by a mountain stream, 1939. | Deutsche Fotothek
Lala Aufsberg :: Nude studies. A nude young woman sitting by a mountain stream, 1939. | Deutsche Fotothek
Lala Aufsberg ::  Sitzender weiblicher Rückenakt an einem Gebirgsbach, einen Krug füllend, 1939. (Seated female nude, view from back by a mountain stream, filling a jug), 1939. Portfolio-Aufsberg-Akt. | src Deutsche Fotothek
Lala Aufsberg :: Sitzender weiblicher Rückenakt an einem Gebirgsbach, einen Krug füllend (Seated female nude, view from back by a mountain stream, filling a jug), 1939. Portfolio-Aufsberg-Akt. | src Deutsche Fotothek
Lala Aufsberg :: Frauenakt, an einem Gebirgsbach Wasser schöpfend, 1939. | Deutsche Fotothek
Lala Aufsberg :: Frauenakt, an einem Gebirgsbach Wasser schöpfend | Female nude scooping water from a mountain stream, 1939. | src Deutsche Fotothek

Carina Ari by Manuel Frères

G. et L. Manuel Frères :: Carina Ari i Kajsa och Britta, foto: G.L. Manuel Frères, Paris, 1925 | src Dansmuseet on IG
G. et L. Manuel Frères :: Carina Ari i Degas, Paris, 1925. | src Dansmuseet • IG
G. et L. Manuel Frères :: Carina Ari i Degas, Paris, 1925. | src Dansmuseet on IG

Nude in dunes by Shoji Otake

Shoji Otake :: Female nude in Sand Dunes, Japan, ca. 1948. Original Heliogravure / Photogravure | src eBay
Shoji Otake :: Female nude in sand dunes, Japan, ca. 1948. Original Heliogravure, Photogravure | src eBay

3 nudes by Lendvai-Dircksen

Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: Finnin · Finnish · Finlandaise, um 1925. Photogravure. Editiert und gedruckt 1925 von der Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung klassischer Kunst, Berlin | src eBay
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: Finnin · Finnish · Finlandaise, um 1925. Photogravure. Editiert und gedruckt 1925 von der Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung klassischer Kunst, Berlin | src eBay
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: Polish nude, photogravure, ca. 1925. Printed and published in 1925. | src vintageads on eBay
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: Polish nude, photogravure, ca. 1925. Printed and published in 1925. | src vintageads on eBay
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: Polish nude, ca. 1925. Printed and edited in 1925. Vintage Photogravure from original Bromoil print | src eBay
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: Polish nude, ca. 1925. Printed and edited in 1925. Vintage Photogravure from original Bromoil print | src eBay
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: German nude, photogravure, ca. 1925. Printed and edited in 1925, Society for Classical art, Berlin | src artografie on eBay
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: German nude, photogravure, ca. 1925. Printed and edited in 1925, Society for Classical art, Berlin | src artografie on eBay

Ballet dancer by Deazeley studio

Ballet dancer Katharine Cook striking a pose, Brisbane, Queensland, 1931. [detail]
Ballet dancer Katharine Cook striking a pose, Brisbane, Queensland, 1931. [detail]
Ballet dancer Katharine Cook striking a pose, Brisbane, Queensland, 1931. photographic print : hand colored. Trissie Deazeley Studio (Brisbane). | src State Library of Queensland
Ballet dancer Katharine Cook striking a pose, Brisbane, Queensland, 1931. Photographic print : hand colored. Trissie Deazeley Studio (Brisbane). | src State Library of Queensland

Six nudes by Fritz Henle, 1950s

Fritz Henle* (Germany, 1909 – 1993) :: Female nude study, early 1950s. Vintage sheet fed photogravure / héliogravure. | src eBay
(*) German-born American photographer, known as “Mr. Rollei” for his use of the Rolleiflex camera.
Fritz Henle (Germany, 1909 - 1993) :: Female nude, ca. 1954. Vintage photogravure. | src liveauctioneers
Fritz Henle (Germany, 1909 – 1993) :: Female nude, ca. 1954. Vintage photogravure. | src liveauctioneers
Fritz Henle* (Germany, 1909 – 1993) :: Female nude study at the beach, ca. 1951. Vintage sheet fed photogravure. | src eBay
Fritz Henle* (Germany, 1909 – 1993) :: Female nude study of legs, early 1950s. Vintage sheet fed photogravure. | src eBay
Fritz Henle* (Germany, 1909 – 1993) :: Female nude study lying down in the surf, early 1950s. Vintage sheet fed photogravure / héliogravure. | src eBay
Fritz Henle* (Germany, 1909 - 1993) :: Female nude study, ca. 1948 Vintage sheet fed photogravure / héliogravure. | src eBay
Fritz Henle* (Germany, 1909 – 1993) :: Female nude study, ca. 1948 Vintage sheet fed photogravure / héliogravure. | src eBay

The odor of pomegranates

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Zaida Ben-Yusuf :: The odor of pomegranates (detail), 1899. Platinum print.
Zaida Ben-Yusuf :: Detail from ‘The odor of pomegranates’, ca. 1900. | original src Library of Congress

Zaida Ben-Yusuf :: The odor of pomegranates, 1899. Platinum photographic print mounted on dark green paper. Description: Photograph shows a woman wearing a long flowing gown, standing in front of curtain, facing left, holding a pomegranate. | src Library of Congress
Zaida Ben-Yusuf :: The odor of pomegranates, 1899. Platinum photographic print mounted on dark green paper. Description: Photograph shows a woman wearing a long flowing gown, standing in front of curtain, facing left, holding a pomegranate. | src Library of Congress

The Odor of Pomegranates is more than simply a portrait, the image represents Ben-Yusuf’s effort to use photography to explore a larger theme: in this case, the seductiveness and potential danger of something desirous.

Ben-Yusuf’s artistic explorations within the tradition of portraiture continued alongside her commercial work. One of the prints she felt was more successful was The Odor, a work that she exhibited on at least half a dozen occasions in the years immediately after its completion in 1899. No other photograph by her was displayed or reproduced as often. This…

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Giannina Censi at 3200m, 1938

Giannina Censi all'aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di [Guido Tovo] (1) | src and © Mart ~ Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi all’aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di [Guido Tovo] (1) | src and © Mart ~ Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi all'aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di [Guido Tovo]. In verso nota ms. "Dal Plan Maison 3200 metri, luglio 1938" (2)
Giannina Censi all’aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di [Guido Tovo]. In verso nota ms. “Dal Plan Maison 3200 metri, luglio 1938” (2)
Giannina Censi all'aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di Guido Tovo. In verso nota ms. "Dal Plan Maison verso il Teodulo a circa 3200 metri - foto eseguita da Guido Tovo il 30 luglio 1938" (3) | src and © Mart ~ Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi all’aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di Guido Tovo. In verso nota ms. “Dal Plan Maison verso il Teodulo a circa 3200 metri – foto eseguita da Guido Tovo il 30 luglio 1938” (3) | src and © Mart ~ Fondo Giannina Censi

(1) e (2) Pubblicata in Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano: Electa; Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 1998, pp. 50-51

(1) e (3) Pubblicata in Belli G. (a cura di), Sprachen des Futurismus, Berlin: Berliner Festspiele- Martin Gropius Bau, 2009, p. 243

(3) Pubblicata in Bonfanti E., Il corpo intelligente. Torino: il segnalibro, 1995, p. 51