Tag: nude

Showgirl, Folies Bergère, 1920s

Lucien Waléry :: Showgirl from the Folies Bergère. From ‘Portfolio de 100 Photogravures’ published in 1923 by the Librairie des Arts Décoratifs.

Solarization Nude, 1933-1934

Wally Elenbaas :: Solarization Nude, 1933-34, from ‘The Collection Illuminated by Jan Cremer’.
For the fourth in its successful exhibition series, the Nederlands Fotomuseum has invited writer, artist and photographer Jan Cremer to guest-curate an exhibition of his personal choice of images from the museum’s rich and varied collection. The image above is one of them. | src nederlands-fotomuseum

Cavorting by the Pool, 1916

lady cavendish / ottoline morrell / cavorting / garsington / 1916
Lady Ottoline Morrell / Lady Cavendish :: Cavorting by the Pool at Garsington, ca. 1916. Gelatin silver print. | src The Met # 283250
Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck Morrell :: Cavorting by the Pool at Garsington, ca. 1916. Gelatin silver print. | src The Met # 291058

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)