This exhibition draws together three quite disparate figures, by virtue of their shared interest in the genre of nude photography. Saul Leiter, a pioneer of the New York school of photography in the mid 20th century, is best known for his reflective abstractions of city streets, but he also produced a clandestine series of nude prints, known only to close friends during his lifetime. Lynch has been a little less coy about his proclivity for the medium – he published a book of his nude photographs earlier this year – while Helmut Newton was probably more comfortable in this genre than any other, becoming famous for his stylised, fetishistic images that blur the boundaries between fashion and erotica. Find out more from the Museum für Fotografie’s website.
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Fay smoking (nude) (c. 1946), Saul Leiter. Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery; © Saul Leiter Foundation
Untitled (2000s), David Lynch. © David Lynch
Untitled (Los Angeles) (1990), David Lynch. © David Lynch
Jenny Capitain (1977), Helmut Newton. © Helmut Newton Estate
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