Gary Schneider: Nudes

Schneider, Gary

ISBN 10: 1931788626 / ISBN 13: 9781931788625

Published by Aperture, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2005

About this Item

bottom of spine heavily bumped, covers have minor wear, a few light scratches and rubbing, signed in ink by Schneider on title page, 80 pages of previously unpublished nude photographs of everyday people, color photos on black backgrounds Size: 9.25 x 18.25. Seller Inventory # 026017

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gary Schneider: Nudes

Publisher: Aperture, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Photographer

Edition: First Edition First Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

In this previously unpublished body of work, Gary Schneider presents a haunting series of nudes and faces that emerge and seem to float above a receding black ground. Each image is rendered through a long exposure and by exploring the surfaces of the skin with a small handheld light. Due to the prolonged time required and the inevitable movements and consequent distortions that occur in the process, the results both reveal and obscure the intimate physical details and personality of the individual who poses. The sensibility and the obsessions of the artist are reflected by his decisions to expose certain areas more than others. The skin-tones are lush and luminous as they emerge from the darkness, yet these portraits also disturb as a result of the exaggerations and irregularities--the blurred traces of unconscious gesture matched with a stiffness that implies the innate physicality and mortality within each body.

About the Author:

Gary Schneider was born in 1954 in East London, South Africa. His work was the subject of a major exhibition that opened at Harvard University’s Fogg Museum in February 2004, and incorporates his previously acclaimed solo exhibition, Genetic Self-Portrait, an artistic response to the Human Genome Project. He has shown extensively worldwide, including Museé d’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland; Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois. He is represented by Julie Saul, New York; Stephen Daiter, Chicago; and Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston.