Recently I visited the Lucid Evidence Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, (MMK) in Frankfurt. The exhibition focussed on figurative works from the late 1950's to the present day. It was very interesting and the standard of the exhibits was very high.
The two photographers that I found particularly interesting were Bettina Rheims and Nobuyoshi Araki:
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| Bettina Rheims |
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| Bettina Rheims |
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| Bettina Rheims |
I found these three images particularly stunning. The first two had been used on magazine covers such as Foto and several others. Her portraits, mostly of women are outstanding.
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| Nobuyoshi Araki |
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| Nobuyoshi Araki |
Nobuyoshi Araki's photographs have a strongly ritual character, with rice straw rope used extensively. Araki claims that his photos are liberalizing, with the young women asserting their freedom to have themselves photographed by him.
