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Informationen zum Autor Mona Kuhn is best known for her large-scale! dream-like photographs of the human form. Her pictures often reference classical themes with a light and insightful touch. Kuhn's approach to her work is distinguished by the close relationships she develops with her subjects! resulting in images of remarkable naturalness and intimacy! and creating the effect of people who are naked but comfortable in their own skin. Kuhn's Steidl books include Photographs (2004)! Evidence (2007)! Native (2009)! Bordeaux Series (2011) and Private (2014). Zusammenfassung "Seeking the innermost self in her photographs, Kuhn achieves a mood of intimacy by photographing up close models she knows well. Her photographs are a product of lasting relationships built on mutual affection. In a sense, the images are based on the memory of shared experiences." Julie NelsonThe people in Mona Kuhn’s photographs are nude but not naked. Completely relaxed before the camera, they give the impression that nothing could clothe them better than their own skin. With a unique style, Kuhn’s intimate photographs of both young and old are sensual compositions of skin and wrinkles, light and shadow, gestures and gazes. She creates taughtly composed images which balance sharply rendered portraits against blurred backgrounds to lure the eye and provoke the imagination.
