Open AccessA transgressão do corpo nu na fotografia
Author(s) -
André Melo Mendes
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
revista da ufmg/revista da universidade federal de minas gerais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2316-770X
DOI - 10.35699/2316-770x.2012.2711
Subject(s) - visibility , hegemony , beauty , ideal (ethics) , aesthetics , sociology , work (physics) , art , art history , philosophy , epistemology , political science , physics , law , optics , quantum mechanics , politics
Nowadays the imposition of an ideal body model, linked to the pattern of classical art, has intensified and called critical attention for its impact on society. This article presents the works of Joel-Peter Witkin and Jan Saudek, photographers who challenge a model of beauty that does not accept the decay of the body and deny the nearness of death. Through their work, they contribute to weaken the hegemony of this apollonian discourse and promote the visibility of other body models.