The Body in Black & White

 

From The Body: Photoworks of the Human Form by William A. Ewing (1994)

Top:
John Coplans

Self Portrait, 1984

Gelatin Silver Print

Middle:
David Buckland

Torso III, 1979

Platinum Print

Bottom:
Richard

The Atrium: The Desbonnet Method, c1912

Modern Silver Print

Edmond Desbonnet (1867 – 1953) was a French academic and photographer who championed physical culture. He made physical education fashionable in belle époque France through the publication of fitness journals and by opening a chain of exercise clubs.

By North Utsire