Pascal Baetens. Nude Photography. The Art and The Craft. 2007

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A
abandoned buildings 48, 251
abstracts 17, 63, 151
close-ups 114–15
distortion 17 , 117, 119
graphic 114, 117, 119
light 65
soft-focus 115
unsharpness 97
academic nudes 13
acting 58, 59, 85, 92
adaptability 85
adjusting pose 63, 88–9, 129
advertising 18, 26, 27, 28–9,
181
aesthetics 12, 15, 29
against the light 45
airbrushing 29
albums 13
allegorical nudes 93
amateur images 70
ambiguity 41
angular poses 91
anonymity 47, 74, 93
close-up details 41
shadows 77
anthropology 14
aperture 75, 107
and depth of field 74, 97, 98
freezing movement 101
maximum 104
Appelt, dieter 24
Araki, nobuyoshi 26
architectural features 123
archival prints 145
art photography 15, 17, 181,
231
art porn 27
artworks 121
assistants 149, 161, 172–3,
181, 182, 192
asymmetry 246
framing 110, 117, 127
athleticism 54, 86, 192
atmosphere 36, 56, 78
and pose 88
avant-garde approach 22

B
back 86, 88
background 110
adding 140–41
blurring 74, 99, 102
cluttered 46, 91
focus 98, 110
lighting 244
retouching 142
underexposed 75
backlighting 80, 114
outdoors 74, 121
balance, color 43
Balzer, lyn, and Perkins, Tony
149, 150–59
Bayard, Hippolyte 12
Self-Portrait As a Drowned
Man 12, 12
beaches 74, 251
beauty photography 36, 171,
178
beds 45, 232–5
Belloc, Auguste 13

Femme nue allongée sur un
canapé 13
Bellocq, ernest James 15
Benetton 27
Berlin Olympics 20
bird’s-eye view 17
Bitesnich, Andreas H. 149,
160–69
black and white 33, 40–41, 51
adjusting tone 137
color filters 138
contrast 40, 41, 137, 222
converting color to 135,
138, 224
film 221
infrared film 241
lighting 83
skin tone 222
black panels 222, 224
blinds 77
Blum, Guenter 171
Blum, Sylvie 149, 170–79
Blumenfeld, erwin 22
Cubistic Purple Nude 23
blur 63, 97–100, 102–5
background 74, 99, 102
circular 103
gallery 104–5
movement, capturing 100
using Photoshop 186
body 86–7
shape/type 55, 85
body cream, bronze 222, 242
body language 85, 86
photographer’s 56
body paint 39
bodyscapes 114, 116
body studies 94
booms 184, 194
bounced light 69, 77
Brands, Jos 39
Brandt, Bill 18
Nude, East Sussex Coast 19
Breton, André 17
bridges 123
Bronica cameras
eTrsi 194
medium-format 154
burning in 137, 142

C
cable release 183
Cairo 15
Callahan, eleanor 21, 21
Callahan, Harry 21
Eleanor 21
camera movement 97, 102–3
following model 102, 103
tilting camera 109, 119, 125
turning camera 103, 228
camera shake 100
cameras 251
automatic 25
digital 119, 164, 211
field 181, 183, 184
large-format 24, 26, 201,
203
medium-format 24, 151,
154, 203
multiple 14
stereoscopic 12
candles 81
Cartier-Bresson, Henri 29

censorship 29
central framing 63, 108, 110,
117
chairs 35, 50
chemicals 12
chessboard images 38
chronography 14, 14
Chu, Almond 149, 180–89
cinematic style 37, 41
choice of model 55
studio lighting 70
circles 49, 108
classicism 20, 191, 201, 231,
246
Clergue, lucien 25
La Chute des Anges 27
close-ups
abstract 114–15
anonymity 41
cluttered backgrounds 46
limited spaces 47
wide-angle lens 18
cloudy sky 115
Cocteau, Jean 20
collage 17
collections of images 33, 38
color 33, 42–3
adjustments 135, 139
balance 43, 135
blocks 43
casts 43, 139
contrast 33, 42, 43
converting to black and white
135, 224
effects 139
hand coloring 13 , 24
harmony 33, 42
intensity 135
pastel 33, 42, 139
quality 15
reflected 43
saturation 43, 139, 144
sunlight 69
color filters 138, 139
colored lights 73
commercial photography 26–7,
38, 181
postproduction 135
compass 121
composition 9, 15, 63, 107–19
basic rules 108–9
gallery 118–19
positioning model 110–11
computers 29
on-screen viewing 172, 173,
194
concepts 33, 38–9, 85, 97,
149
explaining to model 56
confidence 86, 87
conserving images 135, 145
contrast 37, 126, 201, 206 ,
211
black and white 40, 41, 137,
222
blur 99
boosting 137
color 33, 42, 43, 137
high 41
model 54
props 50
setting 48
construction lights 78, 81
converging lines 40, 108, 109
Coplans, John 24

copyright 121, 251
couples 95
Courbet, Gustave 13
cropped framing 77, 110, 179 ,
216, 224
cropping 135, 136
cross-processing 183
crouching poses 93
Cubism 17
Cunningham, Imogen 17
curtains 77, 234
curved pose 85, 89, 128
cyanotype, toned 203, 206

d
dadaism 20
daguerre, louis 12
daguerreotype 12, 13
dahl, Sophie 28–9
dancers 20, 100
ballet 51
freezing movement 101
as model 92, 241
shadows 79
darkroom techniques 135
cropping 136
dodging and burning 137
solarization 17, 18, 18 , 22
date indicator 26
daylight, see sunlight
defocusing 97
delacroix, eugène 13
demachy, robert 17
Struggle 16
demarchelier, Patrick 29
density 40, 137
depth 78
depth of field
and focus 97, 98–9
narrow 17, 38, 98, 206
wide 98
details
close-ups 41
small spaces 47
diagonals 109, 118, 119, 124,
137
diaries, visual 21 , 26
digital photography 29, 135,
161, 221
backup files 145
cameras 164, 194, 211, 241
dpi (dots per inch) quality
136
exposure 224
histograms 224
noise 41
see also image editing
software
distortion 22, 63
effects 116–17
mirrors 17, 17
water 129
wide-angle lens 18, 51
documentary style 21–2
dodging and burning 137
domestic interiors 131, 214
doorways 121, 125
double chin 88
drama 90, 91, 124
Balzer and Perkins 154
Chu 182
dreamlike effect 99, 100
dressing with shadows 65, 77

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