Difference between revisions of "George Platt Lynes"
From QueerBio.com
(→Description) |
|||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
+ | [[File:georgeplattlynes.jpg|200px|thumb|left|George Platt Lynes]] | ||
+ | |||
==Country== | ==Country== | ||
Line 18: | Line 20: | ||
Commercial portrait, fashion, and commercial photographer, notably of ballet, gay artists, and nudes. Despite his extensive collection of homoerotic and male nude photographs, he could not exhibit them because of the laws at the time. Celebrity photos published in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Collection is held at the Kinsey Institute. | Commercial portrait, fashion, and commercial photographer, notably of ballet, gay artists, and nudes. Despite his extensive collection of homoerotic and male nude photographs, he could not exhibit them because of the laws at the time. Celebrity photos published in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Collection is held at the Kinsey Institute. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Further Research/Reading== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * http://www.queer-arts.org/archive/show3/lynes/lynes.html | ||
+ | * http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2012/03/01/george-platt-lynes-exhibit-opens |
Revision as of 00:26, 25 September 2013
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1907 - 1955
Occupation
Photographer
Notable Achievements
Description
Commercial portrait, fashion, and commercial photographer, notably of ballet, gay artists, and nudes. Despite his extensive collection of homoerotic and male nude photographs, he could not exhibit them because of the laws at the time. Celebrity photos published in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Collection is held at the Kinsey Institute.