Ruth Bernhard’s career as a photographer and artist is particularly remembered for the years she dedicated to the female nude. Inspired by Edward Weston, Bernhard reinterpreted the classical female nude on more abstract terms through the use of light and shadow to emphasize the subjects’ sculptural aspects. Through my emulation of Ruth Bernhard’s work I wished to study the female nude within an indoors setting and under artificial light conditions similar to those characteristic of her work. I focused on attempting to recreate those prints of her repertoire with pronounced highlights and contrast rather than her softer and grainier prints while creating variations on the elegant postures of her models.
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