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Growing up in different countries opened my mind but it also made me a bit melancholic at times. I spent my childhood between he beaches of Brazil and the crowded streets of metropolitan Sao Paulo, with frequent visits to relatives in Germany. In 1996, I landed for the first time in a place unknown to most of us, a space I call home now - a secure corner from the complexities of contemporary life - where those close to me feel welcomed, trusted, and share long hours together. The thread of this combination is the very foundation of my fertile ground and it is the human in those I photograph that does not cease to exhaust my curiosity.
Mona Kuhn
Reprinted from Mona Kuhn Photographs, Steidl Publishers, Gottingen, Germany.
In a subject frequently used by artists, the nude has become a sort of “rite of passage” to those who observe human body in its most basic form. Mona Kuhn’s approach to this classic theme, while acknowledging her predecessors, creates work that is culturally anonymous with rare references to art historical precedents. Her subjects are members of a nudist colony in Southern France, not professional models trained to suppress emotion and personal self. The result is an intimate glimpse into a being’s reality, stunningly sensual but never overtly sexual. Kuhn’s camera captures something beyond gender, race, age, and beauty.
Reprinted from Charles Cowles gallery press release.
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