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‘Naked Before the Camera’: Nude Photography at the Metropolitan Museum

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From curvy porcelain-skinned female nudes to musculature studies and pinups, see selections from “Naked Before the Camera.”

Lizzie Crocker

Lizzie Crocker

Photos courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photos courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Ariadne,” 1857

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“Two Standing Female Nudes,” circa 1850

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“Standing Female Nude,” circa 1853

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“Seated Female Nude,” 1853–54

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“Standing Female Nude,” circa 1856

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“Standing Male Nude,” circa 1856

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“Female Nude With Mask,” circa 1870

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“Thomas Eakins and John Laurie Wallace on a Beach,” circa 1883

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“Boys Playing Leap Frog,” 1887

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“Male Musculature Study,” circa 1890

“Male Nude,” 1930s

© Estate of George Platt Lynes, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Distortion #6,” 1932

© The Estate of André Kertész, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled, from the series “Figure in Motion,” 1966–70

© William G. Larson, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Nude No. 57,” 1949–50

© 1950-2002 Irving Penn, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Easter Sunday, Central Park, New York,” 1971

© The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled, from “Teenage Lust,” 1972–73, printed 1981

© Larry Clark, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Sharkey,” 1980

© C.I.B.M., Dr. Helmut Spielberg, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lizzie Crocker

Lizzie Crocker

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