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'nude #2', 2012 by shinichi maruyama

 

 

japanese photographer shinichi maruyama is well known for his colliding liquid photography - immortalizing moments split seconds before
they are lost to gravity. in his latest body of work, 'nude', maruyama continues his exploration of movement through photography -
re-envisioning the language of traditional nude artwork and combining this with a reference to time.

the abstract striding limbs create almost painterly strokes across a hidden canvas -  a sweep of flesh filling space.
the conceptual artistic interrogation reminds one of the beauty of the human body, not through form,
but through the ethereal capacity of human motion - reminding one of the power of dance, theatre and gesture.

 

 

nude photography by shinichi maruyama
'nude #3', 2012

 

 

nude photography by shinichi maruyama
'nude #1', 2012

 

 

nude photography by shinichi maruyama
'nude #5', 2012

 

 

nude photography by shinichi maruyama
'nude #4', 2012

 

 

nude photography by shinichi maruyama
'nude #6', 2012

 

 


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'nude #9', 2012

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  • Absolutely stunning- it turns a static art form into something else- the sense of movement that tranforms into an almost sculptural quality, which I realize is also static, but this work somehow reflects on movement for me in an ethereal way

    Pasha says:
  • wow.bravoo.loved it

    mohammad says:
  • The movement reminds me of the futurists. Really amazing images!

    Todd Jenkins says:
  • Beautiful images, but without Loie Fuller, dancer at the end of XIX century, he wouln’t have the idea!

    cristina says:

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