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- Title
Van Vechten's Secret.
- Authors
Smalls, James
- Abstract
The essay focuses on Carl Van Vechten and his male nude photography, which are discussed in James Smalls' book "The Homoerotic Photography of Carl Van Vechten." The photographer is celebrated for his images of African-American and white men posed in suggestive erotic scenarios, his artistry in modernist primitivism, and his camp, theatrical sensibilities. Van Vechten's public persona and homosexual tendencies are mentioned in the author's analysis of the artistic quality in the photographer's work and his creative ability in the black-and-white photographic medium.
- Subjects
VAN Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964; PORTRAIT photographers; GAY erotic photography; PHOTOGRAPHY of the nude; HOMOEROTIC Photography of Carl Van Vechten: Public Face, Private Thoughts, The (Book); SMALLS, James; PHOTOGRAPHY of men; POSING in portrait photography; EROTIC photography
- Publication
Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, 2006, Vol 13, Issue 3, p25
- ISSN
1532-1118
- Publication type
Essay