Confronting Nudes

Amedeo Modigliani, Reclining Female Nude, 1917 // Tiiu Kuik by Henrik Bulow, for Dansk Magazine

Modigliani, a later avant-garde artist, adopted much of his style from earlier artists like Ingres and Picasso. His flat and confronting nudes were very similar to many of Picasso's nudes at the time; however his nudes were a lot more erotically infused and often made the viewer of the time uncomfortable. I think the same can be said of nudes within fashion photography today. Americans are notoriously squeamish and some of the best photographs from different editorials and shoots have to cut from American magazines.