𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖕𝖚𝖘 𝕳𝖚𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖒
Corpus humanum is a remake of ‘‘Kropp i Rom’’ (The body in space). At first it was a study of the feminine body shape based on some of the ancient photographs of artists like Rudolf Koppitz, Helmut Newton, Jean-Christophe Destailleur or Augusto De Luca.
The representation of the naked body in photography is very old, almost as old as photography itself. Nude photographs may be used for scientific and educational purposes, such as ethnographic studies, human physiology or sex education. In the case of Corpus humanum, the type of nude which is shown is the artistic nude. Working with the artistic nude is first to distinguish the differences between the nude and nudity. Nudity is a throwback to nature : Animals are born with fur, feathers or scales, while us, Humans, were born completely naked, we had the obligation to learn how to make clothes and we still have to wear them to protect ourselves from the weather.
The representation of the naked body in photography is very old, almost as old as photography itself. Nude photographs may be used for scientific and educational purposes, such as ethnographic studies, human physiology or sex education. In the case of Corpus humanum, the type of nude which is shown is the artistic nude. Working with the artistic nude is first to distinguish the differences between the nude and nudity. Nudity is a throwback to nature : Animals are born with fur, feathers or scales, while us, Humans, were born completely naked, we had the obligation to learn how to make clothes and we still have to wear them to protect ourselves from the weather.
The nude is not a subject in the category of art, it is more like an art category itself. Art becomes one with the nude, because the nude is as old as the art. Even the Christian Church, which nevertheless rejected the body and disapproved the nudity, gave a place to the nude when required in the Bible: Adam and Eve in Paradise, Pietà or The Last Judgment. Sculpture, paintings, photography : the attempts to represent the nude have never stopped and are still a subject today.
This is where the research back Corpus Humanum begins. This is a serie of black and white pictures of a naked caucasian woman inspired by artists like Rudolf Koppitz or Jean-Christophe Destailleurs. I was also inspired by The Vitruvian Man, designed by Leonardo Da Vinci. All of that made me take some black and white photographs of the naked feminine body, which is seen as perfect. But, as a photograph alone, my work seemed to be déjà-vu. Something was missing, so I decided to experiment a bit.
By manipulating the photographs, I stumbled upon the design of the cover of my book : a picture of me and a picture of the model, in the same position. I made a double exposition of the two pictures, and I decided to make the book from this idea; a double exposition of a single picture to get a picture of the feminine body from an unknown angle.
