Olivier Christinat, Christ couché, 1997, from the series "Apocryphes"
This image resonated for me because of the events of this past weekend. (I'd link to Olivier's website except it displays many nudes and a few sexual images. If you go there, be aware that it's NSFW.)
Mike
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Yoram Nevo: "It's Edouard Manet, Dead Toreador."
NSFW?? Is that Twitterese?
Come on. You are capable of writing legible English.
[Google is your friend, Paul. --Mike]
Posted by: paul in Az | Wednesday, 15 June 2016 at 06:47 PM
I looked at his website. Just realized that i don't know how to spell "Yuck."
Posted by: Bill Mitchell | Wednesday, 15 June 2016 at 08:01 PM
I'm sure your readers can judge the artistic merit themselves, but perhaps it should also be noted that some of the NSFW images are of minors.
Posted by: Robert | Wednesday, 15 June 2016 at 08:57 PM
NSFW?
Posted by: Dennis Huteson | Wednesday, 15 June 2016 at 11:53 PM
LMGTFY (let me google that for you):
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=NSFW
;-)
cheers, s.
Posted by: sebastel | Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 12:54 AM
Sorry Mike: I find this image boring and pretentious. It has nothing to recommend it, compared to excellent work by such folks as Robert Capa, Elliot Erwitt, and many others.
Posted by: Robert Murphy | Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 07:05 AM
Not Suitable for Work. Fantastic stuff. Well worth the google. Thanks.
Posted by: plus.google.com/113258635287701493040 | Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 04:31 PM
I really liked his 'stories without titles', it is one of the very few times I see DoF used in a way that is not just to hide a busy and distracting background.
Posted by: Jan Kusters | Friday, 17 June 2016 at 01:38 AM
The only reaction I had to Olivier's work is how much I like Duane Michals' storytelling.
Posted by: Ned Bunnell | Friday, 17 June 2016 at 08:09 AM