George Platt Lynes
(American, 1907–1955)
Biography
George Platt Lynes was an American fashion photographer. His grayscale work is characterized by its sexual and homoerotic overtones, and is often shot in moody high-contrast. He photographed nude men, high-profile celebrities, and figures in the art world, lending his subjects a stylized sensuality through his extensive studio lighting and classical compositions. Born in East Orange, NJ on April 15, 1907, Lynes began his career through self-taught photography, gradually arising to immense fame in his field. He worked for several high-profile New York-based clients such as Vogue magazine and Bergdorf Goodman, later turning his creative eye to the celebrities of Hollywood. He would come to disavow commercial work and return to personal photography projects later in life, going on to shoot his most celebrated and well-known male nudes. Before his death on December 6, 1955 in New York, NY, Lynes destroyed many of his prints and negatives, and it was only posthumously discovered that he had sent a substantial portion of his collection the Kinsey Institute in Indiana for posterity and study.
George Platt Lynes Artworks
George Platt Lynes
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.jpg "Untitled (Sleeping couple), 1940–1949")
George Platt Lynes
William Somerset Maugham and Robert..., 1941–1941
Sale Date: October 7, 1997
Auction Closed
George Platt Lynes
Portrait of Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1931–1935
Sale Date: October 3, 1996
Auction Closed
English (US)
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