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George Platt Lynes

(American, 1907–1955)

orpheus and eros by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Orpheus and Eros, 1936

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orpheus (nicolas magallanes and francisco moncion) by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Orpheus (Nicolas Magallanes and Francisco Moncion)

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george tooker, paul cadmus, and jared french by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

George Tooker, Paul Cadmus, and Jared French

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mel fillini #1 by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Mel Fillini #1, 1950

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mel fillini #2 by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Mel Fillini #2, 1950

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mel fillini in frame #1 by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Mel Fillini in Frame #1, 1954

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nude torso (robert l. shafer) by george platt lynes

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Nude Torso (Robert L. Shafer), ca. 1954

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ted starkowski by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Ted Starkowski, ca. 1951

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three male nudes by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Three Male Nudes, ca. 1941

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portrait of monroe wheeler by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Portrait of Monroe Wheeler, ca. 1940

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neel bate and ernest henry by george platt lynes

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Neel Bate and Ernest Henry, 1954

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charles 'tex' smutney and charles 'buddy' stanley iii by george platt lynes

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Charles 'Tex' Smutney and Charles 'Buddy' Stanley III, 1942

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Biography

Timeline

1907
Born in East Orange, New Jersey.
1925
Sent to Paris with the idea of better preparing him for college.
1927
Returned to the United States with the idea of a literary career and he even opened a bookstore in Englewood, New Jersey.
1932
Julien Levy exhibited his photographs in his gallery in New York City.

Opened his studio.
1935
Was asked to document the principal dancers and productions of Lincoln Kirstein's and George Balanchine's newly founded American Ballet company (now the New York City Ballet).
1946
Became disillusioned with New York and left for Hollywood where he took the post of Chief Photographer for the Vogue studios.
1948
Friends helped him to move back to New York City.

Focus on homoerotic imagery started to take over his photographic life.
1955
Diagnosed terminally ill with Lung Cancer and closed his studio. He destroyed much of his print and negative archives particularly his male nudes.

After a final trip to Europe he returned to New York City and died on December 6.

Exhibitions

2010
25 Years / 25 Works, Wessel + O’Connor Fine Arts, Lambertville, NJ
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY
Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY (Group Show)
2007
Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY
Haus der Photographie / Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
English (US)

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