Artworks by George Platt Lynes at DC Moore Gallery on artnet

George Platt Lynes

George Tooker: Standing, arms crossed

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William Christopher, 1949

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Male Nude Back View

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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.

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