Press Release

Interwoven Lives: George Platt Lynes and his Friends is on view at DC Moore Gallery from September 6 through October 20, 2001. The exhibition focuses primarily on Lynes's (1907-1955) photographs of artists, writers, dancers and others with whom he maintained close friendships, relationships and associations. Paintings, drawings and photographs by this group of artists, including Paul Cadmus, Fidelma Cadmus Kirstein, Jared French, Margaret French, Bernard Perlin, Pavel Tchelitchev, George Tooker and PaJaMa, are exhibited alongside photographs of the writers, dancers and other creative individuals who were part of this intimate circle of friends.

Widely known during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s for his work as fashion, portrait and dance photographer, Lynes also produced an extensive body of private work ranging from ground-breaking male nudes to striking mythological tableaux to bold experiments using paper negatives or collage techniques. During Lynes's lifetime, this private work was largely unknown to the public, though it was highly regarded among Lynes's extended creative circle and was an extremely influential force in the development of the art of the time.

Lynes' photographs were printed in extremely small numbers. Most of the prints that survive were once owned by friends, acquaintances, or the subjects of the photographs themselves. Only a small fraction of his photographs survive and a number of his images are believed to now be one of a kind.