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Le Danseur Benglia / The Dancer Benglia
Creator
Albert RudomineFrench Photographer · 1892–1975
All works by this person →Albert Rudomine's family moved from Russia to Paris and then to New York, where he studied Hebrew theology. He returned to Paris in 1917 and became a dressmaker. Within a couple of years, he began to photograph dancers and soon was working as a photojournalist. In 1923 he established his own studio, specializing in portraits and photographs of the human figure. During World War II, Rudomine went t
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- 1921
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
Albert Rudomine was particularly interested in portraiture and the study of the human body--the latter a standard preoccupation among dance photographers. Here he examined the nude male form, evoking ancient sculpture and the classical reverence for the ideal beauty of the male body.
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