Alfred Stieglitz

American photographer Alfred Stieglitz often captured his lover and famous artist Georgia O’Keefe. Concentrating on aesthetics of composition, tonality in colours and overall beauty of the subject matter.

Edward Weston

Nude, 1925, palladium print (estimate: $400,000-600,000), is one of Edward Weston's finest and most important nudes, yet very little-known. A very rare print, it was probably only published once – on the November 1980 cover of an auction catalogue for a New York Photographs sale. The sitter is Miriam Lerner, a young Los Angeles socialite, with whom Weston began a passionate affair just two weeks after he arrived in California after leaving Tina Modotti in Mexico.

 

Nude 1925 by Edward Weston

 

 

Photo by Edward Weston 1934

 

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William Mortensen

William Mortensen, 1930 nude photographer captured stills more like paintings. Complimented by a complete realised story that often had a very erotic edge to them. Layered with elements of BDSM, increasing their desirability and taboo.

 

 

Helmut Newton

German-Australian high-fashion photographer Helmut Newton spoke to more than the average art critic or fashion expert, he captured sex and erotism like no one before.  “Newton’s images are controversial, provocative, and heavily voyeuristic in nature.”

 

 

by Helmut Newton

 

By Helmut Newton for Playboy

 

Self portrait by Helmut Newton 

 

Jean Pierrot

The romantic eye of French photographer Jean Pierrot known for his simplicity of black and white nude photography often complimented in natural settings by the ocean. His work focusing on form, body and light leans into the details of everyday beauty we can often miss.