LA PROSTITUTION DANS L’ART PHOTOGRAPHIQUE EN FRANCE AU XIXE SIECLE
PROSTITUTION IN PHOTOGRAPHIC ART IN FRANCE DURING THE 19TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The theme of prostitution in France in the nineteenth century, widespread in all areas, also exists in photographic art, especially through body and nudity. The erotic photography was born in France and the first nudes were made in 1840. The prostitutes are the most suitable to reveal their sexuality without shame. This fact implies a physical exploration for these women.. Representative photographers of the century including Eugene Durieu and Auguste Belloc, are remarkable for their interest in women's body and nudity in images that evoke the eroticism. The nudity and the obscenity were considered clichés in the second half of the century. The woman is always the main character. Another representative photographer is Guérin, famous for the blurred photographs, a technique used for the imagination in order to highlight the reality. If we compare painting and photography, we can notice that the photography is a more precise art which places humans in reality. The reality of the image, the clarity and the frames have been well illustrated and what we see is not a simulacrum of reality, but the veritable existence.

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