Postures: The Studio Photographs of Marsha Buns

by David Featherstone

These images dominated by a concern for gesture form an evolutionary series of photographs that began with nudes and with a group of reclining figures. As burns explored the creative possibilities of working in her studio she began to manipulate the natural light that fell on her models , to use clothes and other props to increase the complexity of meaning in the images. In these photographs the studio environment functions as a constant. Distinctive cracks in the plaster, a horizontal molding that ends abruptly, heavy metal braces on the floor a shallow corner formed by a jog in the wall's surface - these elements form a structural thread through the entire series of photographs. By working repeatedly in the same space she has illuminated the variables of exposure , lighting and space in a way that allows her greater freedom to explore the complex relationship between model and photographer that is the source of her imagery.

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Ellison · Rating 4 out of 5]

B/w images of studio poses, male and female, includes some bare skin.