Wingate Paine

Wingate Paine
Tenero come il ricordo..., 1964-65
Gelatin silver print

I love nude photos of women from the 50s and 60s--back when a woman had only 1 or 2 bikinis and had serious tan lines.

Paine mainly shot his lovers and girlfriends (and what a happy man he must have been). In 1966 he created a book of his works, Mirror of Venus, with words by Francoise Sagan and Federico Fellini. The sweet, loving and almost demure (compared with today) eroticism (that is what it was considered 43 year ago) of his lens capturing their natural beauty resonates in these beautiful stolen moments. Who doesn't want to run naked by the sea and share in quiet peace like Snow White with a young doe and a bunny?

Wingate Paine
Untitled, 1964-65
Vintage gelatin silver

Wingate Paine
Untitled, 1964-65
More tan lines. Seems like Steven Meisel's Italian Vogue shoot from last year was inspired.