WILHELM VON GLODEN : TAORMINA

In the late 19th century, Prussian aristocrat Wilhelm von Gloeden settled in the Sicilian town of Taormina. His landscapes, genre photographs, portraits of townspeople, and nudes are pictures of yearning for a mythical land of ecstatic joy. Based on classical motifs, his homoerotic “living pictures” staged with young men became sought-after collector’s items. Photo critic Ulrich Pohlmann presents the firstever scholarly study of von Gloeden’s work and explores his influence on the art world of the time.
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