ARIMONDI, VICTOR. [Collection of photographs from the "Men at Work" project] 
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20 vintage prints. Various dates, 1987–1991. 19 photographs measuring 25.5 × 20.5 cm, and 1 photograph measuring 12.5 × 17.5 cm. Eight photographs with Arimondi's studio stamp on the verso. Six photographs with Arimondi's autograph captions in Swedish, several also dated, and two additionally signed by Arimondi. In very good condition; one photograph with slight creasing to the lower margin.
Victor Arimondi (1942–2001), Italian-Swedish-American photographer, best known for his erotic male nudes and the books The Look of Men (1980) and Boyfriends (1984). After many years devoted to nude photography, Arimondi embarked on a new project in 1987 documenting construction workers in San Francisco. More clothed than his earlier work, these photographs were no less erotic. Photographs from the series was exhibited, among other venues, at the Power House Bar on Folsom Street. In a contemporary presentation of the photographs in Wilde magazine, they were described as follows: “Victor Arimondi has spent many of his years as a photographer creating classical male nudes. Recently, though, his artistic eye turned to the erotica of everyday life,” and “his surreptitious images of construction workers testify to the erotic power of the male body when clothed and active”. The photograph in the smaller format, which is one of those bearing Arimondi’s stamp on the reverse, is the only nude photograph and depicts a man showing his buttocks while holding a hard hat. It is unclear whether this photograph belongs to the project “Men at Work” and whether the model is an actual construction worker. Arimondi’s handwritten captions are in Swedish because the photographs were given to his former boyfriend and first great love, the Swedish physician Arne Wesslau. Arimondi was born in Bologna and grew up in Italy and Sweden. He began working as a model in 1965, walking the runway for designers including Armani, Balmain, and Yves Saint Laurent in London, New York, and Paris, while also modeling for magazines such as Elle and Esquire. During his modeling career, he was one of Sweden’s most sought-after male models. In the 1970s, Arimondi moved behind the camera, first working in Sweden before relocating to New York in 1979 and to San Francisco in 1981. He photographed fashion for magazines including Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, and produced nude photography both for his own books and for magazines such as Revolt. Of his nude work, he wrote: “I prefer to let my images speak to your heart – or to your groin.” Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Arimondi documented San Francisco’s LGBTQ community, particularly the AIDS epidemic. He himself died from HIV-related complications in 2001. During his career, Victor Arimondi held several solo exhibitions in both Stockholm and San Francisco. Since his death, his work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in San Francisco. His photographs are represented in the collections of institutions including Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco.
1800,- EUR
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Sachgebiete: Erotica, Genderstudies, Nordamerika, Photographie
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