Not many people are open to viewing photographs of the human body, and this fact must have prompted Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni to ask: “What spirit is so empty and blind that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?”
When you pay a visit to Queen’s Park Gallery at Pelican Village, Harbour Road, St Michael, between now and May 25, you will come face to face with Nude – a collection of black and white photographs by photographer Carl Dottin.
The photographs are revealing shots of the human body and are said to sharply accentuate the fears and taboos of society.
The writer describes the display in this way: “Unlike the ambiguity of painted and sculptured nudes, we feel sure that the photographer was in the presence of his or her naked subject and that one or more human beings have removed all of their clothing and have agreed to be photographed. Hence what passes for art if presented in oils or stone sometimes incurs the censor’s wrath or the dismay of the critic when displayed in silver print.”
Although there are only a few photographs to be seen, you’ll want to see them on display and, of course, voice your own opinion. Be warned – they are uncensored. (CH)
