Cook Fine Art in New York City will present an exhibition of photographs by Bettina Rheims from September 18-October 30, 2006. The show spans a period 25 years from the mid-1980s to the present. Included in the exhibition is a selection of pictures from her first book, Female Trouble, published in 1989, as well as images from the series Chambre close (1992/93), Pourquoi m'a tu abandonné (1996), and Shanghai (2003).
The pictures in 'Female Trouble' are pictures of women, famous models, movie stars, friends, in various stages of undress, nudity or simply nakedness, in high-contrast black and white. The photographer has called them 'portraits nus'. They elaborate an altogether original vision of glamour. As portraits, they project strength... MORE
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