“Artsy Nudes” Are Both Educational And Kind Of Hot

When studying any kind of art, it’s best to not only study the master, but try and copy their work. That way you can learn how they did something and apply to your own work. Some New York's School of Visual Arts students recreated some of the famous nudes and the results are pretty awesome.  

The students, who were all studying on photography, mostly picked famous photographs to reconstruct. New York's School of Visual Arts provided the models, the studio space, and the lighting equipment for each shoot. Instructor Matthew Leifheit described the idea behind the project:    

At the very least, restaging these classic images required students to reverse-engineer good pictures and figure out how they might have been made. At most, I think there was something to be understood about the impossibility of true plagiarism in photography. When I was in art school I remember becoming discouraged, believing any worthwhile image had already been made. The goal of this assignment was to teach that even if you try very hard to remake someone else's work, your photographs can only be your own. 

Students recreated works from Henri Matisse, Edward Weston, Diego Velázquez, Mert and Marcus, Marcel Duchamp, Helmut Newton, Harry Callahan, and Ryan McGinley. Pictures from Artsy Nudes will be on display form March 9th through the 20th at the School of Visual Arts in New York.  

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