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Polish photographer Michal Tokarczuk stands out for the visionary ways in which he has re-imagined the traditionally narrow field of portrait photography. His photographs are often unabashedly sexual or controversial but always incredibly versatile, ranging from dominatrix women in lingerie and latex; pretty, ethereal fashion shoots; candid, almost journalistic shots of people on the street; to the avant-garde and conceptual, as in one notable shoot where a model covered in white paint leers at the camera with blood dripping from her eyes. He is daring, incendiary, and unapologetic – yet he is not a mere provocateur, intending to simply shock and scandalize the audience. His work somehow also carries a tender, exquisite artistry. For example, he has said that his Wet Curtain series, which features bare female bodies wrapped in wet white sheets, is not about sexualizing the female figure but rather about “the plentitude of shapes, wrinkles, body parts emerging from behind the material”. It is this focus on the beauty and art of the nude human form that remains constant throughout the prolific variety of styles he experiments with....
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