The Nude Portrait

category a.1) sitting, hands in lap



1. Matteo Montanari
2. Alasdair McLellan
3. Johnny Angel by Pat Milo, 1960s

category a.2) lying, body twisted

1. Karl Lagerfeld
2. Willy Vanderperre
3. Cody Chandler

category a.3) standing, side view

1. Alasdair McLellan
2. Sølve Sundsbø
3. Herb Ritts

category b) back view, arms flexing

1-3. Robert Mapplethorpe

category c.1) standing, left arm up

1. David by Michelangelo, 1501-1504
2. David Gandy by Mariano Vivanco
3. Tony Ward by Mariano Vivanco

category c.2) frontal, arms (almost) down



1. Alasdair McLellan
2. Bruce Weber
3. Iggy Pop by Gerard Malanga, 1971

When does a portrait define as a nude portrait? Category a) reveals nothing at all, category b) features a bare butt cheek, while categgory c) reveals primary sexual characteristics. Covered or full frontal, all images provoke the illusion of touch. One criterion for the nude portrait.
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Two Flowers

1. André Kertész Melancholic Tulip, 1939
2. Driu & Tiago Citizen K Homme, 2009
3. Albert Renger-Patzsch Gemeiner Löwenzahn, 1925-29
4. Alasdair McLellan 'Suburbia' POP Magazine, 2006

The fashion editorial and 'Neue Sachlichkeit' (New Objectivity), the monochrome portrait and the flower still life. An honest, melancholic view on beauty betwen tulip torso and dandelion hair.
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Latest Acquirement

Cover Arena Homme + Winter/Spring 2006/2007

Unbelievable but true: I actually won something at this well-known online auction platform. 300 pages filled with Bruce Weber, Alasdair McLellan, Willy Vanderperre, David Sims and Miuccia Prada.
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Idealism

Photos Alasdair McLellan
Magazine 032c

A contemporary classic, strong in its simplicity. A substantial and vital contribution to the photographic discourse of male identity and stereotypes. Adding vulnerability and intellectualism to the archetype image also contrived and aestheticised by artists as Bruce Weber and Luke Smalley.
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Exposure

Photos Alasdair McLellan
Model Dree Hemmingway
Magazine Vogue Russia

Triangle bra cutouts revealing porcelain skin. Feminity dramatically exposed. Strengthened by dark lipstick and opulent jewellery. The Petrarchan ideal.
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Obligé

Photos Alasdair McLellan
Styling Andrew Richardson
Model Sessilee Lopez

The embodiment of ingenuity. Azzedine Alaïa adorability captured by Alasdair McLellan. Poignant, strict, pure.
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War & Romance

Photos Alasdair McLellan

Images reflecting intimate and intense beauty. Male attraction fighting for a tender escape. Alasdair McLellan proofs evidence of his photographic capabilites over and over again.
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Arena Archives

Photos Alasdair McLellan
Magazine Arena Homme +

Going through magazine archives, rapidly flipping the pages until your attention is attracted by a rash glimpse. Going back and enjoying each image in all its details. This is the result of one of these moments.
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Kitten Love XVIII

Photos Alasdair McLellan, Leon Mark

Kitten candy.
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Laissez Faire

Photos Alasdair McLellan

Lovely ones, good luck for the shoot today. I'll be thinking of you and in my mind I can see beauty happen.
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Insignia

Photos Cameron Smith, Alasdair McLellan

All my problems are solved now: I hate hats so maybe I should start wearing earlaps? And my new haircut is also save. Amazing!
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