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NUDE

From a female-identifying perspective

A symmetrical photograph of two women covered in pink sheets from the waist up

30 female-identifying artists from 20 different countries diversely explore the female-identifying gaze in this exhibition centered on the naked body in contemporary photography.

NUDE is a collection of images that portray the body through beautiful, disruptive, and experimental lenses, seeking to subvert the historically predominant male gaze and celebrate the human form.

An image of two women wearing green dresses in a living room, surrounded by several nude men
Yushi Li and Steph Wilson, Feast Inside (2020).
A black-and-white photograph of the back of a nude person sitting on a rocky landscape
Viki Kollerova, Where I Grow (2019-2020)

NUDE addresses the centuries-long fascination with the naked body, and explores the balance between “the nude” as an idealized form versus an honest, natural, and personal artistic expression. In this exhibition of over 200 works of photography, film, and installation, the viewer receives a comprehensive global view of what the body means, how it is used, and what it tells us about modern society from a female-identifying perspective.

“A celebration of the human form through the lens of female-identifying photographers”
- Amanda Hajjar & Johan Vikner, Exhibition Organizers
A geometric photograph of two men's heads and unclothed shoulders
Denisse Ariana Pérez, ongoing Men in Water series, Taken in Senegal, 2020.

The Artists

Jenevieve Aken, Nigeria
Evelyn Bencicova, Slovakia
Arvida Byström, Sweden
Elinor Carucci, Israel
Joana Choumali, Côte d’Ivoire
Angélica Dass, Brazil
Brooke DiDonato, United States
Alexandra von Fuerst, Italy
Aneta Grzeszykowska, Poland
Carlota Guerrero, Spain
Marie Hald, Denmark
Ina Jang, Korea
Viki Kollerova, Slovakia
Joanne Leah, United States
Yushi Li, China
Monika Macdonald, Sweden
Laila Majid, Pakistan
Malerie Marder, United States
Alix Marie, France
Sakiko Nomura, Japan
Momo Okabe, Japan
Denisse Ariana Pérez, Dominican Republic
Bettina Pittaluga, France and Uruguay
Lotte van Raalte, Netherlands
Lina Scheynius, Sweden
Leah Schrager, United States
Dana Scruggs, United States
Julia SH, Sweden
Prue Stent & Honey Long, Australia
Luo Yang, China

In The News

  • The Guardian

    Fotografiska’s new group show questions traditional notions of beauty, gender and power.

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  • Dazed

    This exhibition celebrates the naked body, freed from the male gaze

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  • Wallpaper

    The new nude? Radical show explores the naked body in photography

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Shop the Collection

Explore items inspired by the NUDE exhibition at Fotografiska New York.

Book cover for the NUDE exhibition catalogue.
Publication

NUDE - The Naked Body in Exhibition Photography

Pink-hued photography of a naked body lady in a crater.
Poster

Prue Stent & Honey Long: Salt Pool, Phanta Firma

Poster of color image from the NUDE exhibition
Poster

Denisse Ariana Perez: Men in Water

Poster of naked plus-size bodies covered in sandy grains.
Poster

Julia SH: Studio Practice #3