
Power Corruption & Lies
- Publisher
- 89books
- Year
- 2026
- Specifications
- Softcover with dust jacket
21 x 29 cm
140 pages
color photographs
Digital print
Text by Flavio Favelli, Claudia Grande
Design by Vittoria Fragapane
Taking photos of naked women perhaps means seeking a liberation from the image of the naked woman who haunts every male, every man. These photos are of women, of young half naked women, not completely naked, in composed poses, like a photographic portrait, a beautiful photographic portrait, sometimes slightly erotic, sometimes slightly seductive, but mainly, they look more like statues than living bodies-art nudes, it should be said. They are almost silent bodies, which have held their breath for a while and then come alive, become flesh, within the folded posters. Embodied in paper manifestos, these images become popular, relaxed. The shadows of the shutters, the classical shades, the interiors with nice floors, the composed poses become “posterized”, become manifestos themselves – and show themselves in a freer, bolder way, thanks to the poster.
We are modern, where a good color photo of a woman’s body, an art nude, posing, looking at you, is printed on a folded poster. The choice to tape it to the wall or put it in a frame, under glass, opens up questions that are hard to resolve.