Gerhard Riebicke (1878-1957) was a German photographer who is best remembered for his photos of athletes, dancers, and naturists. Nudity was a frequent element of his work, but not always present, as we will see later today. Most of Riebicke's archive was unfortunately lost during World War II, not to the depredations of the Nazis, but to a British air raid on Berlin. (The Nazis seem to have tolerated and/or ignored him.) We begin with the first of two photos posted today of a lithe young man.
Beautiful photograph.
ReplyDeleteNazis were weird about male nudity, tolerating it if it properly represented Aryan vigor. (It couldn't be sexual, and models known to be Jews or prostitutes or the like were forbidden.) But only male.
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