martes, 8 de abril de 2008

Raoul Gradvohl

Un fotografo sincero y autocrítico. Su modestia lo llevó a presentarse como un simple fotógrafo "comercial". Siéndolo, nunca se pretendió artista: Raoul Gradvohl

faldas arriba, un tema del erotismo clásico...aún vigente hoy día

mujer araña, striptease aludiendo al "estilo gótico"

imponencia e impacto de la primera bailarina en escena

plumas en danza , arte de ocultar insinuando desnudez total

contorsión y flexibilidad para realzar a una belleza étnica

romántica y recogida (aunque luego se desnudará)

Absoluta flexibilidad, erotismo en estilo circense

insinuante y fogosa

muñeca junto a sus muñecos

¿error de toma o error de pose?. Sombras indeseadas o la magia del cuarto oscuro

rectas y círculos : los grados del éxtasis

i love black people

oriental1

tropical y marinera; exhuberancia caribeña, recordando a "Bananas"

oriental2

Caderas,piernas,tacones... ¿algo más?

velos,transparencias; imaginación....

el marco adecuado

 transformistas del burlesque.Homenaje a los pioneros del "reverse role"1

 transformistas del burlesque.Homenaje a los pioneros del "reverse role"2

stripper composite

de peligro...no sólo fotográfico

alguna habilidad tendrá, ¿no?

little indian





Pasteo directamente,tal como lo tenía guardado desde hace años en el disco duro la  info. Creí que la había perdido...pero aquí está:

Netscape: UCR / CMP: Raoul Gradvohl Burlesque http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/site/exhibitions/gradvohl/intro4.html Saturday, June 29, 2002


Prior to occupying a space downtown, Gradvohl's studio was located at 1717 Vine Street, Studio 17, next to the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. His shift in location is perhaps the clearest indicator of his changing economic prospects. On Vine Street he had been "Raoul Gradvohl Theatrical Photographer," but by the time he had moved to his downtown studio he had changed the name simply to "Photos by Raoul," perhaps in an attempt to broaden his clientele. Of the many strippers and "specialty dancers" he photographed, a handful of names survive: Amy Archer; Belle Ayre; Misty Ayres; Patty Brooks; Debra Carter; Charmaine; Penny Cillin; Lily Charise; Vickie Dell; Extasy; Stacy Farell; Laurie La May - "Parisian Bombshell" a.k.a. Dorcella - "Daddy's Little Dream"; Lisa Lamont - "Mona Liza"; Loretta Miller; Mindy Martin; Taffey O'Neal; Sonia Sonic; Spanish Fly; and Laura Voulk. Although many of the names were stage names, a name at least begins to humanize such voiceless faces. Starlets, housewives, and burlesque dancers all passed before Gradvohl's lens. (Ken Gonzales-Day, curator "Different Looks: The Burlesque Portraits of Raoul Gradvohl and Garry Winogrand's 'Women are Beautiful'")


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