Poetics of the Body

We are a landscape of all we have seen. —Isamu Noguchi

Detail from the 1948 painting <n>Daphne</n> by artist <n>Pyke Koch</n>.

Detail of Eve from the painting <n>Adam and Eve</n> (1528) by artist <n>Lucas Cranach the Elder</n>.

<n>Lac Rose, #3</n> (2021) by photographer <n>Denisse Ariana Pérez</n>.

<n>Tooker Lips</n>, a 1965 photograph by <n>Melvin Sokolsky</n>.

Photograph "Embodiment" by <n>Michael Oliver Love</n>.

A 1520 botanical illustration of a <n>Palma Christi</n> from an Italian herbal manuscript.

<n>C-Curve</n>, 1988, by photographer <n>Herb Ritts</n>.

Photograph of <n>Remy Duval</n> by <n>Man Ray</n>, 1930.

A <n>possession dance</n> in the Oued Souf region of Algeria, c. 1950. Photo by <n>R. Richard</n>.

<n>Stranded</n>, an artwork by <n>Koketit</n>.

The cover for the 2013 album <n>Woman</n> by <n>Rhye</n>. Photo by <n>Michael Milosh</n>.

Actress <n>Billie Whitelaw</n> in the 1972 film <n>Not I</n>, written by <n>Samuel Beckett</n> and directed by <n>Anthony Page</n>.

<n>Marique Schimmel</n> for the <n>Margaret Howell</n> Spring/Summer 2012 campaign, shot by <n>Koto Bolofo</n>.

<n>Femme nue accroupie</n> (1916) by artist <n>Georges Dorignac</n>.

Dancer <n>Carolyn Carlson</n>. Photo by <n>Guy Delahaye</n>.

<n>Nude, 1952</n>, a photograph by <n>Bill Brandt</n>.

<n>Kate Moss</n> in Anguilla, 1994. Photo by <n>Herb Ritts</n>.

Diagram from '<n>The Body Has a Mind of Its Own</n>' by <n>Sandra Blakeslee</n> and <n>Matthew Blakeslee</n>.

<n>Ray, John and Eric, Bear Pond, Adirondack Park, 1990</n> by photographer <n>Bruce Weber</n>.

<n>Nude with Apple Blossoms</n> (1921) by photographer <n>Edward Steichen</n>.

From the <n>Photographers in Focus</n> series by <n>Synchrodogs</n>.

<n>Grace Jones</n> and <n>Dolph Lundgren</n>, 1985.