The body - William A. Ewing

From 19th-century erotica to the sexual politics of the 1990s, this collection of hundreds of images provides a rich archive of bodily forms, both male and female, featuring the work of some of the worlds outstanding photographers: Nadar and Muybridge in the early days, through Stieglitz, Weston and Man Ray to the recent Mapplethorpe, Bruce Nauman and Cindy Sherman. From medical photography to sport, fashion and dream imagery, this is an exciting and provocative record of the cameras infatuation with the human figure.