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Woodstock 1969

Robin Schwartz

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Nude

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United States of America

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‬ ‭ Robin is a photographer who has been shooting female and male nudes in NYC, London, and New‬ Jersey, where she and her husband currently live. In the early 1970s, after graduating from NYU with‬ a BFA in Film & Television, she entered the predominantly male profession of photography. She‬ hadn’t set out to do nudes, but a young model showed up at the doorstep of her Manhattan studio‬ with a dilemma and a request. She had been selected to do a layout and cover for a major men’s‬ magazine. However, the male photographer who was assigned to shoot it would only agree if she‬ had sex with him. The model felt she would be “safe” with Robin, and a career of shooting nudes‬ ‭ was born. After moving to London in 1977 and traveling and working throughout Europe, she was‬ exposed to a much freer sensibility towards nudity and eroticism. She loved the work of Helmut‬ Newton and Jeanloup Sieff, featuring high contrast black and white images. Robin sold her first print‬ at a solo show called “Naughty Bits” in NYC.‬

Robin's Awards

Woodstock 1969
2026Black & White Photo Contest

Woodstock 1969

Bronze

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