After viewing a lot of Boucher's work I can determine that he was a great admirer of the female form as a large percentage of it included women's body and/or face. I would also regard him as an avant garde photographer; meaning that he experimented greatly with different techniques and subjects.He has contributed a lot to the photography culture determining what is acceptable and possible with modern and contemporary photography.
This image is called Two Nudes (overlapped) and was taken in 1935 which would suggest that this image was taken on film. I really admire the skill that is took to make this image. As single images I understand how hard it is to get these positions without creating lens flare from the light as I have previously attempted single images like this. One image is an angled view of the models back, bum, upper thighs and shoulders. The other is a side view of her with her arm up and shoulders angled inwards slightly revealing a toned back, it also shows the side of her breast and bum. One image has the model completely illuminated from the right and lower left whilst the other has the very edge of her skin illuminated so that the rest of the body is covered in shadow, I am sure there is another source of light from above the model as well displayed on the raised arm. Using the light tones from the first image is also shows details of the other that might not have been visible before. Since as he was an avant garde; it would explain the reasoning behind the double exposure. The subject is directly in the middle of the image where the model seems to blend into one and the shapes merge.
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