John Seaman - Photography

John Seaman offers blowups of black and white photography of classic young female nudes, often inspired by Ancient Greek History or Mythology.

Most of his models are young college students, rather than professional models, and as such present fresh, spontaneous looks and attitudes. John Seaman's masterful photography captures his models' pristine beauty, classic in its timelessness, captured for this moment.

John Seaman has been photographing young nudes for 20 years, in his studio in Manhattan. John takes further inspiration from the work of such photographers of the nude as Edward Weston, Man Ray, David Hamilton, Bettina Rheims and Lucien Clergue, and also such painters as Gustav Courbet and Amedeo Modigliani.

Bio:

Education: High School, Oceanside H.S., NY; B.A., Swarthmore College, 1956; Art Students League of NY, 1974-present (full member, 1987-1997; Life Member, 1997-present; Studied with Richard Barnet); New School Art Workshop (at Parsons; Studied with and assisted Carl Ashby), summer sessions, 1987-1995; Morningside Gardens Camera Club, various courses, 1990, 1992.

Solo and Group Shows: Art Students League of New York Student Concours, various years; Morningside Gardens Camera Club competitions, 1989-1995; Metropolitan Camera Club Council competitions, 1993-1996 (8 citations for nudes); Morningside Gardens Camera Club Solo Slide Show (Nudes), 1995, repeated, 2005; Eleutheria Salon (my own biannual salon in my studio, featuring various slide lectures, including my own work, and speakers), 1989-present; Nimrod Restaurant & Jazz Club, New York City, 1998-1999; Solo Slide Show; Morningside Retirement and Health Services, 2002; Slide Show, "Plato's Ideal Form Realized - Nudes on Classical and Modern Themes," Riverside (Church) Emerging Artists League, New York City, 2004, repeated, 2005; Special Exhibition, Class of 1956 50th Reunion, Swarthmore College, 2006; Collections of Ms. Florence Perchuk, Mr. & Mrs. Lance & Jamey Phillips; Mrs.Edna Philiba , Ms. Susan Robinson and Dr. Max Gottesman, all of New York City.

Related Activities: Monitor, New School Art Workshop, Studied with Carl Ashby, 1989-1995; organized Eleutheria Salon, 1989-present; Organizer and Leader of weekly Morningside Gardens Life Sketch Group, 1999-present.

Curator: Pietro Franesi