George Platt Lynes: Photographs 1931-1955 silas-finch 436 Black Americans between 1882

436 Black Americans between 1882 and 1950

43 gravure plates

in the shadows of sycamores

He used these talents to create bizarre Surrealist tableaux that stand head and shoulders above most other Surrealist inspired photography

George Platt Lynes: Photographs 1931-1955 silas-finch 436 Black Americans between 1882Essays by George Balanchine, Lincoln Kirstein, and Glenway Westcott "Besides being singleminded in his predisposition for handsome unfettered manhood, Lynes was a master of studio lighting and dramatic improvisation. He used these talents to create bizarre Surrealist tableaux that stand head and shoulders above most other Surrealist inspired photography. Lynes was, in times less tolerant than ours, the Robert Mapplethorpe of his generation." New York