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Männliche Oberkörper
sind Dianoras Niccolinis Lieblingsmotive, die sie immer
wieder auf unterschiedliche Art und Weise in ihren
Bildern verarbeitet. Woher dieses Interesse rührt, ist
ihr künstlerisches Geheimnis. Unbestritten und
interessant ist dabei aber die Tatsache, das es immer
glatte und unbeharrte Männerkörper sind, die sie uns
auf hoch ästhetische und originelle Weise präsentiert.
Vielleicht soll nichts vom lustvollen Spiel der Muskeln
ablenken, denn ihre Modelle sind durchtrainiert und
atmen dieselbe Schönheit aus, wie sie in griechischen
Skulpturen vor zweitausendundfünfhundert Jahren zum
erstenmal auftauchte. Vielleicht ist die Abstammung der
Künstlerin aus einer alten Florentiner Familie, ein
Grund für diese Affinität zur klassischen Antike und
ein mögliches Erklärungsmodell für ihre zeitlos schönen
Photographien.
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Dianora
Niccolini was born in Florence, Italy, to an American
mother and a father from an old Florentine family.
She lived in Florence throughout the second
world war, and at the age of almost nine years old, she
came to the U. S. A.
When she turned 18, she left home and came to New York
city to study art. She met a group of dancers
and her passion, in her late teens and early twenties,
was ballet. Not until she met Weegee, in 1963, did
she take up photography. Since then,
Dianora's professional career and focus has been photography.
In 1973, she began to create photographic bodies
of work which resulted in exhibits. Her first
photographic exhibit was in 1974. It was a
serious study of the female nude. Her second
exhibit was in 1975.
It was a study of the male nude which was favorably
reviewed by Gene Thornton in The Sunday New York
Times of December 7,1975. One of her first
male models was an Afro-American body builder. His
photographs have been included in many photographic
anthologies and were also widely exhibited in the
mid seventies and pre dated Mapplethorpe's images of
body builders by several years. Dianora
Niccolini's male nude images have definitely influenced
many photographers. She is considered to be one of
the female pioneers of the male nude in photography.
Dianora continues to photograph the male nude,
and 15 of her photographs, as well as the cover, were
included in THE MALE NUDE book by David Leddick and
published by Taschen in 1998.
David Leddick's most recent book, MEN IN THE SUN,
published by Universe/Rizzoli in 1999, also includes
several of her photographs including the front and back covers.
In 1998 she had a one woman mini- retrospective at
the Throckmorton Fine Art gallery in New York city.
Dianora's creative venue is primarily photography,
but she paints as well. In 1977, she exhibited the
Mona Lisa Recycled series (mixed media) in which
she combined her painting skills with her
photography. These images were hand generated, not
computer generated.
They predated computer generated art by several years.
Dianora prides herself in exploring and stretching
artistic boundaries. She believes that art is
an open ended experience with infinite possibilities.
She attributes her love of art and creative
daring to her Florentine upbringing. Her 20
years of experience as a medical photographer
contributed as well to her love of the perfect
form. Ms. Niccolini has had 2 photographic books
published WOMEN OF VISION, Unicorn Publishers-1982,
and MEN IN FOCUS - Morgan & Morgan, in 1983).
Two more books are pending. Dianora
Niccolini was the first president of THE
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS, which she served from
1979 to 1984. Under her leadership, PWP became
recognized as a leading professional organization for
women photographers. She has taught photography at
the Germain school of photography, The New York
Institute of photography, The New York Institute of
Technology and at The Learning Annex as well.
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