Nelly's was not the first to photograph nudes. At that time there were many photographers (outside Greece) who used nudes in their work. No one, however, had dared to pose his nudes in a taboo setting, in a setting symbolic of an entire civilization. But Nelly's nudes, quite apart from their perfection as photographs, are remarkable for an inner quality which, in contrast to the massive sculptures, the "plasticity" of the light and the serenity of the ruins, enhances all the spirituality of the ancient classical ideal as it is expressed in the naked human body.
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From the Acropolis nudes...
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