As a young man Penn harbored dreams of becoming a painter. He made a series of sketches for paintings, but he found his results to be disappointing and destroyed them. Despite this repudiation, in his work as a photographer, drawing continued to play an important role as he worked out an image and its composition.

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Mixed-media Paintings & Drawings
David Hamilton 15 April — 25 November was a British photographer and film director best known for his photography of young women and girls, mostly in the nude. It was not created that way. In October , French presenter Flavie Flament accused him of raping her in , when she was 13 years old. In November , French magazine L'Obs published anonymous accounts from three other former models claimed to have been raped by Hamilton. Hamilton issued a statement threatening legal action against his accusers and claimed that he did not do anything wrong. On 25 November , he was found dead in his Paris apartment by apparent suicide. Hamilton was born in and grew up in London. His schooling was interrupted by World War II. As an evacuee , he spent some time in the countryside of Dorset , which inspired some of his work. His artistic skills began to emerge during a job at an architect's office.
Still Life
His 2-year-old daughter, Stella, completely naked, jumps on an unmade motel bed, joy blooming across her face. You may have even posted a photo just like it of your own kid. Or maybe you shared a snapshot of your little one, frolicking outside, lifting her dress — in that unselfconscious way every toddler does. Neumann, a professional photographer, posted these and more on Instagram. Many of the ensuing comments were profanity-laced. The nude photos are gross and disturbing. He accompanies each photo with his original Instagram caption — usually with the hashtag dadlife — and a comment from a complete stranger.
The nude: not lewd or rude but art. Lin Lu, the art critic from Shanghai Normal University, has produced an "outrageous" photography series now showing at The Room with a View. His traditional Chinese painting style is combined with computer technology to create a series of startling images of the female nude.