“If I have chosen the female form in particular, it is because beauty has been debased and exploited in our sensual 20th century. We are bombarded with pathetic images of the female body. I want to restore the reverence for the body that it deserves.”

About Ruth Bernhard

Photographer • American

Ruth Bernhard was a German-born American photographer celebrated for her masterful studio still lifes and nude studies. She is best known for her precise control of lighting, which she used to create sculptural and...