Born: September 16th, 1856.
He was a German photographer that worked mostly in Italy. He was most known for his pastoral nude works and studies of the Sicilian boys. He work is said to be commendable because of his controlled use of lighting and the elegant poses of his subjects. He also used special body makeup on his subjects to hide blemishes to try for a perfection in his works. Also Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden used an innovative technique of photographic filters to also help disguise the skin along with the body makeup. After his death his work soon disappeared, but recently has come back up and revived as the most important gay visual artists of the pre-World War I era to some. Most of his images were made before World War I.
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