among his most notable subjects is the naked female form, alongside architecture and landscape. The End: Montauk, N.Y is arguably his most recognised narrative series of photographs;
« I think the art endures because it represents an idealized sense of place, and reinforces the idea that memory—individual or communal—can make [a] place timeless. »
Michael Dweck
the series depicts the surfing subculture and old fishing community of Montauk and features several nude portraits – Dweck had been visiting Montauk since his teenaged years, and predicting the change that ever-increasing modernity brings, he wanted to capture it as it was and stated: ‘I wanted that collection of images to freeze Montauk.’ Asides from this body of work, Dweck also
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among his most notable subjects is the naked female form, alongside architecture and landscape. The End: Montauk, N.Y is arguably his most recognised narrative series of photographs;
« I think the art endures because it represents an idealized sense of place, and reinforces the idea that memory—individual or communal—can make [a] place timeless. »
Michael Dweck
the series depicts the surfing subculture and old fishing community of Montauk and features several nude portraits – Dweck had been visiting Montauk since his teenaged years, and predicting the change that ever-increasing modernity brings, he wanted to capture it as it was and stated: ‘I wanted that collection of images to freeze Montauk.’ Asides from this body of work, Dweck also received recognition for Habana Libre, a series that depicts the privileged life of the bustling art-world of Cuba. (
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