Michael Berkowitz (1952) - The Black Veil, I (2002)

1952, Brooklyn, New York, USA NYC based painter/sculptor/performance artist/and now photographer. Has travelled in some 90 countries in search of adventure and inspiration for his work.

Been taking photos almost all his life. Took his first lessons with Alfred Eisenstadt, a family friend, when he was 15 -- however until fairly recently, it was painting, sculpting and performance pieces that spoke to him as an artist.

His work had always revolved around religious themes, and he has had a fair amount of renown in that field. (The work he did immediately prior to photography is in the permanent collection of The Jewish Museum, The Yeshiva University Museum and The Hebrew Union College, in addition to many other museums.) About 4 years ago, he picked up a book by Taschen, entitled, "Early Erotic Photography," nude photographs from the 1800's. He was so taken by the images that he purchased a large format camera, built a set in his studio, hired a model and took some photos. He was so pleased with the results, and the reaction of others to the images was so swift and strongly positive, He became hooked on photography. It felt as if he was doing exactly what he was meant to do. He have never looked back. In 2005, his first book of photographs, Erotic Flashback was published internationally by Goliath Books.

Seeing how powerful the models desire to expose and exhibit themselves made the process more complex and compelling. Time and again, the women expressed gratitude for the opportunity and explained how liberating and empowering it felt to pose nude.

Throughout his entire career as an artist, He has always asserted that it is always through our bodies that we experience the world; and that experience profoundly shapes how we perceive and process our experience. Eroticism is one our most powerful and profound visceral experiences and certainly deserves a serious investigation in fine art. It is this aspect of erotic art which he is pursuing.

His models come from all walks of life, range in age from 18 to 50, and are all shapes and sizes. They are students, housewives, business women, archeologists, psychologists, teachers, composers, artists, even two physicists. They all share a desire to explore their sexual identity, look at that image face to face, and in turn show it to the world.


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