"Muse Collecting Her Thoughts" © Ricardo Barros

A muse, as most people commonly think of one, is a person who inspires creativity in an artist. Muses are stereotypically women. Many artists of legendary stature, including Pablo Picasso, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, abandoned all other responsibilities in pursuit of their muse. (more…)

Thread by Ricardo Barros

I recently referred to a certain image as having “integrity” in a workshop discussion. (I can’t remember which photograph; it certainly could have been any number of them.) Evidently some students were unclear as to what I meant in using that word. At a subsequent session, one of them asked me: When does a flower photograph demonstrate integrity?

This was an unexpectedly difficult question to answer.

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By C. Ambiaso

AfterImage No. 2, by Ricardo Barros. (Silhouetted version of full-color photograph. A naked woman faces front in lineup with clothed men.)

Stories take many forms, including stories told through the human body. Photographer Ricardo Barros’s nudes address narratives of heroic proportions. He uses the body or, more precisely, creative manifestations of women’s bodies, to address larger truths. His recent work, along with that of sculptor Martha Posner, will be on view at the Dalet Gallery in Philadelphia for the month of May in a show entitled Fabricating Truths, Shaping Stories. (more…)