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Celebrating the legacy of American photographer George Platt Lynes, the male nudes, portraits, and ballet scenes featured in this exhibition highlight his memorable vision. Platt Lynes illuminated the faces of a community of queer intellectuals and artists in Paris and New York who defined culture in the first half of the 20th century.

A self-taught photographer, Platt Lynes developed experimental techniques nurtured by his Surrealist friends and associates. Using his affiliation with the Parisian avant-garde in the 1930s as a point of departure, he produced inventive stylistic portraits of …