Lessons in Posing Subjects

Robert Heinecken – Lessons in Posing Subjects – The series Lessons in Posing Subjects consists of over 250 Polaroid photographs taken between 1977 and 1982 by Robert Heinecken. Using images found in mail order catalogues, Heinecken deconstructed common model positioning in a satirical study which played on consumerism. Each pose was then juxtaposed with wonderfully ironic text. Image […]

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Robert Heinecken – Lessons in Posing Subjects

The series Lessons in Posing Subjects consists of over 250 Polaroid photographs taken between 1977 and 1982 by Robert Heinecken. Using images found in mail order catalogues, Heinecken deconstructed common model positioning in a satirical study which played on consumerism. Each pose was then juxtaposed with wonderfully ironic text.

Image above: ‘/Lingerie (Tank and Hipster)’

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‘Standard Pose #9 (Both Hands/Hips’)

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‘Standard Pose #2 (Hand/Head)’

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‘Identical Garments’

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‘(Fist  Errors)’