More about the photographer, Walter Jenkel, below.
In Barcelona photographer Walter Jenkel’s work, the carelessness of the boys, the un-art-directed quality of the locations, all have a spontaneous magic. That Jenkel’s young models have a feral look further emphasizes a back to nature, utopian mood.
Like the photograph of Nastassja Kinski with a boa constrictor coiled around her naked body by the late American photographer Richard Avedon from 1981, these photos have a sensual shock to them.
Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
