French photographer Lucien Clergue (b. 1934), has a vast repository of work which has spanned over 40 years. Some of his favorite motifs were Gods and Goddesses, gypsies, portraits of his good friends Picasso and Cocteau, and of course, the female nude. 

This image, Sea Nude, Carmargue, 1958, is thought to be a depiction of the birth of Aphrodite, all full of sea foam and come.

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October 20, 2009, 11:00am