Twinka Thiebaud

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1945 –

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Who is Twinka Thiebaud?

Twinka Thiebaud, is an American model who posed for many of the most important photographers of the 20th century. In the work of Judy Dater, one particular photo, Imogen and Twinka, has become one of the most recognizable images caught by an American photographer. The photo was the first adult full frontal nude photograph published in Life magazine. The issue came out in 1976 as a Bicentennial Special Issue and was devoted to and called: Remarkable American Women 1776-1976.

"Because of her work in the 1970s...and in particular because of that one photograph of Imogen and Twinka...Dater has secured herself a place in photographic history."

Another photo of Twinka by Judy Dater is featured in The Woman's Eye, a book devoted to women photographers, and also served as the cover image. The Harvard Crimson's Anemone Hartocollis reviewed it and said: "These aren't demurring women about to extend or accept an invitation, they confront you with their sexuality. Some are beautiful, yet that's not what attracts attention. These women are provocative because their individuality and intellectuality aren't stifled by unctuous idealization. The photographs are precisely detailed, untouched, and of theatrical intensity. One, called "Twinka," is confusing. A frail, attractive girl wearing a diaphanous dress crouches at the base of a gnarled redwood, one arm spanning her breast to clutch a low branch. But her uncanny expression could never be elicited or tolerated by a male photographer: her eyes bore straight out, wide and threatening."

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Born
Dec 9, 1945
Los Angeles

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on July 23, 2013

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