White Columns is pleased to present a rare showing of the late Jimmy DeSana’s (1950 – 1990) seminal photographic work 101 Nudes. Originally created in 1972 when the artist was in his early twenties 101 Nudes consists of 56 half-tone reproductions of DeSana’s (seemingly) casually shot black-and-white photographs. Partly influenced by DeSana’s early exposure to (1950s) pornography which he characterized as being shot with “a flash camera” and “grainy,” 101 Nudes depicts the artist, his friends and acquaintances posing (mostly) nude in domestic and suburban settings. Eschewing the confrontational posturing of pornography 101 Nudes instead articulates a far more informal and participatory set of aesthetic and social relationships. Originally self-published as a portfolio by the artist on “a little printing press … that I didn’t have total control over," 101 Nudes has been described as both “subversive” and “self-deprecating”: its startling immediacy is as apparent today as when originally created 35 years ago. (The portfolio was originally published in 1972 by the artist, and subsequently published by A.R.T. Press in 1991. White Columns is showing the complete set of prints from the A.R.T. Press edition.)