the female forms of Jo Schwab

"Even if the majority of my pictures shows nudity, I seriously consider them as portraits. The naked body is nothing by itself without the story that only the face can tell." Johannes (Jo) Schwab is a Berlin photographer, born in 1969, that presents the female form with a stuning clarity, that indeed transcends nudity, succeeding to portray the subject per se, invoking a sense of familiarity, instead of being offensive or merely provocative. Go here to read a 60sec interview with the photographer.