PHOTOGRAPHS
Welpott, Jack
U.S. (1923 - 2007)
Sabine, Arles, France
1973
Gelatin silver print
12 7/8 x 9 15/16 in. (32.7 x 25.2 cm) image size; 14 x 10 1/8 in. (35.6 x 25.7 cm) sheet size
Monsen Study Collection of Photography, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen
FA 82.5

In 1973, Jack Welpott was invited to teach a workshop at the Arles Festival in Arles, France. Sabine (dates unknown) was one of the French models assisting with the workshop, and became one of his favorite models. Welpott recalls that summer: “There was Sabine, in all her wondrous glory, forever in front of my camera nude or semi-so. I delighted in taking her picture above all the models….I often wondered why I was so drawn to Sabine and much later, while rummaging through some old photographs I came across a photograph of my Mother at eighteen. There was a striking similarity.” -- Label copy for Somebody, April 1 to August 3, 2008.