A soft palette, traces of rococo style ornament and a glimmering light makes this boudoir portrait of Lidiya an absolute stunner, all unabashed nakedness, she lies, ready for her lover. About the Artist Known for his exquisite vision of the erotic feminine form, self-taught Russian photographer Arkadiy Kozlovskiy (b. 1964, Germany − d. 2014, Russia) came to his art late in life. Nevertheless, within a short span of merely three years he would become highly regarded, and sought after for his enchanting portraits of desire, embodied in pictures of sumptuously striking nudes.

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