Henrik Purienne, born and bred in Worcester, South Africa brings a golden retro glow to female figurative photography. Sexy, but never sleazy. Titillating but never too rude.
You can tell that Purienne got his hands on a bunch of Scope magazines from the 80s as a young kid and somehow never got over them. His retro, gold-tinted images are somehow timeless, referencing a time when sexiness wasn’t about showing as much as possible – it was about showing the least amount needed to make you want to see more.
For more of Purienne’s pictures, check out his website here.
(All images owned by Purienne, or their respective copyright holders)
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