Official Trailer for ‘Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes’
by Alex Billington
March 29, 2024
Source: YouTube
“He created magic with this camera.” Greenwich Ent. has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes, made by an art director turned filmmaker named Sam Shahid. This photography docu is an intimate look at pioneering artist George Platt Lynes, who took radically explicit photographs of the male nude. It reveals Lynes’ gifted eye for the male form, his long-term friendships with Gertrude Stein & Alfred Kinsey, and also his lasting influence as one of the first openly gay American artists. From visionary art director Sam Shahid, Hidden Master features a stunning collection of photography from the 1930s-50s, uncovering the life of Lynes less known: his gifted eye for the male form, his friendships, and his enduring effect as one of the first openly gay American artists. Similar to the other doc about the other great photographer Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures. Check out the trailer.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Sam Shahid’s doc Hidden Master, from Greenwich’s YouTube:
George Platt Lynes began his career photographing celebrities, and it’s those portraits along with his extravagant fashion work that he’s best remembered for today. However, George’s heart, his passion, and his greatest talent lay elsewhere, in his work with the male nude. This work, sensuous & radically explicit for its time, has only recently begun being fully discovered and appreciated for the real revolution that it represents — a man capturing his fantasies as a gift, a window to a future his camera saw coming before anyone else. Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes is directed by art director / filmmaker Sam Shahid, making his feature directorial debut with this project, after work as an art director on a few other docs (Broken Noses, Let’s Get Lost). Produced by Nando de Carvalho, Matthew Kraus, John MacConnell, and Sam Shahid. This initially premiered at the 2023 Sarasota Film Festival last year. Greenwich Ent. will debut Hidden Master in select US theaters + on VOD starting May 31st, 2024. Visit the film’s official site.
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