Year: 1885 ca
Material: Vintage albumen print
Signature: No 
Edition: n 64 noted on the verso
Frame: NO
Image size: 23x 17 cm
Condition: Very good

Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden (Wismar, 1856 – Taormina, 1931) was a German photographer known for his erotic images of adolescent boys. Often featuring subjects wearing togas and headdresses in staged poses, his works were inspired by Classical Greek and Roman art, as well as mythology. His work was considered controversial during his life and many of his glass plate negatives and prints were destroyed in acts of censorship by the Facist police. In addition to the classical-inspired tableaux vivant, Von Gloeden also shot portraits of the Taorminesi and Sicilian landscapes. The postcards with his images contributed largely to the development of tourism both in Taormina (visited in those years by D.H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, and other great intellectuals) as well as the whole of Sicily.
“The Confession” was most likely shot in the church of San Domenico monastery in Taormina