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Most nude photography involves a female model, and is the work of a male

photographer. Obviously, pictures of the naked female form is, on the whole,

more appealing to men than it is to women.

What I would like everyone's opinion is this: Do you think that nude

photography is basically there for the titilation of the viewer?

I have taken several nude photos - always of girls, and I am the first to admit

that while I regard my work as art, I do enjoy working with a pretty girl who is

in a state of undress, and I don't accept the notion that a man can look at a

photograph of this nature without thinking sexual thoughts - unless he's gay, of

course.

I completely understand the difference between a pornographic image and a fine

art image, but I reckon that they are basically both there to instill the same

feelings, but in different ways.

 

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I completely disagree. I happen to think that the feminine shape is beautiful, worthy of good well placed lighting to emphasize the shape, texture, and lines. Fine art nudes are about fine art.

 

Pornography and erotica are about sex. I think the problem/confusion here lies in the puritan heritage of the US. For instance, here in the US it might be a "topless beach" where in the rest of the world it's simply a beach.

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I have been working from a live nude model since 1960. I admit that in the beginning there was a sexual attraction, but after a few years that fades down to a very minimal level. It is much better to think about the form and composition of the picture than about the sexiness of the model. I have worked with male models as well but no longer do so because many of them are gay and sexually agressive. It is good to work with work with a male & female couple, but that is expensive.
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"Zoe, you can't have sex with a flower..."

 

Human nature being what it is , I'm sure it's been tried. Robert Mapplethorpe made some incredibly erotically charged photographs of flowers.

 

Photographing nudes is of course partially an erotic act and an act of power ("I got someone to display their naked flash to me") . Displaying your photographs of nudes is both an erotic act and an assertion of power ("Hey you! Look here! I got someone to display their naked flash to me! I bet you wish you had done it"). Whether a photograph of a nude person should be considered art is a different subject and has to be considered on a photograph by photograph basis.

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"Photographing nudes is of course partially an erotic act and an act of power" what utter tosh, particularly the reference to power. Most models I work with have never posed nude before and their invariable reaction at the end of their first session is how empowering and self fulfilling it is for them. This sort of pc claptrap really does make me despair of the way things are now!
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> "Jeff, do you think of the male form in the same way when it comes to photography? If you don't, then I think I may have a valid point here..."

 

Yes I do. The fine lines and delicate shape of the female contrast beautifully with the sculpted muscular shape of the male. Both are to be admired. (Kind of wish my shape was muscular and sculpted, however I'll have to settle for soft and paunchy).

 

In either regard, I'm not real comfortable with erotica nor pornography. I will hang fine art on my wall with no hesitation whatsoever. (Two of the best photographs in my house are from my good friend Peter Crowley, who shoots mainly fine art).

 

The art would have to interest me, and meet my own personal standards of being tasteful. Blow-ups of genitalia don't meet those standards regardless of sex.

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