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Jim, this is brilliant.  It was John Peri who alerted me (a couple of years ago) as to how brilliant this series was.  (I am talking more generally about your wide angle treatments up close.)  I was not thrilled with them at first, but "They grow on you."

It is a shame that these will be seen by some as interesting simply because the models don't have any clothes on.  Well, yes, that is certainly a big factor, but it is hardly the whole story.  The whole issue reminds me of one of my infamous threads about nude photography on the Philosophy of Photography forum, to wit, the claim that those of us who liked nudes were simply playing out some kind of sexual fantasy.  I wonder how one can try to maintain that position with a straight face.  If I wanted porn, hell, I would just type "porn" in the search engine.  Better yet, I would heed Paul Simon: "Nothin' gonna match my sweet little imagination. . . ."  and retreat to my bedroom as in the Seinfeld episode in which Kramer sees a nude woman in the apartment across the way.  But that really ain't where it's at, is it?  Oh, there is imagination here alright, but sexual fantasy it is not.  I'm not sure what it is--more likely sublimation than fantasy, but I am not sure about that, either.

The machine won't let me give it a seven, and so I will wait about rating it.

--Lannie

your nude shot are always original!

A most fabulous portrait... Love the eye contact!

-r-

Lovely!!

Pure, clean and interesting!

Best regards, Jim!

PDE