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Why do you photograph the nude or pose nude
Anyone know Melvin Moten and/or D. Brian Nelson's MM#........? I'd like to see their work. Feb 11 06 04:27 pm Link Frank Tammen wrote: speaking of reality just short of xxx (and including some) ever hear of Nan Goldin? haha Feb 11 06 04:28 pm Link For me, it is the best way of expressing myself through images. I just have a love for art and I like doing it nude. Feb 11 06 04:29 pm Link lindsaylee wrote: I'm with you! My thoughts exactly....can't get enough of porn either!! Feb 11 06 04:30 pm Link Shyly wrote: it seems there is a difference between Erotic ART and porn. Ask any pornographer....they are in it always for the money. At least in Erotic art it is about half the time about the art. someone wanting to be race-y..smoke someone under the collar, but do it in artistic senses. really LOOk at porn. most of the time the artistic senses behind it are not there.. the lighting is shoddy, the posing bad, the composition terrible. for them its all about catching the act in time.. Erotic art seems to be more planned out, better done. I think Melvin and Brian do great work! i think it leans more towards erotic art than porn. Great example of beauitful erotic art - China Hamilton Feb 11 06 04:32 pm Link lindsaylee wrote: Gotta love honsesty here !!! You go girl.... Feb 11 06 04:32 pm Link I think the Timothy Leary answer would be "Why not?" Feb 11 06 04:32 pm Link Marko Cecic-Karuzic wrote: Dennis Leary would say; "Why 'fucking' not?" Feb 11 06 04:34 pm Link I like to photograph beauty. Now who out there, male of female, can think of anything more beautiful than the naked female form? Simple as all that, God made it in all sizes, shapes and colors and they are all beautiful. "God bless us one and all" said Tiny Tim Feb 11 06 04:35 pm Link Glamour Boulevard wrote: Um, you might get some disagreement from them, actually, on that one. Honestly, the only difference I see between "erotic" and "porn" is what the artist/audience decides to call it. Or, alternatively, stuff made by an artist who wanted to make something appealing to a more prurient interest, and stuff made by somebody who wasn't an artist. The porn INDUSTRY is one thing, but the only real problem I have with porn as a product is that (as a rule) it's so effing lame. Feb 11 06 04:38 pm Link JIM OLEACHEA wrote: Melvin: 2081 Feb 11 06 04:40 pm Link Model Sarah wrote: I rather needed a laugh before beddy-bye. Feb 11 06 04:41 pm Link Everybody's said everything, I think. I don't shoot a lot of nudes, but I'll always have a soft spot for it. Some people are into mountains and landscapes, or architecture (I'll confess to a weakness for some of the hypnotizing geometry of the city), but to paraphrase GWC, nekkid chicks and their b(o)(o)bies are God's greatest masterpiece. And I don't like clothes. Especially how they look stupid in 10 (I mean 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) years. That's not exactly true, but naked never goes out of style. I've always thought it's a little weird that you can say OMG I love your hair (or eyes, etc)... when maybe her best feature is the way her lower back slopes gently to her buttocks, half-silhouetted by morning window light. What if she has lousy hair (or eyes, etc...)? A lot of society's rules don't make any sense to me; I just memorize them. Everybody (mentally) is a whole person - humor, sadness, creativity... and everybody (physically) has a whole body, not just face and hands... and express themselves with every joint and muscle. Lastly, America especially is really uptight about naughtiness. The more you can "mainstream" non-sexual (or highly erotic, but not dehumanizing) nudity, the better for our cultural health. There's clear and present danger in allowing pornographers "exclusive rights" to the nude human form. And I like hanging out with naked chicks. In theory, anyway; in real life, I'm too focused on the mechanics of lighting and composing to appreciate it except in hindsight. Lastly, and I mean it this time, there's a reason that B&W nudes have that "art" reputation... there's plenty to say with no clothes and a few (million) shades of gray. Feb 11 06 04:43 pm Link for that spiffy little debate a few posts up, the dictionary defines pornography as work done solely with the intention of sexual arousal. you know? no higher purpose there. i think melvin and donley's images have a broader emotional range than that. Feb 11 06 04:44 pm Link I started shooting women naked as a natural extension of drawing and painting in school~ at that point it was more of an academic exercise in composition and whatnot, really modernistic at it's roots. As things progressed I started confronting the issues of political correctness and feminist criticism of men creating idealistic, objectified images of women and the interplay of power between photographer and subject... the work took on a more rough, honest, realistic feeling. Now I rarely shoot anyone naked without it having a purpose beyond it's own sake... sometimes it's part of a story or mood I'm creating, sometimes it's the most real portrait you can make of someone, but it's ultimately and invariably more connected to the person, than the fact that they're naked. I enjoy the trust, honesty and occasional bluntness of it that seems to exist outside our day to day experience...and when I'm lucky it can make a powerful statement. Feb 11 06 05:01 pm Link Just for info, Melvin does call his photography "porn" and I call mine "art." If you look at them side-by-side, there isn't much that objectively distinguishes them from each other. My own definition of "porn" requires that it be intended to make money for the photographer. My work is not intended to make money. Melvin defines "porn" differently. Much of Western Art was originally intended to sexually excite. And most of it was made for money. Therefore most of the so-called classical nudes in Western culture are, by both of our definitions, "porn." Venus on the Half Shell is prurient as hell (especialy when done by Uma Thurman). -Don Feb 11 06 05:24 pm Link The human body is an enjoyable subject. Feb 11 06 05:48 pm Link I photograph people doing something or not doing anything, being someway or not being anyway, and wearing something or not wearing anything. These questions are childish at best. Nude is nothing but another image of a human in one of there forms, to most adults with an open mind - it is a non issue - to some others it is something unusual or different or something to attain To me it is just another part of a lot of shoots. Those who pose nude are: not afraid of the reasons those who do not pose nude claim they are afraid of. Those who photograph only nudes have a very limited focus and of course very distinct and obvious motives. Feb 11 06 06:07 pm Link ProShotPhoto wrote: Speak for yourself, PERV....not US ! Feb 11 06 06:16 pm Link Ah what a wonderful feeding frenzy..I knew you all wouldn't let me down. Lot's of wonderful reasons for why we all do what we do. Feb 11 06 06:57 pm Link ...still wish we'd heard from more models though. Feb 11 06 06:59 pm Link I pose naked because it is fun....and I look better naked. Feb 11 06 06:59 pm Link I rarely photograph nudes - although I do from time to time - and I'm not a model (by any definition!). But I've posed nude twice; once for an artist friend who needed a male nude image, and once for a photographer friend who wanted to photograph me nude when I turned 50. I each case it was initially frightening but ultimately surprisingly liberating. It's probably natural to fear something so completely revealing, but - once you've done it - you find that there's nothing more to fear. Feb 11 06 07:06 pm Link Lapis wrote: Yes I've seen your work Lapis and I like your style; a true artist's model. Reminds me of a lot of the work I did in my starving artist days in college. Pure art for art sake(and a grade) days. Feb 11 06 07:09 pm Link I just realized that I should probably explain why I rarely photograph nudes. To a large extent it's because it's VERY DIFFICULT to do it well! Feb 11 06 07:12 pm Link I like to shoot nudes because it pisses off the Bible thumpers, but not enough to make them surround my house waving torches and farm implements. -Dave P.S. Oh, yeah. I also like naked women. Feb 11 06 07:14 pm Link Lapis wrote: U R totally SLAMMIN' naked!!!! When U are clothed you are like a 6 or maybe a 6 and 1/2 but when you're naked your like an 8 or so!!! HYPERVENTILATIN'!!! When are U going to come down and pose for me on the hood of my pickup ("pickup" get it?) truck??! Feb 11 06 07:17 pm Link pw-gii photographics wrote: I agree Feb 11 06 07:17 pm Link MadamePsychosis wrote: yeah i know this happens(and even more so since the internet) Actually I feel if a woman can get guy to pay her $125/hour just to hang out with her naked then more power to her. He's got more money then he can be responsible for. Just don't expect the pictures to be anything to write home about though. Feb 11 06 07:24 pm Link JIM OLEACHEA wrote: Do a name search on MM go to browse then name on top right. Feb 11 06 07:34 pm Link I have only begun to shoot nudes recently. I just like them. Yes, there is a certain primal fascination with the naked female form but there is much more to it than that. If done well (and that is part of the challenge and, hence, the fun of it all), they can be really stunning. My current interest is heavily shadowed nudes that use highlights to accentuate the curves and angles of the female form. Not exactly a new endeavor in the world of photography but one that I am interested in at the moment. I think my major challenge, and my strongest desire, is to get the look that I am going for to happen in the camera, not in photoshop. PS is a great program but excessive use of it is not something that I like, Feb 12 06 12:04 am Link I am sticking with Dennis Leary. "Why 'fucking' not?" Feb 12 06 12:10 am Link "Even the President of the United States sometimes has to stand naked" Bob Dylan Ok, ugly thought, but poignant, considering the current times. Feb 12 06 12:13 am Link Model Sarah wrote: True, dat. Feb 12 06 12:17 am Link Lapis wrote: Hello Lapis, tell Mary in Atlanta hello.. you are a true artist.. Feb 12 06 12:28 am Link Shyly wrote: your work is off the hook! Feb 12 06 12:38 am Link Lapis wrote: better? hmmm... don't know. but you do look great that way. i like looking at lapis naked. Feb 12 06 12:44 am Link Bruce Caines wrote: Feb 12 06 01:00 am Link Nathan Strausse Studios wrote: Hell yeah, its all right, maw, i'm only bleeding. great song. i nominate ahhh donley to do a portrait of Bushie nude, standing outside in the snow. with cheney holding his Incredible Shrinking Woman. Feb 12 06 01:03 am Link Model Sarah wrote: Feb 12 06 01:05 am Link |
