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Why this facination with nudes on here!!!!
Trollolollol Nov 29 11 09:24 am Link Brother Dave had it right: "Man may not live by bread alone ... He must have peanut butter." And MM cannot live by nudes alone, but that's only because Google won't let us use nude avatars. Otherwise, why would a site that has NEVER been a fashion site need to feature clothes? It's mayhem. Madness. And this thread proves it. Nov 29 11 09:27 am Link  Nov 29 11 09:32 am Link SPRINGHEEL wrote: I agree Nov 29 11 09:38 am Link blacquejack wrote: Probaby because the "tremendous amount of nudes" is what most people with an internet connection would rather look at compared to fashion photographs. I'd rather look at the fashion/beauty/catalog stuff over glam/nudes but I don't represent the predominant demographic online. Nov 29 11 09:51 am Link I find some of the nudes (implied/glamour/artistic) quite pleasant, on the other hand I find pornographic nudes distasteful. There has been more showing up (since I've been a memeber, so not long.) over the last few months because some people like them. Personally I like nudes and love the different textures and curves of the human body. Although like yourself I prefer the implied side of nudes (and so do a lot of the people I network with) not everyone wants tasteful, covered up photo. Sometimes models are just as beautiful completely nude and stood strong. I believe that some people on MM agree with 'M.H.O' and that's why nudes of all types are begining to appear more often. Just my two cents  Nov 29 11 09:53 am Link blacquejack wrote: Interesting. I'm only satisfied with my nudes if I, the client / model, or ideally both, like it. In a different sense, I'm rarely satisfied, since I'm always thinking of what I could have done better. Nov 29 11 09:57 am Link ForeverFotos wrote: Don Garrett wrote: Sometimes hungry is good. You could probably get $10,000 for that on eBay Nov 29 11 09:57 am Link Marketa Fei wrote: Wait; they are supposed to be sexual? Nov 29 11 09:59 am Link I like my nudes, and i find out references. Nov 29 11 10:04 am Link Not me. Women look all funny when they are nekkid. They have bumps where they're not supposed to and they're missin' stuff. Nov 29 11 10:37 am Link MerrillMedia wrote: Ha ha, I must say after looking at your port I do enjoy your photos of those bumps and missing things, lol. Nov 29 11 10:41 am Link Wow. I wish I'd caught this while it was still in the feedback forum! Nov 29 11 10:44 am Link blacquejack wrote: I won't belabor what many others have said. However, the following is from page 1 of the "fine art" section of your website: Nov 29 11 11:16 am Link blacquejack wrote: Fine art 'expression of the artist’s vision' as is every nude on MM. Nov 29 11 11:26 am Link There's something I call a "Mayhem Shot." It's basically a Glamour shot, with a lot of flesh. If you're uncomfortable with that... you may be on the wrong site. ;-) Nov 29 11 11:33 am Link Has Brian come in yet with the stats on just how many nudes vs clothed shots are on the site? Nov 29 11 11:37 am Link Why all the nudes? 1, people like attractive people nude 2 Models on MM make more money doing nudes 3 Petit models are on a level playing field with their taller competition when there are no clothes (or not much) and no runway. Nov 29 11 11:46 am Link Fifi wrote: As I recall, it's somewhere between 8 and 10% that are "M". Not all would be nudes, although I'm sure it's the vast majority. Of course "nudes with everything hidden, which the OP seems to approve of, wouldn't need an "M" and so wouldn't be counted. Nov 29 11 11:56 am Link Join a monastery and shoot nuns Nov 29 11 12:03 pm Link Why waste any mental energy worrying about what other people do? If it doesn't affect you, STFU and GBTW. The world would be a much better place if people spent more time taking care of business and less time sticking their noses into other people's business. Nov 29 11 12:14 pm Link Clyph wrote: +100000000000 Nov 29 11 01:02 pm Link Some one tracked the number of nudes on here - its less than 10% I have tracked nude vs non-nude views in both my port and others. go look at new model #2439069 and see what people are looking at. Guess what gets the most views. Nov 29 11 01:39 pm Link I'm naked because shopping sucks and i'm a cheapskate Nov 29 11 01:48 pm Link This might've been a constructive discussion had it it not been for the holier-than-thou attitude. As it is, the discussion as OP has presented it is pointless and he's opened himself up to merciless mockery and criticism. Nov 29 11 01:51 pm Link Maria Michaela wrote: That's about how I perceived it too ? Nov 29 11 01:52 pm Link blacquejack wrote: There is a fine line between creative and derivative. Nov 29 11 02:05 pm Link blacquejack wrote: Sounds like the pot is calling the kettle blacque. Your reasoning doesn't even make sense. You sound like a total hypocrite. You acknowledge that you shoot "tons of nudes," yet you're bashing on everyone else who shoots nudes and saying they aren't creative because you can see the person naked. I mean, seriously, what kind of response to you really expect from such idiotic nonsense? I'm not even going to dignify such an ignorant post with a serious answer. Sounds to me like you're just trying to start shit to get a reaction out of everyone. Lame. Nov 29 11 02:07 pm Link blacquejack wrote: It's generally easier to facinate with nudes than without them. Nov 29 11 02:09 pm Link Amelia Simone wrote: ^^^ lol. Exactly. You win. Nov 29 11 02:13 pm Link blacquejack wrote: Hurry up and go make that money shooting nudes, you nudes... hater... wait... Nov 29 11 02:19 pm Link Your right, there aren't that many nudes on here. But if you count discussions of, it's a bit higher, like 20%. Casting calls, 25%. Unsolicited requests for nudes, 90% (or maybe I'm just in demand? O.o) Nov 29 11 02:20 pm Link IDiivil wrote: Amen, sister. Nov 29 11 02:22 pm Link I hope I'm misinterpreting your post, but it sounds to me like you don't approve of pictures of nude models, only of models getting naked for you so you can look at their private parts while posing them, but are uncomfortable in showing them in your pictures. Sort of like an eight year old taunting his smaller sibling "Nyah, nyah, nyah! I've got a cookie and you don't!" or like a politician pounding on the theme of moral values while avoiding them at every turn himself. As I say, I really do hope I'm misinterpreting, Just in case that's so and in answer to your question, the human body is at the same time the simplest and the most complex subject we can shoot. It has been the object of every artistic style from the sacred to the profane since the first cave drawings. The fascination is hardly unique to Model Mayhem. The world of fashion, even including advertising and catalog, on the other hand, occupies only a small part of the artistic output of this age, and an even smaller part of the artistic output of the ages. As to the quality of the work, well, many are called but few are chosen, and 'twas ever thus. All IMHO, as always. Edit: Just for the heck of it, I just looked over my 3 MM pages. --------------------------------------------- Total pictures including Avatars 62 Fully Nude including Topless. 18 Implieds 20 Total Nudes 38 Full Frontal 1 --------------------------------------------- And I consider myself to be primarily a nude photographer! I suspect that most of us would find similar statistics. Hardly the raging cesspool of depravity the OP envisions. Nov 29 11 02:25 pm Link perhaps the OP meant to examine the difference between sensual images, and sexual images. That line is drawn differently to all of us, but the tone was BS. I see quite a few good sensual images on MM. Nov 29 11 02:43 pm Link Lorin Edmonds wrote: Oh boy, am I in trouble! My percentage is much higher. And I even have a naked man!! Horrors! I will promptly turn myself in to my local police department. Nov 29 11 03:13 pm Link blacquejack wrote: I'll need to start looking harder. Nov 29 11 03:21 pm Link . . . name something . . . more pure in form. Nov 29 11 03:23 pm Link blacquejack wrote: blacquejack wrote: ok..i get it.. you're better then the rest of us...ok, makes sense now...you just had to let us know that... Nov 29 11 03:28 pm Link L2Photography net wrote: So, according to you, if a photographer has a lot of nudes in his port, that means he cannot have respect for the models he is working with? Can you explain why please? Nov 29 11 05:29 pm Link |
