Fotopia wrote:
What passes for "ART" on free, public glamour modeling sites would get some practitioners  rapidly booted from any legitimate art school.

A leading photography educator once said "those that choose not to put in the time and labor to study art will have a hard time making any".

Giving the option of hanging either a Cindy Sherman image on my wall, or some of the photos I've found on this site and listed as "fine art"; I'll take the work I find here any day.  I know what I like to look at, so I don't care what some "legitimate" art school thinks I should find artistic. 

Since you bring the point up though; I'm genuinely curious to know if you believe your work qualifies as art, based on the standard of these leading educators.  If you think it does, then what qualities make your images different from some of the images people have listed in this thread? 

And, just to stay on topic, whose work on this site do you consider to truly be "art"?

Brian Diaz wrote:
There's entirely too much talking and too few pictures in this thread.

I've always been in awe of this photo:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/2622549

Oh my... thank you so much. I'm honored!

That was such a fun shoot and the first frame!

Brian Diaz wrote:
There's entirely too much talking and too few pictures in this thread.

I've always been in awe of this photo:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/2622549

WOW!

Figures Jen B wrote:

Are you on Model Society? It is primarily Figure/Art Nude photography.

Jen

+1

I think it is a matter of venue.  You can find some really beautiful work on here, but it takes a look of looking and sadly it seems to be lacking in most of the contests. (I've seen too much beautiful work neglected for shots that honestly rely purely on the attractiveness of a model and how much of her we can show in the most graphic context the site will allow)

There is merit to alot of work here, but the curatorship/areas for it to be located is rather tedious.

Two cents.

Model Sarah wrote:

Oh my... thank you so much. I'm honored!

That was such a fun shoot and the first frame!

That has always been one of my favorites as well, Sarah. It's one of your (and Brian's) best. And you do have so many good ones.

Brian Diaz wrote:
There's entirely too much talking and too few pictures in this thread.

I've always been in awe of this photo:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/2622549

It's a great image!