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Karl Baxter wrote: Really awesome shot too... just great... Jul 01 09 10:43 am Link io wrote: A model pointed me in the direction of your portfolio the other day & said exactly that... you're her heroine & she wanted shots as tasteful as yours! Jul 01 09 10:45 am Link Caperucita Roja wrote: Nope... your's rock. Jul 01 09 10:48 am Link bencook2 wrote: Not, it really can't be void of sexuality, despite some of the pious claims you'll hear. Jul 01 09 10:50 am Link I see this as kind of bizarre rather than sexy, but I may just be barking mad  https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= (18+) Ciao Stefano www.stefanobrunesci.com Jul 01 09 10:55 am Link Jul 01 09 10:58 am Link My work is non-sexual. Jul 01 09 11:00 am Link Vorland Photography wrote: If you don't think that nudity can be devoid of sexuality you have issues. Jul 01 09 11:02 am Link I don't think the amount of skin will determine the sexuality of an image. My image below is implied, but if she was wearing a potatoe sack, she would still look sexy.  Jul 01 09 11:03 am Link Thank you Chris! It's funny how when you write "nude" and "sexual" everyone thinks of women. Sexuality is complicated. There is a lot of culture, personal experience and genetics involved in that dividing line between what we find arousing and what we simply find aesthetically pleasing in a nude. That being said, I think the BASICS of what is and isn't erotic is universal. In general, I believe it can be said that if the pose doesn't invite the person to sexually engage in the picture it's not erotic. Keep in mind, it can be a subtle invitation. All glamour is erotic to some degree. Even a glamour portrait of a starlet smiling on the cover of a magazine is supposed to be sexual. There is a lot of bad glamour floating around so I think we've forgotten this... It's all in the smile and the eyes - they should invite you to be a little aroused. Even if it's just to desire sitting in the model's company and basking in their beauty. Non erotic nudes are devoid of that invitation. They exist for a different purpose which is defined by the photographer. It can be anything from a masterful exploration of shape and form to a highly staged art concept like emphasizing the exploitation of the proletariat. I guess what I am saying is that I feel what dictates the eroticism of a nude photo is the approach the photographer takes to the subject. If you simply say "it's in the eye of the beholder" then what you are really saying is that there was zero thought put in to that photograph. There was a nude model and the photographer clicked a button and took a picture. That's not art, that's not porn, that's not commercial photography of any kind - it's just useless and not even worth talking about. It's like writing a book with a lot of random words. It might possibly make sense but there is no real communication occurring. That isn't to say that the viewer cannot interpret or experience photos differently - just that photographer's approach weighs so heavily on the outcome of the photo that there is rarely much ambiguity for the viewer. And when there IS ambiguity, I usually find that was intentionally created by the photographer. Though when that happens, it is still erotic I think. I mean, if you are on the fence, you are clearly feeling some eroticism from the photo. If you can't tell, I've given this question much thought over the past 5 years and modeled my artwork on specifically how to de-focus on eroticism and create non-erotic nude photos that explore people's souls more than their bodies. As a result I have very strong feelings about this topic. Okay, I'll shut up now. Jul 01 09 11:04 am Link I'd say 99% of the work on MM is non sexual except maybe to the GWC shooting it. Jul 01 09 11:05 am Link  Jul 01 09 11:06 am Link Most recent.  Jul 01 09 11:06 am Link Here's a couple of mine, for the most part I don't think my work is sexual in nature. https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=11154684 +18 https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=11154725 +18 https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=11154717 +18 Jul 01 09 11:17 am Link  Jul 01 09 11:21 am Link Generally my work involves some measure of if not sexuality than sensuality, or an intimacy with the model and her personality which can be taken as sensuality...at least that's basically my aim..but here's a few I doubt one would find "sexy" https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= Jul 01 09 11:23 am Link  Jul 01 09 11:24 am Link Jul 01 09 11:26 am Link Hey people: if anybody wants to join the List of Fine Art Nude Models and Photographers (two separate lists), come take a look at my profile links. I know this is kind of unrelated, but the purpose of this site is to network and fine art nudes are usually of the non-sexual kind. so, come and take a look. thank you. moderators: if this doesn't belong here, just let me know to remove it. Thanks a bunch. Jul 01 09 11:27 am Link I guess in theory any nude that doesn't involve a member of the opposite sex & isn't sexually orientated is non-sexual isn't it? ...or as we like to call it (fakely) in the trade 'Fine Art'. Jul 01 09 11:29 am Link The vast majority of my nudes are not focused on sexuality. Though I'll probably have a lot more nudes in the vein pretty soon. Jul 01 09 11:29 am Link Don't know if it is the best, but one of the newest...  18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid … up_id=&ua= Jul 01 09 11:31 am Link Personally, my favorite nudes generally have an undercurrent of sexuality. Not glamour-ish, not porn-ish, and generally not what people term "erotic" work. But they generally SHOULD have a certain je-ne-sais-quoi sexiness. Actually, much of the same I'd say for my fashion work, even though there's rarely nudity in it. Jul 01 09 11:31 am Link Jul 01 09 11:32 am Link I've tried to make my whole port non sexual nudes. Jul 01 09 11:32 am Link as far as i know mine are ALL non sexual I am not in the sex business there are some that came out looking sexual and werent at the tmie but that's fine Jul 01 09 11:33 am Link some of my less sexual WORK. https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid … up_id=&ua= 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid … up_id=&ua= 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid … up_id=&ua= 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid … up_id=&ua= 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid … up_id=&ua= 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid … up_id=&ua= 18+ Just a few many more sexual and nonsexual in my port Jul 01 09 11:38 am Link Here are a couple https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=12882226 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=11587480 18+ Jul 01 09 11:38 am Link MYS Britt wrote: I think this is getting confusing, looking sexy and a shot being sexual are two different things. I didn't like the pics of you here because I think you look sexy in em Jul 01 09 11:39 am Link Daniel Norton wrote: And that is precisely the problem, isn't it? Jul 01 09 12:05 pm Link Non-sexual, "implied", female:  Non-sexual, "implied", male:  Non-sexual, full frontal, female: https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=8261303 (18+) and most of the rest of my portfolio. Jul 01 09 12:16 pm Link Jul 01 09 12:23 pm Link The fact that so many here think of "non sexual" work as being a badge of honor makes me think that what constitutes "sexuality" to most people is probably extremely vulgar (and I don't mean that in the "dirty" or "explicit" sense, but rather the "common/classless" and "boring" sense), and/or the power and indeed the potential good of sexuality is highly underrated and misunderstood. Jul 01 09 12:29 pm Link La Seine by the Hudson wrote: Well said, sir. Jul 01 09 12:35 pm Link La Seine by the Hudson wrote: Good observation. I think you are right in all points. The subtlety of sexuality is lost on many people, maybe due to the prevalence and ease of access to hardcore pornography now days. As you pointed out, for many people it's a binary alternative; porn or not porn with no shades of eroticism in between. Jul 01 09 12:37 pm Link Jul 01 09 12:39 pm Link Jul 01 09 12:57 pm Link A few in my portfolio that I think are not at all sexual. 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= Jul 01 09 12:57 pm Link La Seine by the Hudson wrote: Agreed. That's American Puritanical morality for you. Jul 01 09 01:00 pm Link  Jul 01 09 01:01 pm Link |
