tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post2091758472445369034..comments2024-03-17T11:56:45.322-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: The State of Nude Photographyamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-44364570196204366462016-10-13T04:34:27.406-07:002016-10-13T04:34:27.406-07:00Ahem: 'Mens sana ...". 'A healthy tab...Ahem: 'Mens sana ...". 'A healthy table (mensa) in a healthy body' doesn't have quite the same ring to it!erickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409165571476557979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-59004659065340996422016-10-12T15:59:32.417-07:002016-10-12T15:59:32.417-07:00I'd say Saul Leiter did some nice nudes. Vague...I'd say Saul Leiter did some nice nudes. Vaguely abstract and vaguely erotic.Oldwinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546428931999701295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-78194372912017513042016-10-12T10:16:31.235-07:002016-10-12T10:16:31.235-07:00Thanks for mentioning Drtikol ericke. He's my ...Thanks for mentioning Drtikol ericke. He's my all-time favorite. Niglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133186764538955375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-71521257649478413802016-10-12T06:58:37.199-07:002016-10-12T06:58:37.199-07:00Bpete, she dains not to publicise. Bpete, she dains not to publicise. Niglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133186764538955375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-41881937789163012582016-10-12T06:18:49.553-07:002016-10-12T06:18:49.553-07:00To me, the main problem I see with the artistic en...To me, the main problem I see with the artistic end of nude photography is a lack of innovation. Even the two examples of outdoor Physicality you cite with mild approval as having ‘actual ideas in play’ have clear antecedents in classicism and Nacktkultur (‘naturism’), the movement that flourished in Germany before WWII (see also the opening scenes of Riefenstahl’s Olympia Part I).* Mensa sana in corpore sano …<br /><br />One solution may indeed be the exploration of great themes like Love - another might be to find new ways of looking at the body by turning away from from the youthful female ideal. Example may be found in the self-portraits of an aging John Coplans, Penn’s fleshy nudes in his Earthly Bodies, the male nudes of Dianora Niccolini, the ‘therapeutic’ nudes of Matt Blum, and the photos of women with mastectomies (e.g. The Grace Project). However, I think there is still rmuch to be explored in the pursuit of Beauty and Form (and I don’t subscribe to the ‘all bodies are equally beautiful’ club).<br /><br />Here are some of my favourite photographers who have devoted varying amounts of their time to the nude: Flor Garduño, Lynn Bianchi, Barbara Cole, Ruth Bernhard, Christian Coigny, Emil Schildt, Andreas Heumann, Alvin Booth, Dennis Mecham, and much earlier, Rudolf Koppitz and Frantisek Drtikol, amongst others..<br /><br />*ESPN’s Olympians, though heroic, suffer badly from their auto-censorship through carefully placed arms and legs. See also Arthur Elgort’s photos in the 1990 Pirelli calendar.<br /><br />erickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409165571476557979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-52096286487306741312016-10-12T04:24:57.240-07:002016-10-12T04:24:57.240-07:00If I type "nude" in the google image sea...If I type "nude" in the google image search bar, all I get are scantily clad models and make-up product in skin colour (the colour is called "nude", obviously), one image from Spencer Tunick and one nudist beach. All this without "safe search" turned on. Nothing shocking.<br />Why you get something else is beyond me, but it would be interesting to find out. Google gives different results according to where one live and what their search history is. If you are logged on, they may give different results according to your emails, diary or your android phone gps tracks of the past months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-24767881279839296842016-10-11T09:46:07.780-07:002016-10-11T09:46:07.780-07:00That's an interesting take.
Nude photos certa...That's an interesting take.<br /><br />Nude photos certainly ARE a category, they're a subject people pursue, but you're right that it needn't be that way. Some people attempt this without much success, because they're unable to persuade me (the viewer) that the nudity is natural and simply part of the bigger whole. This is the "hot naked model cooking eggs" genre, in which the nudity is obviously the point anyways.<br /><br />Sally Mann and to an extent Jock Sturges (thanks for the reminder) have managed it somewhat better. I cannot help but think Sturges is largely interested in poking a stick in the eye of American Prudeness, and in his stuff the nakedness is definitely the point. But he does seem to have something else going on that I can't quite put my finger on. I'm not sure I like or approve. I am, after all, an American Prude.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-64278042489313229832016-10-11T09:33:59.779-07:002016-10-11T09:33:59.779-07:00I'm not quite sure how I searched. I think I s...I'm not quite sure how I searched. I think I started on one of the infinitely many "portfolio hosting" web sites, which sifted out a much of the overt porn.<br /><br />But yes, it is an EXCELLENT cover!<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-69415646670803324642016-10-11T05:08:32.546-07:002016-10-11T05:08:32.546-07:00So Nigli ... where's the link?So Nigli ... where's the link?BPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887290177848856248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-41512768474767461432016-10-11T01:58:25.617-07:002016-10-11T01:58:25.617-07:00This seems an awfully elaborate way to justify to ...This seems an awfully elaborate way to justify to Mrs. M. why you were caught looking at "nude" photographs on the web. Research, dearest, research...<br /><br />Seriously, though: call me naive, but I must admit I was quite shocked by what turned up in a Google image search for "nude". "Not suitable for work" doesn't begin to cover it. And therein lies the, ah, rub. Separating nakedness from sexuality is a nice idea but fatally utopian (just ask Sally Mann), not to mention the effects of that wicked old Male Gaze.<br /><br />Nude photography? Just say no... (and delete that search history before the kids next use the computer).<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-81561636042573479642016-10-11T01:28:00.657-07:002016-10-11T01:28:00.657-07:00Jock Sturges came to mind first (likely because hi...Jock Sturges came to mind first (likely because his exhibition was closed in Moscow recently - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/26/moscow-gallery-jock-sturges-protest-urine).<br /><br />But what if you replaced "nude people" with something like, say, "old cars"? Would it be a category in itself? You could imagine pictures which make sense and have old cars in it and if you become imaginative, you could maybe make something artistic of it, but it'll be very hard.<br /><br />Where I wanted to end up is that there's plenty of nudity here and there (Sally Mann!), but (usually) it's part of your vocabulary, not what you want to say.Karel Kravikhttp://www.karelkravik.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-48919976602110577622016-10-10T10:57:03.255-07:002016-10-10T10:57:03.255-07:00My wife occasionally makes some awesome nude self ...My wife occasionally makes some awesome nude self portraits. Gritty, real and slightly punk in aesthetic.Niglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133186764538955375noreply@blogger.com