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Nudes
-- Rich Furman, March 13, 2001
I agree with the writer who said that a nude against an interesting backdrop posed artitically is totally captivating and much sought after.
In fact I think that Phil has a lack of interesting backdrops in his nudes, although they are quite good. For a better example of nude
photography in natural settings check out Erick Boutlier Brown, He is a Nova Scotian photographer with an impressive body of work
that relates to the subject. I am grateful to Phil however, I want to get into nude photography and have found this site to be very helpful
and informative on the subject.
-- Traverse Davies, May 7, 2001
Most of all I enjoy the different opionions verbaly fostered by the the viewers, reflecting so many things about us: our religious
upbringing, that of our parents, personal (good & bad) experiences with nudity or members of the other sex, society, parents...I enjoy
the shots for what they show: both the good and not so good. Light is the most important factor in shooting nudes, or anything else,
certainly. I've found some bodies(skin) love light and the camera and even certain types of films and I love experimenting with the
differences. Composition is second. Motion---nearly impossible to get right with nudes (what does one wish to say?). Sort of like
catching a close-up portrait of someone blinking--half-closed eyelids are not so impressive.
A note to anyone using B&W infra-red film. If you have a cloth (non-metalic) shutter you may experience exposure problems. IR light
(or, technically, energy) can be kept away from the film only by metal enclosures so a cloth shutter will change your exposure,
considerably. I've never tried making IR shots with a camera that had a cloth, focal plane shutter. Possibly a contact with Kodak might
offer assistance.
Jerry Revelle
-- Jerry Revelle, May 26, 2001
In the time since I made my first comment, I have percieved a shift in the general attitude of Photo.net habituees towards being more
open to nudes as an legitimate art form. There are still some who will snigger and elbow each other in the manner of sixth grade boys,
but I have also found some insightful and very encouraging voices here, and that really great for me. I hope that this general trend
continues...
-- Amy Powers, May 31, 2001
I am surprised, and disappointed also, about the very reserved attitude I find on this page toward nude photography. I see two main
bordering or parent genres of nude photography being portrait and artistic. Both are about exposing something of yourself or the person
in front of the camera in the picture. For one person that will be very subtile but for the other it is more progressive, striking. That is
what makes photography like any other art form so interesting: it's personal and it shows emotions that are not to be seen all the time.
Remember what Freud says about art: "Art is a form of replacement-satisfaction for unfulfilled desires, like dreams. The difference is
that art forms are not narcistic or a-social, but intended for other people to share and fulfill the same desires." Like Freud or not there is
a truth in it. There is nothing dirty about it other than our nature. In normal life we want to hide it away and it can only come out in
neurotic forms, whereas in art it is "exposed" in a different way that more people can relate to. . Artist in the widest form have always
played a progressive role in history, alowing more of what's inside people to come out. Please don't be too reserved about nude. I'm not
saying you have to share your ideas with everybody but this is a page for photographers and believe me, the distinction with porn pages
if you will is more than evident: we don't have to defend it further. You're nude back with towel in B&W is really high quality and I
loved the nude reflexion on top. Keep up the good work!
-- Remco den Boer, June 5, 2001
Someone with way too much time on their hands!
-- Rog Schmidt, August 6, 2001
I wish you would leave politics and photographic technique separate. Your photo of a woman being stepped on and your association of
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