Well first of all, I'm not signing on to flickr to see your sets. However kudos to you for posting nude males.
It's a start. And I disagree about nudity. It's always sexual, presuming that genitalia or other erogenous bits are visible. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. But come on: show me a sex organ and I'll show you something sexual. That's not to say that nudity is necessary for sexualization; of course it's not. Some of the sexiest images I've seen feature fully clothed models. Cheers, frank Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 09:14:57PM -0500, knarf wrote: >> I only mention that because there seems to be a double standard here: >it's okay to show female sexuality but not male. And I wonder why? >> >> I understand that an individual photographer will say, "But I don't >want to photograph male nudes. As a straight male I just don't >appreciate male nudity, erotic or otherwise. It's my right to choose to >photograph only female nudes." >> >> Fair enough. >> > -- snip -- > >> >> >> However until there is some balance between portrayal of the genders >I can't support female nudes. Because until that happens females will >be sexualized and males won't be. And I just don't think that's right. >> > >Fair enough. There have a few reasons that I don't post nudes of men. > >To a minor extent, it's because I don't think that the list here, by >and >far wants to see them. > >Another reason is that the account that I post my more adult themed >work >on is on a very NSFW website, but if anyone is specifically interested >send me a note off list, and I'll send you the details. > >The biggest reason is that while I do get quite a few people asking me >to photograph them nude, very few of them are men. But, since it seems >so important to you, and in the interest of fairness... > >Here are some nude self portraits I took when I wanted to work with >lighting and didn't have any other models: >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157630136872846/ > >When my schedule allows, one of the things I do is host photo >practicas for the local fetish/kink community. Anybody who >wants to can show up to take or pose for photos. I am pretty much >end up photographing the people who want to be photographed, >that nobody else is photographing. At this event, I was the >only person taking photos, everybody else either wanted to >pose for photos, or tie other people up for photos. > >I was involved in tying the scarves in the first of these shots, >but I didn't do any of the actual ropework: >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157638030990316/ > >It should be obvious that while none of these photos sho any actual >dangly bits, they are most likely not safe for work > >As to your contention that nudity equates with sexualization, >I heartily disagree with you. Nudity is neither a necessary, nor >a sufficient condition for sexualization. If you so desire, I >could debate you on this topic until people start begging us >to post cat photos just for respite. > >If you need more for the sake of equity, I can point you to a >couple of sets where I did the lighting and posing, because a >friend wanted to photograph some nudes, and I was what was >available as a model. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
