Maybe I will... However, in the meanwhile my solution is to not comment on female nudes until a more equitable ratio of female to male nudes is presented.
As I said earlier, last thing I would do is tell anyone what they should or shouldn't photograph. Cheers, frank John <[email protected]> wrote: >I think Paul had a point though. If YOU think it's a problem, YOU are >the one who should do something about supplying a solution. > > >On 11/25/2013 12:32 AM, knarf wrote: >> I don't have a hang up on nudity at all. I'm not offended by seeing >> naked bodies, either male or female. >> >> I also disagree with statements that the female body is more >> aesthetically pleasing than the male. It's different but not more >> beautiful. Some of the best nudes I've seen are of men. >> >> I can be sexually aroused by a woman's body but that's not a problem >> either. >> >> It's that we simply don't show male nudes here. It doesn't have to >> be 50/50; I don't know what it should be, just that the ratio here >> is not right. That's treating men and women differently when it comes >> to body portrayals and while I won't say it's wrong I will say I >> don't like it. >> >> Cheers, frank >> >> Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I understand your point Frank, but I think that Paul has a valid >>> point. Women are much more aesthetically pleasing than men to >>> many. I don't object to either male or female nudes really. Its >>> 2013, not 1892, but that's me. Mind you this is also coming from >>> the guy that wishes more women wore dresses and knew how to cook (a >>> dying breed), so maybe I'm just old fashioned in my own ways. I >>> guess you object to women being the focus. Fair enough, but for >>> what its worth not many people desire to see naked men. When it >>> comes to women though, even completely straight females seem to >>> appreciate the female form. I've had countless women tell me that >>> they vastly prefer to look at other females nude, so maybe there is >>> something to that. I'm not gay or female so I'm generally not >>> attracted to men. Nudes are a form of fine art photography that >>> have stretched back to the pictorialism era and have dominated >>> works of art since men started painting on caves and throwing >>> pottery. Actually I think that there really isn't objectification >>> going on and that is your own hangups about nudity projecting here, >>> but I don't know you so maybe I'm totally off base. This is an age >>> old debate that I think our society would benefit from moving on >>> from and becoming more accepting of the human form. >>> “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.
