In a message dated 5/15/2003 12:53:51 PM Central Daylight Time, tdall@eso.org writes:
Gregory david Stempel wrote:
>A question for the audience: Why are photographers, after more than a
>hundred years of photography, still photographing nude women? And why do we
>still have this taboo about nude men? Are we truly artists when we allow our
>prejudices to interfere with our spirits?
I don't know - I'm scared of photographing people! ;-)
Seriously, that might be part of the explanation; most (male) photographers feel more comfortable in an "intimate" situation with a woman than with a man, even though there is (or ought not to be) any compromising intimacy involved in photographing somebody.
So... how do we overcome this taboo and become able to work as true artists no matter what the subject is? Or does this question make sense at all? - I'm not sure.
Thomas
In answer to the above...guys, you're missing the point...a woman's body is far more attractive and interesting than a man's body...we have more curves...
Judith
Figure studies fans,
Is it time for another pass the camera project???
AZ
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