Ellen101 wrote:
I asked a question about taking people without clothes on but no one seem to understand
I have been to exhibitions of naked photos and they were beautiful. I do not interested in sexy photos
just the human body.
My question was how to advertise this ?
First, I need to gain your attention, so I will offer a positive answer to your question. You are in New York City. This shows that you are completely clueless. In the rather large area called Manhattan you are looking for a nefarious individual named Stan Goldstein. Stan hosts group shoots with hired models that groups of men can make images of nude women. That will get you started on what you are looking to do, which is to enter into the world of nude photography of women.
That will give you the "in" you seek. Listing to (reading) the posts offered to you on this rather silly site will give you nothing but falls trails and dead ends. Why? It is filled with males who have no clue as to what this world is like (nude women photography) and that the world of American society as a place where women resided is radically changing.
What is my background? I have an MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio (MFA stands for Master of Fine Arts, it is a university degree equivalent to a PhD). I chaired the Department of Photography at the Southwest Craft Center that later became the Southwest School of Art (now under the University of Texas at San Antonio.
As chair of photography I introduced a studio class in figure photography during my second year as chair, it was well received. The time was a goodtime for such a change. Much has changed in the area of nude photography of women, mainly because American women are fed up with all the idiocy of the male dominated social structure that exists in our country. Women no longer want to change the climate, they are somply by passing the traditional silliness that men create in society. You will find the operative notion based in the 60's notion of that eras revolt, that is, "You are either part of the problem, or part of the solution".
To get an instant education of the change that is happing just pay your entrance fee and go visit any strip club in NY or any other city, they are all the same, the old notions are there. Seminude women fleasing men of their money, so the men can get a look at nude women. But what you need to get clearly in your mind is to look at the pathetic atmosphere of the environment, that is why you are there, and it isn't the women, it is the men there that are pathetic. That is why your preposed approach won't work. It is true old school and it is dying out. There are women who are making a great living being nude with men, it is called internet modeling, but while Model Mayhem 'thing' is the transition from strip clubs to nude internet modeling, that location is about the male fantasy and it is pretty close to dead as well.
Like I put at the top, you can learn some basics by doing the 'camera club' style approach with an antique like Stan in New York, but it too is a dead end street.
To understand the history and how nude modeling has changed you would need a guide and that is not easy. Most of what is out there is so pathetic that you will only end up falling down the rabbit hole of useless information. Your best bet us to inly listen to modern women and what they have to say and ignore what the boys will tell you. Women are your best bet. Some of these women that are still out there doing the nude model thing are Liz Ashly, MOSH and London Andrews. You can find MOSH and London Andrews in the East Coast area and Liz travels there all the time. These women are no BS and they know the score. They were there as nude models back when Model Mayhem started, and they know all the details. They can hook you up with loads of nude models and they can even become candid and fill you in as to "Who if Fool and who is kool!" Hire one of these women models, tell them Tim Summa sent you and tell them you need advice and pay there fee and ask them for just a session on getting information on what to do to do work. You will get their attention and respect. You can promise that you will hire them another time to model but you really need to know how to do this correctly. Yes, they all three know me quire well and we have had long talks about the subject of nude modeling.