Me in a painting studio. I skated over to it so stripped down to my sneakers, socks, cap, and held my board. Aside from the punk aesthetic, for skaters our boards and sneakers are our most essential equipment. Most accomplished pro and semi-pro skateboarders are in their twenties to early thirties and our bodies tend towards athletic but not super-muscular or as defined as some athletes though it depends on the individual. Throughout grad school I spent a lot of time thinking about my body as an athlete as I got older.
lovely image, i love the colors on the wall and floor.
Cloudboy wrote:
Me in a painting studio. I skated over to it so stripped down to my sneakers, socks, cap, and held my board. Aside from the punk aesthetic, for skaters our boards and sneakers are our most essential equipment. Most accomplished pro and semi-pro skateboarders are in their twenties to early thirties and our bodies tend towards athletic but not super-muscular or as defined as some athletes though it depends on the individual. Throughout grad school I spent a lot of time thinking about my body as an athlete as I got older.
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To me, Nude Section means pretty young females.
All others need not apply.
Well, that seems a very narrow and sexist view to me. Nude and NSFW to me means photography exploring the human body and appropriate for an adult audience. Your outdated and narrow-minded views not only clearly objectify women but are also very exclusionary. It's sad to think there are people in the world of photography with such views. Also, if there's something you don't like here, you know, you can just not look at it.
Cloudboy wrote:
Well, that seems a very narrow and sexist view to me. Nude and NSFW to me means photography exploring the human body and appropriate for an adult audience. Your outdated and narrow-minded views not only clearly objectify women but are also very exclusionary. It's sad to think there are people in the world of photography with such views. Also, if there's something you don't like here, you know, you can just not look at it.
Somehow, your sadness does not affect me.
srg wrote:
Somehow, your sadness does not affect me.
I think you just summed up your personality!
srg wrote:
To me, Nude Section means pretty young females.
All others need not apply.
Sounds like your interest is only prurient.
While not really interested in seeing nude males, the idea that this section should exclude those images is just silly.
If you can’t handle seeing a naked dude… skip his posts and go look for pretty young women photos.
Seems to me if you’re only interested in seeing “pretty young females” you have no real interest in photography and just perving on young girls.
Go buy a playboy subscription maybe??
srg wrote:
To me, Nude Section means pretty young females.
All others need not apply.
Agree. this is a snapshot, not art. Not David, Samson or Adonis.
Maybe there should be a separate section for nude males
Why should there be a separate section for nude males? While I won't claim this piece is the greatest art ever, it is art as much as any of the images of nude females posted in this section. Given the title of the section, this photograph seems to belong in the section as much as any photograph. Tell me where you see a difference, please?
If you look at highly-acclaimed photographers like Ryan McGinley's or Nan Goldin's work, much of it could fall in the same parameters of "snapshot" you're using to describe my own. Yet their work is in museums and major galleries. Also I should note I have an MFA, I am perfectly aware and probably more than most here what constitutes "art".
Thank you. Yeah, he made it rather clear he just wants to ogle young women and nothing more. Certainly not so concerned with the actual photography at hand. There are plenty of porn sites to cater to someone with his interests.
Rab-Eye wrote:
Sounds like your interest is only prurient.
What can be more prurient than revenge killing over 30 thousand people after depriving them of their livelihood and their dignity for generations.
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