I'm weighing in on this one quite late, but here goes. Bruce was mentioned in the OP, so I just want to say that frankly (no pun intended) his recent nude work is less sexual than the clothed/implied nude stuff that I've been doing recently. Nudity doesn't always equate to sex.
As to the question of the gender/subject imbalance, it's not rocket surgery: most photographers a male, most males like girls. Our lizard brains dictate that we shoot that which we find pleasing to look at, be it sunsets, flowers, cats or women. But there is more to it than that. Females as a photographic subject are easier to shoot & gives you more options. You can make them look strong, demure, angry, sexy etc and the images will work. Not too many male models appreciate looking demure & effeminate. The most common looks for photos of males are moody, angry & strong. That gets boring IMO (I've not shot male nudes, but I have done a few shirt off portrait/figure shoots). Also it's more difficult to find blokes willing to get their wang out in a photo & those that do tend to have exhibitionist tendencies (this is based on the experiences of a couple of photographer friends who worked with guys on fine art nude projects). I've tried to organize shoots with guys to get more testosterone into my portfolio of studio work, but the talent pool is a lot smaller, the types of people I really want to shoot (male fitness types) are flighty & unreliable. Iif you think women are the only ones with body image issues, you've never met a bodybuilder between competitions. Cheers, Dave On 26 November 2013 02:28, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <johnsess...@yahoo.com> 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 <zosxav...@gmail.com> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
