June 28, 2006
Something to Think About:
"Modern nudity carries many messages, all of them united by their lack of sophistication" (story) I don't think I'd make such a sweeping generalization as far as nude portraits are concerned (even though I definitely agree with the author about the Vanity Fair et al. photography) - over the past months, I've linked* to some very nice treatments of the nude human form.
from blog entry: Put Your Clothes On | Conscientious
>related *Conscientious' Search Results for "nude"
photo (large/url) by Carla Van de Puttelaar
by way of this blog entry
~When the 8.5 X 11in sized photo above (large/url) first opened on my pc screen (it took a few minutes) I felt I understood once and for all why men put figurines of women on the prows of their ships; why teenagers hung glossy pin-ups on their bedroom walls.
But then I noticed my nude woman was sleeping, not a appropriate pose for either guiding ships or wankers' walls and I felt creepy, (An inappropriate appropriation..the inappropriate gaze?) I don't understand nudity at all.
I can never be anyone's nude. Genetics, life-style and class conspire against it. (OK maybe in a darkened room with a certain someone, a bottle of tequila, etc.)
I will never be A nude. Certainly not nude in the way this young woman in the photo was for me this morning.
As for naked...I'm naked right now.
Posted by Stubbornson at June 28, 2006 05:04 AM