Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Offended by Nudity

It has been about a year since I've shot anything nude or semi-nude and I forgot just how annoyingly sensitive people are about something so natural.

Everyone has their own opinions, but what really irks me is how people can't distinguish different types of nudity. In most of society's eyes nude is wrong no matter how you look at it. There is the wonderful and beautiful art side of nudity that is completely void of sexual content, and then there is basic porn. The way I see it is if people aren't touching sensitive areas, then it's "safe". If they're obviously doing proactive things to themselves or another person(s) and or posing provocatively... then that's where it gets distasteful and uninteresting to me.

I'm amazed by just how narrow minded the majority of people can be. I'm constantly amazed by how people are trapped in their own minds and bodies and never truly feel free. Not saying you need to be nude, look at nudes, or photograph nudes. What I'm saying is how people get offended by nudes but they are perfectly fine with Victoria Secret ads. You see butt cheeks and cleavage in their photos and they even have live shows. But once someone photographs an image that doesn't even show private parts... the whole world ends and it's deems as mature content.

I'm going to use my most recent image as an example. While yes the image has a nude figure in it, it is in no way sexual. While the female is touching the male, it's not in a provocative nature. Also, this image doesn't show an graphic content in my eyes. Back to the VS statement, I consider thongs more revealing than this photo. I purposely set up the figures to where you could not see anything. No privates, no under butt cheek, no boobs, yes you see a man nipple... but people don't get offended by those anyways.
"The Ones That Hold Us"

What I'm mainly getting at is that sexuality is based on how people perceive things. This goes to artistic nudes of children. While I find cute baby butt-cheeks and squishy faces adorable, there are some sick people out there that will overly sexual the image and that is all based on how their mind works. I personally think nudity can be a very beautiful thing, artistically speaking. 

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