Maris - love the humour and naturalness of your photo.
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Maris - love the humour and naturalness of your photo.
Thanks, Frank.
Chris, yes a few more from that location, mostly a variation all with the same model.
[IMG]http://s2.ipicture.ru/uploads/20101215/TLmprWYT.jpg[/IMG]
"Cats"
13x18 Ilford Delta 100
Dallmeyer 3D
http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/u.../William01.jpg
Darlot 270mm Petzval lens on 8x10 camera, HP5+ processed with PMK pyro
Bob- is that some kind of skin condition he has, or did he have a bad accident with a Wagner power painter?
This is a case of "bathing suit" nevus with many accessory nevi. The are highly likely to undergo malignant change and are most difficult to manage. Sad for the young man. Wonderful photograph.
A profound and moving image Bobpin. Full of humanity. The subject grabs the frame and leaps through to the viewer. This image is unlike the constant pretty girl syndrome that most photographers (large format shutter clickers included) take as meaning nude. Don't get me wrong, I love beautiful women, its just the lack of any depth or attempt at any human emotion beyond mild lust is somewhat maddening. I am a figurative painter and focus very much on the unclothed figure. I can't understand why it is so difficult for camera users to make the leap into meaningful imagery. As a tool of communication the figure is closest to all of us. I have never quite figured out why photography is stunted and cliche driven when it comes to the nude.
Seem to recall this was with a Cooke PS945.
George Kara - thank you for your sage comments. We're all nude under our clothes. We all have things to say. Even those who are lucky enough to be pretty as young women are going to get older - and their bodies might have alot more to say than "look at me, I'm desirable".
It isn't the subject that is the issue. Its the shutter clicker who treats young women as breasts, vagina's and pretty faces. Sticking a woman in a landscape makes about as much difference as choosing a different pair of lingerie for the model. Many of these women have lots to say but aren't valued for their emotional, spiritual or intellectual abilities. Its their looks that the shutter clicker is interested in - period.
It takes imagination to find the special, unique quality of a woman, expressed through the unclothed figure. While there are many technically competent people behind the lens, there are very very few with the gift of imagination or expressiveness.
I am glad you asked Peter.
Image 1 is a hybrid photo/painting. The Tiepolo is a photo I took within the Getty museum. It is the platform on which the work was created. I was playing with the idea of depth of field as an influence on the digital painting. No tracing or special effects used.
Image 2 is a theme and variation drawing with subtle and not so subtle variations on the figure. When viewed live the work is suspended and constantly moving forcing the viewer to track the drawing.
Image 3 is the working drawing for the oil painting that follows. Initially the figure was intended to be somehow symbolic of a woman in the position of crucifiction while the her legs pierced the canvas. The actual painting moved away from this theme.
Image 4 is the still unfinished oil painting. Approx 6'x 4.5"
These works are not particular outstanding compared to others I have created but rather related to the question of the use of the nude in imagery.
My medium happens to primarily be painting, yours most likely is photography. Whatever the medium you happen to use is not important. It is the content that is the essence of the artist.
I use LF for mostly reproduction or reference purposes, hence my interest in this fine forum.
George
George,
Thank you for posting some examples, and I agree with you that variety in treatment is a desirable thing, many photographs of the nude are quite vulgar, and that not all nudes of women should just be about "breast's, vagina's and pretty faces." That said, I don't see how your paintings convey your model's "emotional, spiritual or intellectual abilities." That's not a bad thing, as I don't think doing so is what a nude study is about, whether a painting or a photograph. That sounds more like an ideal of a portrait than a nude. For me, the aim of an nude study meant as a piece of art is more universal than particular. It's not so much about the model as it is about conveying an aspect of femininity (or masculinity). Moreover, beauty may not be the only valuable artistic goal, but many people do still value it.
Here is one of mine.
Jim
photo?
Highly manipulated 18x24 neg.
I scratched some images and the first line of the Songs of Songs by Solomon (the bible)
just did - no particular reason...
http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4...s-of-songs.jpg
and:
I found an old negative - painted with light. the negative was covered with light leaks so I decided to ruin it all together.....
then I made a print using liquid emulsion, with random brush strokes - bleached this out, and made a multi coloured bromoil..
http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4...rom-mindre.jpg
...I also try to make sharp images...:-)
Anna with creme fraiche...
http://static.phosee.dk/pictures/000...en_800x600.jpg
Gandolfi your works are consistently creative and interesting. Pushing the boundaries of the medium is always an enjoyable viewing experience.
One of the great joys of this forum is seeing how people think and see in the most unexpected and wonderful ways. Your images are always an inspiration, Emil!
"Sofi again"
4x5 Fujifilm Acros 100
Graf-Variable f5.6 on sharp
Thank you George for the comment and looking!
Ustas, please post smaller images. They take way too long to load.
Ustas do not post smaller ones I like them as large as possble, wonderfull shoot!
Cheers Armin
All images load fine on my end. Post as large as you feel comfortable with, but I'd say watermark your images to avoid people downloading them or redistributing them without crediting you...
George, believe me - with the way the internet is, I'd happily put up with the 'hate' or discomfort of watermarked images if it means someone can't just rip them from sites and use as they please.
You'd be surprised where images end up.
I'm glad I stuck around for Ustas images to load as they are among the best here, but perhaps the OP is on dialup like me because I thought the same thing. Its not a matter of being in a hurry. I cant enjoy most of the picture posting threads because they just take way too long to load.
244kb dose'nt seem that large to me, but perhaps I missed something, ustas may have reduced their size before I looked.
Ustas images are 800 X 600 pixels; should load decently quickly even with dialup.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Well guys, I am really sorry, that you have such problem, as toooo looong downloading the images, but, I think, the small size picture isn`t the best way to see something.
Nevertheless I`ll try to experiment with resizing:)
Thanks for your comments, advices and looking!
Two different studies rate dial-up connectivity at 4% and 17% in the USA. I guess that shows you that at least one of the studies is bad but I don't know which one. Maybe we should assume 10%?
Plus the mobile market is pretty slow in practice, it's tedious to surf non-mobile websites on a 3G phone.
So it's not that a 800x1000 pixel image is that bad a download, 50 to 150kb depending, but an entire thread of them quickly become several mb.
It might be nice if we all simply used the image upload feature rather than hotlinking.
And it would be even better if the site upgraded so that the images could enlarge during mouse-over ;-)
It would solve the NSFW issue nicer too, although people should have the sense not to click on the thread of nudes if they work in a sensitive workplace.
In case you ever wondered what those suits are like?
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/phot...tchy_motel.jpg
Pretty disgusting to wear actually. Almost impossible to get into. And then you sweat.
It's hilarious to find someone who actually owns one. $40 on eBay, cheap Chinese made vinyl.
Luckily they didn't have my size but next Halloween, watch out!
Should go with American-made latex next time, maybe something a little more fashionable. ;)
So that's sweat? I initially thought it was some kind of lube to get into the suit.
The real pros use powder i guess but this was more of a cheap knock-off she got from eBay. I think there are some folks who spend $$$ on this stuff and have more comfortable rubber, lol. Someone will probably die in one of these things.