This thread should be renamed to the "beautiful naked women thread." The depth in exploring the nude here is very thin. Why no old people? Why no fat people, why no sagging skin? Why no flaws, why no dying? Why so few men? Why no human condition? Why no self portraits! This thread is primarily a bunch of older men ogling beautiful young women. Putting little masks on, little props and messing with the image doesn't change the reality.
If I remember correctly Ash posted some great images of a fat guy covered in tats with a penis distorted by a bunch of rings. Now that was a refreshing change.
Don't you find women beautiful in their sixties? Isn't it interesting to see how natural breasts sag and change from age and life? What do you feel about men well past their prime, their muscles in atrophy and the ideal of masculine strength a distant memory.
I shoot LF for art reproduction and not much else so my range is limited. My interest in the nude as image however is the essence of my work as a painter. It is frustrating and mind numbing to see so many of you photographers at the height of technical accomplishment, with so very little thought put into a personal vision of this world we miraculously find ourselves in.
Respectfully gentlemen, you have all the skills in the world. Go out and shoot some great lasting work and stop with the cliches already.
I have great faith that many of you can find a vision that will be timeless, full of meaning and as individual as each one of you are.
Warm regards and respect.
George
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