Awkward Nudes
I am very excited about finally getting these online. Despite my poor photoshop work, I am very proud of these photos. I shot probably 35-40 people for this project over three months. I ended up showing 12 of them. One of these is missing because I know they would not be happy naked on the internet. Anyway, these were going to be photoshoped better, unfortunately I ran out of time before the show, so they only exist as drafts. One day I may redo all of them. These photos were a project to desexualize nudity and try to do the exact opposite of what would be expected in standard nudes. I wanted my models to look as awkward as possible. This project grew out of my topless Polaroid collection. Everyone looked so funny in the Polaroids I wanted to see if I could recreate that in some funny portraits. I actually ended up using the ones where the models were trying to look uncomfortable over the ones where people looked actually uncomfortable. I found them funnier and that was sort of the point. You should see some of the really uncomfortable ones.. they are almost upsetting. Come over some time and I’ll show you…
I added two photos I took from the show to show them in their original set up. These photos are available for purchase. They are 16″x20″ and cost $250. Click here for some naked people. Rated NSFW for gratuitous uncomfortability and mild nipples.
I don’t think you’ve dessexualised these people’s nudity, I think you’ve just reinforced people’s embarrassment of their bodies (if anything happened at all). These just look naked people acting unhappy to be naked, badly, and despite this there are some very nice boobies in there. So I would try again.
Nice 🙂
I agree with Alex 100%. Too posed, too forced.
You are missing something. I chose to have them pose like that. I like the over forced thing because it makes them funnier to me. I tried both, I think the forced stuff looked a lot better. A lot of people have had that same problem since I first showed this work. I am not sure why, but personally I disagree, and it is my work, so.. I win.
I agree with the other posters… these don’t work for me. The shots are completely unnatural and inefective. These are simply models trying to be funny, and failing, with a “comic” exaggerated discomfort straight out of a Warner Bros. cartoon.
And by the way, yes, it is your “art”, but when, as you say, “a lot of people have had the same [comments]” that these shots don’t effectively depict what you were aiming to capture, perhaps your viewers are all picking up on something you are choosing not to see. And what exactly does an artist “win” by saying that his or her viewers are missing the point? If you just want fawning comments about how wonderful your nudes are, perhaps you should show them only to your mother
well i have recieved a lot of positive respose as well. if i had a problem with negative comments i would not have aproved any of this. Although I do notice that the one positive comment left their email, while the negative ones prefered to remain annonamous. Also, the sites you read that linked you here clearly liked my work enough to post it. But I do like that you called them unnatural, as that was the point.
I have to say I enjoyed the photos and the concept.
I think it was a very fun light hearted way of expressing an idea.
I love the smile of the security(?) guy in the last photo as he looks at the work.