Throughout art history the
human form has fascinated artists probably more than any other subject and as
soon as photography became a viable art form, that interest transcended to
photography as well.
Unfortunately photography to
this day is struggling to be accepted as a form of art when it comes to
photography of the nude; to many it is automatically equated with pornography,
a label totally undeserved.
In view of that it is
understandable that many photographers shy away from this art form. Facebook is a very good example of how this
is mindlessly stifled. As a general rule
Facebook does not accept any nudity at all.
They even found it necessary to block the famous photograph by Nick Ut,
commonly referred to as Napalm Girl, and by doing so totally ignoring the
historic importance of this photograph.
An accepted means to show
the human form without any repercussions is to concentrate on the shape of the
human body without being objectionable.
Bodyscapes are such an approach and it has been quite successful for
me.
I have photographed the
female nude for many years and it has always been a disappointment to me that I
cannot show this work in many venues and bodyscapes are an accepted “compromise”.
I have mentioned cropping
on several occasions and the fact that the performance of Leica lenses is such
that they allow cropping of an existing negative or digital file to quite an
extend without any greatly noticeable loss of quality.
I have used that approach
with many of my existing negatives and digital files which often has resulted
in new photographs that are even better than the original.
Here are some examples
that I hope speak for themselves.
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