This just in: Not All Art Nudes the SAME

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Today I read a comment that hurt me to my little artsy soul, and it went something like "I don't care about nude photography anymore because it's all the same."

To my artsy soul. There are many, many talented artists who pour their hearts into creating nude art photography which is totally and completely unlike anything you've ever seen.

The style most often associated with the art nude is the "classic" nude--one model on a black back drop, shot in black and white, often with dramatic "noir" lighting. How different can those be?

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Adela in dark 4 by jerrywhite

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Simplicity by cable9tuba

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BW Kneeling IV by cleanshvr


And that's just the classics. How else are good artistic nudes shot? On location, in nature, with body paint, in groups, underwater, in the rain, in the snow, on custom-built sets, in abandoned buildings, in bright light, in candle light, by flash, in blacklight! Let me count the ways...

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BW Totem by Carnisch

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Self-discovery by photoport
Aftermath by UniqueNudes

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stilmation by modelisa
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Alien Huntress II by fieldsofjoy

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Caged by UniqueNudes

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Trick or Treat by KweenKaitlyn

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Julia in an interior by photoport
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E V O L U T I O N by vidi
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VoluminouSisters by HerrBuchta

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Spokes by neakers510
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Windows into the abyss by UniqueNudes

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Windows into the abyss by UniqueNudes

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Rusalki Troika by alberich

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My favorite elf by UniqueNudes

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untitled Figure study 1 by PhotographybyVictor

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Dance by MissShyly

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Mlle. Nicolette by munkyhaus

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All for the Tangent by nocturno

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in her shoes by bitterrose6-gumitch
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the flower by scottchurch

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Old by Coffee-Monster
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Mlle. Nicolette by munkyhaus

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Sheltered pain by LadySleepsAlot
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Naked by munkyhaus

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It's just the medication by UniqueNudes

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Cherished by Belenen

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The Sneeze by scottchurch
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- O - by SaschaHuettenhain

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Seventeen Girls by UniqueNudes

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Masques - II by jimball
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Salem by mr-marchew

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Fanfare by Mfenberg


I hope the 50 images above give you a good idea of the diversity of the genre--like all art, there are mundane, boring copies of older mundane, boring works. There are ripoff artists. There are people who are just plain uninspired. But there are is also vibrant, original art. Enjoy.
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roninbearz's avatar
Perhaps not all nudes are the same. However 97.8% of those uploaded to DA certainly all look the same.

Also one must take into account where the "artist" is in their own particular trip along the path of discovery. Which of course might explain why most seem or appear similar.

When Michelangelo was asked how he sculpted such life like pieces, he replied: "I simply take away everything that's not the form I want."

So it's true in nude portraits, perhaps we're all learning to see exactly what we don't want in an artistic nude photo.