on nude photography.
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- shinpo0
Yeah, but in classical paintings what does nudity represent (masculinity and/or innocence). 2000 years ago two guys wrestling in the nude was heroic and masculine, they had nothing to hide it was that time, but have to olympic wrestlers grapple on the mat in the nude today and it would most certainly be defined as gay.
Again, if you were taking pictures of men in this position how " artsy " could you make that shot. It is not really art as it is portraying an event, which would not be sexual. However, nude art IMO is sexual because of the very essence of art which is emotion and not static.
Showering with other men in prison or at the gym is not gay nor is there much emotion behind it (I call it static nudity it's just there and does not excite emotion), unless you have a small penis then you're SOOL. If you had a camera and took a picture of the showering it would be just that.
Art is not the same, art can be static nudity, but you have to remember our culture and society in this day and age. When someone is nude it most probably is associated with sexual emotions.
- Some good stuff here. Although, I think many men still see wrestling as something that is "manly".juhls
- I think wrestling naked with another guy has always been a bit gay. The Greeks and Romans loved it.********
- I often wonder how different decades would react to seeing Viggo fight guys in the nude (A History of Violence) :)juhls
- I generally think people in the past would think we're a bunch of prudes. The Victorians had a lot to answer for.********