Snow bunny

[Willy T]

To cheesecake or not to cheesecake - that is the question.

Don't approve of it? for reasons of taste? for reasons of personal ethics? to support members who are made uncomfortable? for the opinion that it is inappropriate and doesn't belong here?

Ignore the poster; don't look at it.

 

[pentaxuser]

In terms of the OP's motivation he may simply and only want to generate the kind of lively discussion it has caused but it may also be his desire to promote his work and site . He makes at least 3 references to his site and there's no doubt in my mind that he has chosen the most impactful of his photos to show us

There's valid arguments for both the above as motives and the rules of Photrio have always or for as long as I can recall allowed pictures of scantily clad females and males in the Gallery

The post and its accompanying one line description in its own right has clearly not broken any Photrio rules

pentaxuser

 

[Dr. no]

What fascinating conversation...
I'm mostly with Koraks in this one. There is sexual content here, intentional from the beginning, or (I'm certain!) the pictures would be of a fully clad young woman smiling in the snow, or a scowling one in the same outfit as this. These are not casual portraits in the vein of "the light is nice, stop here for a moment". And naming the post "snow bunny" starts the conversation with a reference to a image popularized by Hugh Hefner.

The responses are triggered by various visceral and psychological reactions in conflict with each other (and very few are strictly a neutral "meh"). My own would be along the lines of (starting from clicking on the post) "is it a rabbit or the other kind of bunny?" moving to "can anyone else see my screen?" and "which forum am I in?" and ending with what is the technical photography issue here?"

There are tachistoscopic studies that show a normal male reaction to an attractive female form is to immediately look away, then return for a longer look. I think the key word there is attractive--not clothing/nude specific. I grew up (Africa/Europe) with clothing norms all other the place, so for me at least the degree of clothing attracts sustained attention (tautologically) by how attractive it is.

In many cultures the "look away" reflex has been sublimated into all kinds of other reflexes...from automatically equating different clothing norms to monetized sexual activity to saying "that's normal". (Ridiculous, both of them. But "normal"? Nothing normal here. Not since the extinction of the natives of Tierra del Fuego have humans walked around naked in a freezing climate.)

And the final reaction (for me), was "which vintage medium format camera was this?" and then disappointment...

 

[koraks]

My questions still stand; I'm still interested in the answer.

These pictures are tame compared to other pictures we have taken

I've photographed several women and men with and without clothes, in sexual and entirely non-sexual settings, in all combinations of those factors. I've also published some of those images online. Hence my genuine interest in how this works for you guys. It seems many people are bent on trying to make this into something it isn't. I'll try to ignore the noise they make.

 

[koraks]

Moderator note
As a moderator team, we have raised a few issues with OP about his posts. Some of these were related to the images as such, and some were in different areas altogether. While we believe it would have been feasible to reach a workable compromise, OP opted to remove himself entirely from the forum. We respect that decision.