Nekomy skrev:
Ni får inte tro att jag menar att ni skall sluta ta nakenbilder på flickor. Nej nej nej, för det är en klassisk konstform. Men en förnyelse kan vara att tänka på och kanske även se om man som fotograf vågar kasta sin homofobiska inställning och även fotografera män i vackra poser som gamla grekiska och romerska statyer. Jag tror att denna fördelning av bilder just beror på att män inte vågar fotografera män och är rädda att de skall anses som fjolliga eller bögiga om de skulle göra det.
Men det beror nog även på att kvinnliga fotografer inte riktigt fotograferar de som de vill se på samma sätt och i samma utsträckning som män gör och att män ofta inte vågar posera när frun frågar om de vill sitta lite sexigt i en plastpool med våt t-shirt och tighta shorts.
Feteshismer (hur det nu stavades) är alltid kul. Jag kan aldrig i mitt liv förstå hur skor kan anses som sexiga och därför kan dessa feteshister posta otroligt erotiska bilder utan att jag ens vet om det
Nakenbilder på kvinnor kan vara som macarena, lite då och då i måttliga mängder var det kul och avkopplande, men i ett ständigt oavbrutet flöde under längre tid blev det en plåga. Alla förstod detta utan de som spelade macerenan.
P.S Jag har ju själv en bild på min sida som gör det jag klagar på, så tro inte jag är en moralängel eller felfri.
Thanks Jim - nice sensible low key and seemingly honest retort - and few of us are perfect - except me of course...=*^)
All I can say is that I shoot what I see in my mind - and that is often inspired by whoever woman I am working with at the moment - if you look at my work, you'll see that some is very sweet and some is not - some is actually scary, I've been told, like image #8, on this page:
http://www.christerart.com/Fotose/fotosemain.htm
Definitely not an objectified image of a woman..=*^)
As for men - where I presently live, New Orleans, a large part of the population is gay or lesbian - I am actually a honarary member of the black gau abd lesbian community and several of my best friends are gay - but - most of the gay men want to be shot by other gay men - lesbian women are usually OK with me shooting them alone or woth their lovers but there is still a hard core number of lesbian women who will not work with a MAN - even if he is ok with the rest of the gay and lesbian community - and as for regular american men - for one of them to stand, sit or lay nekkid in front of another man's camera even if that man is straight is almost unthinkable - unless of course there is also a nakkid (southern word) woman in the shot...
As for myself, I think you're making a little too much about this objectfying of women - don't you think that in fact there are so many images of women just because most men just LOVE women? I do - and I gotten that comment many times in emails from women - they say it's very obvious in my images..
Of course, the reason WHY I am shooting women and how is rooted in my past but that's a long sad story..=*^)
Have a a great summer and shoot some more beautiful Swedish blondes..=*^)
I still wanna know what "PJUXX" really stand for - and while I am at it, I might as well confess - I LOOOVE women in high heels - basically all the shoes you see in my images are mine - doesn't mean I need them to get off or turned on - just that all women look better in heels - their posture is different - they stand proud and confident and powerful - as they should - in general they are a lot stronger and tougher than us men - mentally I mean...=*^)
As for fetish - I am presently working on a fetish book for a european publisher - and let me tell you - it's a hard subject - just as you say - what's a big turn on to one guy/girl puts another to sleep..
- just like objectivism - it's all in our minds - and thank god we're all different - so let's celebrate that we have differences and glory in them...
Best,
Christer
