on nude photography.

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  • shinpo0

    Photography is emotional and shoots that have no emotion behind them are more kin to taking pictures of family members at some 3rd cousins wedding using a disposable.

    Male photographers shooting male models (clothed) can shoot with a myriad of directions and a wide range of emotions, but when the male model is nude there is really only one emotion tied with it, sexual. Yes, yes I know people do nude to bring out other emotions, but there is always the underlying sexual tension of a nude art shot. So if you are a male and not attracted to the male model then your shots, IMO will be bland. Not that a heterosexual male photographer shooting a nude male model would be gay it would more likely have any emotional response to it.

    It really boils down to this:

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