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A collection of inspirational and special selected photos during the last weeks. Being an artist is more then just making artwork, it is about appreciating other peoples wonderful visions. Show them some love
For some reason, there still seems to be an idea of the 'evil penis' in art. We live in such an open minded time, but some reason reason the idea that it is acceptable to photograph the female form nude, yet it is crude or disgusting to photograph the naked male body. Every body is beautiful in its own way, so here are a selection of some of the incredible male nudes I have found on deviantart.
And here are some stamps designed to support the art of the male body.
Great feature; you've selected some amazing photographs.
The penis is a very charged topic, and I've noticed that many male nudes posted seem to either shy away from showing the penis or focus excessively to the point of getting the work banned - but it shouldn't be so vilified.
there's a double standard at work here, no doubt. i've seen quite a few female nudes banned too, though. i think it's sexuality that gives the censors the jitters more than body parts, at least in general. as long as the evil penis is not perceived as threatening, it's probably pretty safe. HOWEVER... i don't like censors making that distinction for me. excellent photos, btw!
You've found some serious goodies here! I cruise the artistic nudes very often and have an appreciation for both male and female artistic nudes, but let me also say... and I'm sure you realized this while putting this together that there really are seriously lower numbers of "artistic nudes" from the male side of things. There is a number of reasons for that, IMO.
Would be great to see the numbers balanced out more but it needs to start at the submission level (within the artistic nude guidelines.) I don't think it's necessarily that the admins are getting rid of all the male nudes and keeping the female ones.
Regardless, this is a fantastic selection of what an artistic male nude can be!
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Yeah it took me a very long time to compile these by browsing the artistic nude section, in the end I spent a long time searching using keywords instead, but I found some real gems so I'm happy
I totally agree with your statement "the idea that it is acceptable to photograph the female form nude, yet it is crude or disgusting to photograph the naked male body"
I find it ridiculous that a penis is what comes in the way of great photography.
In movies, with the exception of porn, you never see a penis, yet you always see a womans whole body! I appreciate nude art, whether it's male or female!
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Each day we will feature 5 deviations from the Literature categories in a News Article. In order to support the artists that we feature, we ask that you the news article as well as check out the individual pieces. We understand that each day you may not be able to check out each and every one of the pieces, everyone has their own things going on. We just ask that you make an attempt to help support the growing Literature community.
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The penis is a very charged topic, and I've noticed that many male nudes posted seem to either shy away from showing the penis or focus excessively to the point of getting the work banned - but it shouldn't be so vilified.
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Would be great to see the numbers balanced out more but it needs to start at the submission level (within the artistic nude guidelines.) I don't think it's necessarily that the admins are getting rid of all the male nudes and keeping the female ones.
Regardless, this is a fantastic selection of what an artistic male nude can be!
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I find it ridiculous that a penis is what comes in the way of great photography.
In movies, with the exception of porn, you never see a penis, yet you always see a womans whole body! I appreciate nude art, whether it's male or female!
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