Gairm

Portraits of women Is it a better portrait because she's naked? Is it a portrait or a nude? (obviously it can be both) Can it be very explicit and still be a portrait .. when does it cease to be about the person and simply become another flange pic? 'Art' doesn't really enter into this. Thoughts on 'portrait nude' .. most images here will be what I consider to be nude portraits .. where the image is not about nakedness per se, or sexuality, but where sexuality has its natural place as part of someone's personality .. something that can be hidden or asserted at will but as part of 'me', not as 'making myself fit into a genre / cliche'. A portrait can be powerfully sexual without nakedness and a clothed portrait can be powerful because the subject is stunning .. So there are non-nude portraits in here simply because they give me a reference point for thinking about the difference between 'portrait' and 'nude portrait'. And some are here just because I think they're great portraits.