It's a disgrace that we still can't get rid of the prejudice and the false impressions surrounding female nudity. We still are judgemental about others and it seems that the main objection to giving this freedom to women is just that, most societies don't want to give women more freedom.
Even most of the websites that barely make it on Graceful Nudes have a similar attitude about female nudity, it all comes down to revenues and the commodification of models. Even when one doesn't discuss the pay models receive, there's still a big ethical gap in the way the models are treated. I don't think that a model just gets into a hypersexualized state once she's in front of the camera. It's just a way of advertisement, telling the male-dominated audience of websites that are marketing nudity that these females are sexually available by using subconscious or conscious sexual cues, thereby confining the model to the role that she plays in the traditional "barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen" fantasy, satisfying the basic sexual urges of the visitors, and having a higher account balance at the bank.
And It's not getting better.
I was contacted about a month ago by a visitor who was asking for my opinion regarding joining Abby Winters, after prolonged discussions I told him to go for it, especially when they were going to split the website. Now that the website has been split, I completely regret telling him to give them a single penny. The initial new design after the split was of a model in the lordosis position, and now their newsletter videos are full of the weird sexuality that's found at every other porn website. Long gone are the days of free uninhibited sexuality of models who are in control, not models who are being controlled.
It isn't just confined to Abby Winters. Most of other websites now have a tendency towards featuring the cheap, grotesque, and quick-money kind of sets that the visitors who are looking for porn keep asking for. I don't really know what's happening, but this attitude certainly is going to ruin everything beautiful that they supposedly are fighting for.
However, no matter where every other website is heading. I will always keep fighting for female beauty and the empowerment of females everywhere, we all should if we want our western culture to truly progress and flourish in a free world.
Nudity is a symbol of freedom and not a fantasy of some perverted males. This freedom means even more freedom for minds everywhere and more development. I think it will solve a lot of problems in a lot of places that our governments are condoning through avoiding them.
Who knows, maybe it's just a storm that will calm after a while. Meanwhile, let's all keep enjoying tasteful nudes that are both inspiring and respectful.
There are a lot of beautiful things in this world that we aren't aware of, it's like your car keys: you may not be interested in them when you come home, but once you have to go somewhere you start to frantically search for them.
But unlike your car keys, you don't have to look everywhere to find beauty, it literally is everywhere, it's that flower in that vase that decorates your room, it's that beautiful woman who stands next to you when you need her, it's life itself, with all of its struggles and happiness. Once you start to appreciate beauty the world will never be the same, you will be in control, you will be the one who can control your destiny, you will be in command.
It's as easy to see the beauty of the world as it is to see its ugliness, it just takes a wise human being and some determination for her to change her life.
Search for it and you won't be disappointed.
Gardens serve as a connection to mother nature, it's that refuge in our busy cities that makes us feel at peace once again after a day full of struggle. However, there are some beautiful plants in every garden that everybody loves: the flowering plants.
Those add a sense of delight to every garden. They just stand there sharing their beauty with the world, waiting for nothing in return. This is the perfect beauty, there's a price for showing their beauty, but they do it nonetheless. That's why flowers hold a special place in the heart of every human being.
It's that beauty that true gentlemen value the most. The ultimate selfless beauty.
Enjoy!
I recently watched an excerpt of a video by Jean Kilbourne that's called Killing Us Softly 3, she was basically discussing how advertising and the media has helped in influencing human beings' perception of beauty all over the world. She is right and I agree with what she is saying there, but I had a sudden realization, I distribute media Online and may even be influencing others' perception of beauty, am I contributing to this?, Have I become one of those whom I hate?
I certainly feature pictures of excessively thin young women, even more, I applaud their beauty without drawing the lines and explaining what I exactly mean. It may be strange that I have never noticed it.
Well, I don't think that I am. I rarely even consider that flat stomach or perfect skin whenever I post a gallery to Graceful Nude, what I see is the whole picture, a beautiful young woman who's enjoying being free and unafraid of sharing her whole beauty with us. The outer beauty is only skin deep, this is not the beauty that I mean. I mainly mean the virtue of getting rid of all that pressure and blessing the world with a smile. Take this gallery for example, it may not be the best gallery I have here on Graceful Nudes but Tiffany has convinced me to feature it with nothing but her smile. I doubt that any woman in her place won't look just as beautiful as she is.
Perfect skin doesn't exist. I only know a few website that do digitally modify the skin of their models to make it "perfect, smooth, and attractive". I won't name those websites, I just don't feature any galleries that have been blatantly modified. The skin is nothing but the outer shell of a radiant soul that's willing to share its kindness and virtue; it means nothing.
I hope that this clarifies everything a bit. I will let you enjoy those galleries now.
It would be very cruel to deprive humanity of beauty. Imagine being locked up in a room starting the day you were born and allowed to see nothing but a single tree. Psychologists say that you will start to be depressed and even to imagine things. Your ancestors loved beauty, poetry would be much poorer if there were no flowers, a brown featureless moon, and no green meadows.
Some people claim that women should cover their bodies up and to "save" their beauty for their lovers or husbands, the same people probably believe in the presence of a God who has created those beautiful female bodies. Their God has created nature in its splendor to show off his greatness and to help human beings appreciate his efforts, yet he tantalizes them by putting one of his best creations off-limits.
It may be true that special things(I am by no means trying to liken women to inanimate objects) are rare, and that this rarity is to be respected by putting valuable things away. You simply don't throw gold on the streets, but you certainly wear your ornaments and feel proud of sharing their beauty with the world.
An artist doesn't hide his works unless he has some psychological problems, and a perfect God simply doesn't need a have a problem with people showing his greatness by letting the world see how a great "designer" he is.
They also claim that female beauty is there for a female's partner to exclusively "enjoy", which contradicts with another belief that marriage is for reproduction. They probably will be very grateful for living in a world full of females who look the same as long as they have ovaries, fallopian tubes, and a uterus. If their God has created women to reproduce then why did he equip women with a superfluous energy-consuming design?
If beauty is there to help a woman reproduce then why doesn't it manifest itself only when a coitus is about to take place or when she's most fertile(a visual display of ovulation?).
It all comes from fear of that beauty, some males simply find it irresistible and fear that other males who have better qualities than the former ones possess and therefore replace them. Beauty is treasured and therefore they tend to be overprotective about it, all those irrational beliefs are a direct result of centuries of harboring irrational beliefs and making up excuses to make sure that every male won't waste energy by raising up children that aren't his.
Thus, beauty is turned into a curse instead of being a bliss. A woman is born to bear the shame of being beautiful, being over-protected by every prospective partner and having her fidelity frequently questioned.
It seems that we have become very accustomed to challenging nature that we are starting to challenge our own nature. I am not aware of any sound scientific theory that says that the distant ancestors of modern humanity copulated all the time simply because the fur didn't cover it all.
For all the reasons mentioned above such a belief sounds very absurd, it has no solid grounds and serves as a shield for the insecurities of some males which are translated into a dress code, which are natural for patriarchal societies in denial.
Enjoy beauty, don't fight what's natural.
What does the word paradise mean?, our version of paradise may be different but it probably has some common elements, beach, sunset, green plantations, tranquility, and beauty, but what if you can adorn this paradise even more by the beauty of the pure human form. This is what this gallery is about.
Silhouettes are a very common theme in nude photography, and this gallery clearly follows this theme. It certainly isn't a one of a kind gallery, but it's still a beautiful gallery.
I really liked the pictures in which Nata is in the air with the sun directly behind her. It adds a lot of radiance and gives Nata a centralized role in the images, with the sun rays carving a shadow of her perfect beauty. This puts a lot of emphasis on her beauty and makes her the center of attention.
A beautiful sky, a sunset, a tranquil sea, a lot of warmth, and most of all a beautiful model. I believe that this is what most of us can call paradise.
India, the colorful land of enchantment, spices, magic, and exotic spices. It's easy to remember India when such a vibrantly colorful gallery is seen, with all of its exotic cultures, traditions, and beauty.
Desiree isn't an Indian, and an Indian visitor of Graceful Nudes has told me in an e-mail that nudity isn't tolerated there even though some of the Indian temples have statues depicting explicit sexual acts. Therefore we will be deprived of the beauty of the Indian women for some time. However, this gallery is just as colorful and beautiful as any gallery that could be produced in India.
Personally, this gallery reminds me of the scandinavian folk tales; Desiree has blond hair and looks like a beautiful fairy who's taking care of nature and the forest in which this gallery has been shot. The only thing that prevents this gallery from being perfect is the fact that Desiree isn't smiling in any of the images, we all know how beautiful Desiree's smile is and it could have added a lot of meanings to this beautiful gallery.
I hope that you will enjoy this beautiful gallery of Desiree from MPLStudios.
There are three types of nudes: Disgusting nudes, tasteless nudes, and tasteful nudes. Each type has its distinguishing characteristics that make it more successful/popular than the rest of the nudes. I support tasteful nudes and the reason is quite simply that it's more superior to the other two types.
The first type is disgusting nudes. Those can be found almost everywhere and can be easily obtained. Those types of nudes don't have any aesthetical appeal and are rather more appealing to those who are used to pornography. Their main goal is to generate that sacral parasympathetic electrical activity, and not the hemispheres. I find those nudes very repulsive(and not even sexual) because the producers of those nudes don't care about the personality of the model or spontaneity. Their sole goal is to sell more, regardless of how bad they may be like. I find this type an inferior type of nudes because it will never give me the mental satisfaction and the sense of freedom that I always look for in any nude picture.
Tasteless nudes are nudes that are produced in haste by the photographers and the websites in order to satisfy their customers(daily updates, you rarely find those updates being described as quality updates or tasteful updates). These nudes have already infested a lot of websites out there, including websites that have the potential to produce wonderful tasteful nudes. I find those nudes more dangerous than disgusting nudes because of their insipid nature that dilutes the effect of tasteful nudes that may be present on the same page. Their arid and non-creative nature makes them a true waste of resources. I personally hate those nudes because they don't inspire and they don't have any meaning or hidden symbols to be deciphered. They don't arouse the mental activity associated with tasteful nudes and sometimes they can belong to the first category in being horrid.
Tasteful nudes, my favorite types of nudes, are nudes that will always fit on my schedule and sometimes give me the power and determination to make my dream come true. Those are nudes that ameliorate the hardship of the mundane daily life. Few things do give me the same inspiration or make me feel glad to be alive as tasteful nudes(except maybe for reading and helping others), those are nudes that can be placed on your screen as a wallpaper while you're reading a good book, that will help you have a clear mind and lucid thoughts. They communicate through spiritual and mental channels to inspire and amend the mental state. They are full of values and symbols and can easily fit the walls of a museum. Though great as they are, they are hard to find and rarely come in abundance. There may be only one tasteful image in a whole gallery or even on a whole website, but it is this tasteful image that will make the hours spent on that website searching for it worthwhile.
I do believe that tasteful nudes are the pictures that should be found on all the nudity-related websites on the Internet if the inherent greed and demand pressures were abandoned by the webmasters. Beauty is far more powerful that just making pictures of naked bodies, and knowing that you're producing something of a value to the world is far more satisfying that having some colored pieces of paper that supposedly can buy you happiness.
I hope that you will enjoy this tasteful gallery of Desiree from MPL.
The last week has witnessed the debut of Desiree on two new websites, those websites are Met-Art and MPLStudios. It was great to see her on those websites, but my favorite images of hers are those found on Domai, those of you who have been visiting Graceful Nudes for a while already know why. Those who don't can click on the Domai link under the "sort by" menu and they will understand why.
Anyway, her appearance on MPLStudios have given me a little piece of information about her which is that she's a nudist, which explains why she's very comfortable with her nudity. I just wish she works with photographers who aren't that inclined to producing erotica as I believe that erotica destroys her beauty. There are some pictures of her that aren't erotic though and those are the pictures that I always try to show here at Graceful Nudes.
I hope that you will enjoy this gallery of Desiree from MPLStudios.
There's something mysterious about Kamilla's eyes. There's something about her that's captivating, I am not sure about what that thing exactly is, but I certainly know that she's beautiful.
I really liked the lighting used. The pictures may not look very artistic, though, there are some artistic elements that were used. It may be the colors.
Anyway, I hope that you will enjoy this beautiful gallery of Kamilla from MPL-Studios.
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