Immie In Tinker Toys

This has to be some of the most 'revealing' thumbnails that I ever had on Graceful Nudes. After long years of going through and editing nudes, I have come to a realization about the whole process of creating art, if the artist has no respect for the subject, then the resulting images will be degrading and pornographic.

It's kind of hard to not have a great amount of self-respect and self-love and to decide to have pictures of you posted on the Internet. It's simple, if you're ashamed about something or think that it's not beautiful, you're very likely to hide it and live in guilt and shame. You won't be proud of being who you are before you're comfortable in your own skin.

I recently was watching some pornographic 'castings', which were very disturbing even though they only had ordinary sex. The reason is that the person behind the camera and the performers often have no respect for what they're doing and for the intimacy of sex. That's the reason why porn is that degrading and disturbing and may even be inhumane, it strips the performers of their identities and reduces them to mere partners in an emotions-devoid sex act in which their only qualification is their being female.

The situation is strikingly different with nudity, even though some websites have lots of photographers who have no respect for the models and what they're doing, hence the overabundance of trash-quality nudes, there are still some photographers and people who have passion about what they do, and they often try to truly make and capture beauty - despite the external pressure. That includes most photographers at BiM, Stefan Soell, and even a handful of Russian photographers.

I once blamed money and greed for this. I now blame it on the lack of respect and love, love for ourselves, our work, and humanity. Maybe one day more beautiful and liberating porn will be produced, but for now, I will continue combing all online resources to bring you the best of respectful and tasteful nudes.