Artistic Nudes ONLY - Open forum

Shame to see you end you contributions to what is an awesome thread. Hopefully we will see fantastics posts from you here again. But a big thanks for everything that you posted up here.

 

You can freely access more artistic nude photos here:
http://www.khampha24h.com/modules.php?name=News&opcase=detailsnews&mid=1830&mcid=78&pid=&menuid=170

Nude photos can be very artistic. This art form is recognized as having come into existence in 1831, and it was well received by the Western public.

The people in these photos appear to think that being photographed in the nude is quite normal. It is a very different story here in Vietnam where people are so self-conscious. To look at a nude photo is something dirty and wrong, and taking nude photos would be something on the far side of bad.

In 2004, the Vietnam Photographers Association for the first time presented the B Prize to Le Quang Chau from Hanoi for his nude photo entitled "Harmony." (In Vietnam, the B Prize goes to the second best photos at the annual photo competition). Is it possible that the recognition of this photo will promise a bright future for this form of art in Vietnam?

Now that's a sad story

A photographer in Thai Binh province took some nude photos and put the film in a box that had, by some mistake, "mother-in-law's funeral" written on top of the box. One day, when he wasn't home, his wife's sister came by and asked for copies of the photos of her mother's funeral. His wife took the roll of negatives from the box. Before taking the negatives somewhere to get copies made, the wife took a look at the negatives and saw the nude girls. She got very angry and destroyed the film. After that incident, she goes along with her husband on his photo shoots.

The story of photographer Nguyen Thai Phien, who has won an international prize for a nude photo he took, is also interesting. He once went on a business trip to Buon Ma Thuot. While staying at a hotel there, he got a phone call from a woman. She asked him if he'd like to come to her house to take nude photos for her. When the photographer arrived, he saw a nice, middle-aged woman. She said that her husband was away from home and that she wanted to give her husband some very special photos of herself. The woman asked Phien to shoot two rolls of film, leave the film with her and he could charge what he liked. The photographer told the lady that he'd take the photos for free if he could keep the negatives. No thank you, the lady said. Phien took the photos and gave the rolls of film to the lady, collected his fee and left her house. The next day she had someone deliver 20 new rolls of film to the photographer.

Photographer Nguyen Thai Phien looks forward to the day, hoping it will be in his lifetime, when nude photography, an art form recognized around the world, will be tolerated and even appreciated by the Vietnamese people.

The power, though not wisdom, of public opinion

In Vietnam, both the photographers and the girls in nude photos are looked upon as people of low morals. Phien said, "It’s probably the common view that nude photography and nude photos are something that does not fit alongside the traditional customs of Vietnamese people. But from an aesthetic point of view, it is a higher quality of human beings that can discover and enhance beauty. Photographers seek to create photos, sometimes nude photos, which have within them reality, soul and artistic beauty.

Photographers have complained that Vietnam has no laws or regulations that apply to nude photos or nude photography. Photographers do not know where they stand when taking nude photos.

Meanwhile, the nude photos taken by Marina Cox, a photographer from Belgium, and those taken by Jaschi Klein and C. Marek from Germany impress millions of hearts all over the world.

Art lovers hope and expect that some day there will be a nude photo show in Vietnam. Nobody has any idea when such a day will come. The author of this piece believes that beauty is eternal, and it is for each of us to open our mind and eyes and appreciate the world around us.

by Thanh Tam

 

nice pics you´re linking to, viet.
and thanks for the background-info.
don´t hesitate to feature some more of the pics in this thread.

thank you for the sentiment, biznatch and Tai.
didn´t say i´m going to quit posting here.
don´t think that Tai´s Gordon Denman-post was meant as a obituary

 

had that idea too, Tai

7000 is not even close to 9000, 12000 or 20000, but i´m working on that. makes fun
hope noone minds these 2 steps beyond the limits.

part I






part II






part III






part IV is here, btw. Marina seems to have serious troubles to keep her clothes on

 

hey river....thx for entertaining us in 7000 ways..7005 and serving

 

very artistic pic, Tai

been a pleasure, and will be.

 

sometimes i feel the word "artistic" is a little deterring... :?

nevertheless. now that the (short and more private than intended) party is over...

 

this "my wife" needs some discussions....

and have a look at http://forum.phun.org/showthread.php?t=87755
you took the wrong imagevenue-code.

 

When it comes to me you are one of the leading pillars here.
Top-quality threads and posts, encouraging replies with funny pictures, reasonable input when needed...
There are only a few members here i check for new threads or posts by them everytime i log-in.
You are one of them.
Vielen Dank, Tai.
und - okay, ich zahle

 

Ariaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!

Felicitations for your 3k-th post TaiPan !!

 

Congatulations on 3000 Posts Tai






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Tai, first of all, congratulations on your 3,000th post.

Secondly, thanks for being such a great member of the Phun community. I always look forward to your posts. I agree with River 100%. Your posts are always quality, and I'm sure that River and I are not the only people around here who look forward to them.

Keep up the good work buddy!

(and BTW, I think that set of Aria is the best one of her I've EVER seen)

 

thats fucking cool

 

Damn well Tai, a big congratulations on hitting the 3k mark.

Your posts have kept me well occupied throughout and hope to see many more from you down the track.

 

A bit congrats from me also, Tai. A great achievement and 3,000 new flawless posts. You are a credit to phun and we're lucky to have people like you giving us such quality threads and input on a daily basis.

I look forward to your next milestone, you picked a great set here