Farmers asking visitors to stop taking nude photos in their sunflower field
Aug 23, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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When in bloom, sunflower fields attract more Instagrammers than insects. Some of them overstep their boundaries, so the owners of a sunflower farm in the UK recently had to issue an unusual request. They put up signs asking people not to take nude shots in their field.
The owners of Stoke Fruit Farm on Hayling Island noticed that more and more tourists get rid of their clothes to take photos among the bright yellow flowers. So, they turned to social media for the request that they stop doing it. “Reminder to all we are a family area and please keep your clothes on in the sunflowers,” the farm owners wrote in a Facebook post. We are having [an] increase of reports of naked photography taking place and this must not happen during our public sessions please!”
Sam Wilson, the farm’s co-owner, told CNN what had prompted him to issue the request. He said there had been about six public nudity incidents in less than a month! “We’ve always had people take risque pictures but this is the first year it’s been a problem, which is why we’ve put signs up,” he told this source. Wilson’s sister and the farm co-owner Nette Petley added that “the site is huge and there are so many places that you can hide away without anyone finding you for over an hour.” However, she added that “these incidents were blatantly public.”
To make things worse, a couple of children stumbled upon these nude shoots, and this is when the owners decided to put the signs up. “We are a really free and happy farm but we just can’t have nudity in public view,” Wilson added.
Personally, I have nothing against nudity, but I believe there’s a time and place for everything. You can’t just take your clothes off in any public place and expect everyone around you to be cool with that. After all, it can sometimes get you into serious trouble and even have you arrested! So, the signs that the Stoke Fruit Farm owners put up are definitely the mildest possible way to let you know that no one wants to see you naked. It could get much worse.
[via PetaPixel]
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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89 responses to “Farmers asking visitors to stop taking nude photos in their sunflower field”
No.
Great marketing / advertising activity
Epic. I needed a new/nude business plan use with my 6 acres of private land. What do they say, “if you built it they will come”?
Marie Ferguson …Got me thinking bout making a Corn field !!!
Ravin White we have that too. And prairie
Marie Ferguson … Fantastic, …have to come visit one day, …lol
Marie Ferguson get planting. Lol. Your fortune is a season away
Andrew Siddells have been. We have some grass is nearly 5 feet tall, indiscreetly placed in just the right places 🤣
Marie Ferguson you could advertise your impending sunflower patch for nature loving photography hobbyists. Imagine it. They would flock in droves.
Andrew Siddells that’s the plan. Instead of pumpkins. Sunflowers. Hope to add a 1950 rust bucket truck as a prop too-boot
Marie Ferguson awesome
After you build it do you really want them doing that on your land… ;)
Well that is no fun
It is private property. Farmers have the legal right to request.
Nudity is not illegal in the UK unless there is intent to cause offence so you won’t get into serious trouble as the article says. However this is private land so respect the owners request.
Perhaps they should organise a clothing optional day, might be popular!
In some countries, you will get in serious trouble. I linked two articles that talk about it, precisely in Egypt. :)
This subject ‘pops up’ every so often, and I don’t understand the problem.
I remember once arriving at Rosslare on the car ferry, from Fishguard, and commenting to a first timer to Ireland, (our Japanese student) that “nothing ever happens in Ireland”. A few minutes later we were crossing the big bridge in Wexford, and walking towards us, were two naked men, adorned with rucksacks and nothing else… not a stitch.
We just laughed and carried on to our destination.
After all, it is not as if they hadn’t got anything that around 50% of humans have! Including our kids, who were both under 10 years old, who laughed heartily. Now grown up. married with kids of their own, and completely unscathed by the experience.
I personally don’t mind, as I mentioned. Just like you… But I understand that many people do. :) Your story made me remember a dude who stripped in the middle of a crowded club, standing there casually, drinking beer with his friends. None of us minded hahaha :)
I did a photoshoot for a surf mag, the owners had arranged with a friend of a friend to use their beachfront backyard that had a really cool treehouse loft. The shoot got cut short when the house owners wife went ballistic on the husband for watching the bikini clad girls from the kitchen, apparently he kept leaving the living room to “get more water” and the wife got sus at how thirsty he was! 😂 I was in the tree house getting great shots as we got the news we were leaving “In a hurry!” and relocated to the beach.
My Hawaiisooper karen
Now I really wanna do that
Absolutely reasonable request as it seems the shooters and subjects are not being considerate of the community around where they’re shooting. Also, in many areas, there is a requirement that public indecency only occurs if someone complains about it. Well someone is complaining about it.
Unless your intent is to capture something like a crowd reaction as part of the shot, nudity may be whatever to us as artists, but especially when using someone’s private land, be considerate of the folks you can reasonably expect to encounter and take 5 extra minutes to get the shots you want without upsetting the neighbors. It’s just common courtesy and decency.
With that being said, I’m spending part of tomorrow looking to see if sunflowers are grow in FL. 😉
That depends on the visitor
Maybe I should plant some sunflowers…
Please don’t show your pasty ass and bits to the kids out in public.
That farmer sounds like a prude.
Robert Bray Are you being serious?
👍
Robert Bray Regardless, it is private property, and they have the right to set the rules. Photographers do not have a special entitlement. Don’t like it? Go somewhere else.
John Tucker is a prude!
Hell I’d be happy to watch. Ron White said it best see one set of hooters you want to see them all
I can understand if they are harming the flowers, but not accepting people just without clothes on is just sad and narrow-minded.
Janne Rentola You’re joking, right?
Janne Rentola
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Janne Rentola It’s private property. They have a right to set the rules.
John Tucker What shall I say? So what? They might have a right, but they don’t need to be stupid for that.
Dolly Llama In which way am I joking? Do you really think that seeing naked people could harm somebody?
Zenith Anais Walker No huh huh itsellesi vain.
Janne Rentola you are just asking for nude people to show up at your doorstep
Janne Rentola western women do it for TikTok and validation. Just like these idiots filming themselves at concerts like they’ll be “the star” some day.
Janne Rentola Oh, I see. You’re an idiot. No point talking to you.
Janne Rentola huh?
Janne Rentola, seeing naked people is not the problem.
Trespassers are the problem.
You have difficulty understanding the rights of landowners?
Rosemary English Yes, I do. You see, in some civilized countries there is such thing as everyman’s right or freedom to roam. But here the problem is not trespassing, but nudity.
Janne Rentola sad & narrow minded cause they don’t wanna see people nude in their damn property? Maybe people like you need to get over themselves and have respect for other people and their property instead of thinking everything revolves around you. That’s sad & small minded
Kakashi Kagë I do have respect for other people, which you apparently do not have. I do not have respect for property, that would be absurd.
Janne Rentola having respect for someone property is also facing respect for the people… which own that property. Get some brains before you speak again
Janne Rentola because the public are given invitation to the sunflower fields are considered a family area, hence they don’t want people just getting their kit off willy-nilly, it’s that simple.
Kakashi Kagë Why so aggressive? Perhaps you have never seen a naked person and would like to? You have a pervert view to both nudity and property.
Janne Rentola Aggressive? For putting you in your place ? Oh, I’m sorry I hurt your feelings. My wife would disagree 😃😃 but let’s get back on topic about how you avoided what I said because you know you couldn’t debate what I said. So, of course , like any triggered snowflake, the insults come right after. Like I said, get a brain before you speak, you’re making yourself look worse everytime you comment 😂
Kakashi Kagë Exactly how did you “put me in my place”? I am not hurt in any way, and I am not debating with you, just telling how things are. Greetings to your imaginary wife.
Janne Rentola bruh, you in NO place to be talking about anyone. You look like a 80yo virgin that be tryna hop in high schoolers DMs 😂🤣 I’d stop talking if I was you.
& yeah, you hurt bruh, there’s no point in lying. Hiding behind a keyboard and projecting yourself onto others won’t help your situation man lol.
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Kakashi Kagë Yes, I’d stop writing. Your pitiful writing just reflects your miserability in every way.
That’s horrible. Where ?
Bruno Gomez For research purposes only, when you find out, let me know.
Photographers today have no respect for property or the profession of photography… y’all act like it’s a quick cash grab and 99% suck at it… all of these covid photographers need to go back to what they were doing before…
As a public access venue.. little Bobby or Chanise shouldn’t really have to happen upon someone naked.
Photographers and models might be able to book privately?
That’s the same reason I was asked to leave the garden center at a Home Depot.
Michael Franken 😂🤣
It depends on what they look like
Anybody who walks onto another person’s property and starts doing pretty much anything without asking for and receiving permission is a selfish, dim-witted jerk who likely deserves the consequences.
Said no farmer ever!
Damn I need to start planting some sunflowers.
#TrailCams + #LiveFeed Social media posts 😏
I had a well doing friend who permitted me to do a nude photoshoot on her very nice property. Timing was weird because we did this session when a lot of maintenance workers were around for pool cleaning, some repairs to house, cleaning and trimming outside. But everybody kept their cool and was busy with their tasks, and it was a nice memorable event for all 🙂
It’s called trespassing. Nudity isnt the problem.
Shut up and give me the binoculars!
Why???? Do y’all not like nude women?!!!?
Let’s be honest here, WOMEN, quit taking nude selfies in farmers’ sunflower fields.
Thems farmers is party poopers
Beautiful picture thank you lord no nudes
Capitalize, charge them fees.
DIYPhotography We need some examples of this so we know what to avoid doing, just for reference, of course
Wait till he releases his hounds…
#photosoritdidnthappen please
Then why even have a sunflower field?
Richard Harris sunflower oil. 🙄
To anyone that needs to hear this.. FARMERS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO TELL YOU TO STOP DOING THIS 👏🏽
Why tf are you taking nude pics in someone’s field anyway? Simple answer is attention & trends, of course 🙄, no matter the dumb excuse you’ll make up, the world doesn’t revolve around you, get over yourselves and go do that on your own property. Thanks 😃🖕🏽
I thought this was a headline from The Onion 😂
So what did Adam and eve wear. Lol. Get over yourselves
I will install a lot of trail cam
Good news ladies my nude sunflower field will be ready in about a month
Pictures or it never happened
Too bad. You plant sunflowers…..that’s just what you get
A little rock salt never hurt anyone!
I’d set up some cameras and make some extra money lol
Good thing it’s legal to be topless in my province…lol
Set up the binoculars and spotting scope and enjoy the show!
Just charge them a copy of each photo taken start your own Only Fans page 😊