nude photography

Meta wants teens’ nudes to stop them from spreading online. Again

Feb 28, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments

In previous years, Facebook and Instagram had a couple of attempts to help you stop your nudes from spreading – by sharing them with Meta. The company has just announced yet another program that stops intimate images from going around the internet, and it’s aimed particularly at teenagers.

Take It Down is Meta’s latest initiative, made in partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). It’s made to protect the young from having their nude photos shared without their knowledge or consent.

Award-winning photographer has exhibition with Helmut Newton censored for her same sex imagery

Oct 14, 2022 by Alex Baker 1 Comment

An internationally acclaimed photographer has told of her frustration and disappointment after a Barcelona art museum censored her prestigious concurrent exhibition with images by Helmut Newton. The censorship occurred without warning. The first that photographer Renée Jacobs knew about it was on the opening night when more than half the images had been removed for reasons of what she describes as discrimination and misogyny.

Renee Jacobs is a multi-award-winning photographer and has received accolades for her body of work in depicting the female form. Her book Polaroids has recently won first prize in the International Photography Awards for Book/Fine Art. So it was no surprise then when the FotoNostrum Gallery invited her to show her work in a joint exhibition alongside Helmut Newton called “seeingWOMEN”.

Meta wants your nude photos so they won’t spread on Facebook and Instagram. Yes, really

Dec 3, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 8 Comments

Preventing revenge porn by sending your nude photos to someone else is probably not the way most of us would handle the issue, right? Well, Meta has come up with a “brilliant” idea to prevent your nude content from spreading across Facebook and Instagram. The company has launched a tool that lets you submit your explicit photos to a hashing database so that they can be recognized and removed from the platforms in the future. Needless to say, this has raised some concerns in the community.

At least a dozen arrested in nude balcony photoshoot in Dubai (NSFW)

Apr 6, 2021 by John Aldred 7 Comments

BBC News reports that 11 models from Ukraine – with some outlets reporting 40 models in total – have been arrested along with Russian photographer, Alexey Kontsov for what has been described as a “lewd” photoshoot on an apartment balcony in Dubai. The models face up to six months in prison with the photographer who organised the shoot potentially facing 18 months.

They were caught due to video footage being posted to social media by the photographer. It is believed that he initially told police that he was watching from a nearby apartment and not involved in the shoot but made the “fatal mistake” of posting the video online – a potential crime in the UAE. But videos and photos show footage from inside the apartment and on the balcony with the models, too.

Photographer under fire for using a nude photo in a book after the model asked him not to [NSFW]

Oct 8, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 42 Comments

Photographer David Paul Larson recently came under fire after a chat with a model who asked him not to publish her nude photo. It’s a very tricky case, where the photographer has all the legal right to use the image. But after he ignored the model’s plea not to include her image, the community reacted fiercely.

These are five most common misconceptions about erotic photography

Jun 9, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment

Is erotic photography the same as porn? Is it something to be ashamed of? Even though it’s been around for ages, there are still many myths about this genre. In this video, photographer and writer Anete Lusina addresses some of the most common misconceptions about erotic photography. If you shoot it and you’re in any way insecure about your work, this is a must-watch.

Photographer Marcus Hyde under fire for alleged sexual misconduct

Jul 24, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments

Photographer Marcus Hyde, who worked with celebrities like Ariana Grande and Kim Kardashian, was recently accused of sexual misconduct. It all started when Los Angeles-based model Sunnaya Nash shared screenshots of a conversation with him, where he offered a free photoshoot only if she sends him nude photos first. After Sunnaya went public, a few more women spoke out about the same (or worse) treatment they allegedly received from Hyde.

“Chernobyl” writer asks tourists to respect the site after nude photo shoots in Pripyat [NSFW]

Jun 17, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 10 Comments

Shortly after it was first aired, TV series Chernobyl took the world by storm. Expectedly, its enormous popularity has taken even more tourists to already quite visited abandoned town of Pripyat. One Instagrammer even set a nude photo shoot at the nuclear disaster site. So, Chernobyl writer, Craig Mazin, recently publicly asked people to respect the site and remember that it was a place of tragedy.

Facebook to reconsider its nudity policy after photographers’ outcry

Jun 6, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 26 Comments

Facebook has the policy to ban photographic nudity, which has been a problem for many photographers who share their work on Facebook and Instagram. But this could soon change. Photographer Spencer Tunick recently organized a nude photo shoot outside of company’s offices to challenge its policies. As a result, Facebook will reconsider its nudity guidelines when it comes to photographic art.

You can’t post your nude photography to Tumblr anymore

Dec 4, 2018 by John Aldred 4 Comments

With Facebook and other social media platforms having a complete ban on nude and suggestive imagery, many nude and glamour photographers have turned to Tumblr as an outlet for their photography. But that’s going to change as Tumblr bans all adult content, including “female-presenting nipples” from December 17th.

Dave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.