Comments for Feminism Without Clothes http://candyposes.com/blog the face and thoughts of a nude model. Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:24:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 Comment on The Attractive Feminist by candyposes http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-799 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:26:14 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-799 Buddy- I don't call myself a feminist when I'm endorsing myself as a model. There is nothing about me being a feminist on my online portfolio pages except for a link to this blog. I call myself a feminist when I'm blogging about feminism. Like, for example, now. Your statement about how you don't want to employ feminists because of what you associate the term with perfectly describes my dilema- by announcing I'm a feminist by keeping this blog, I limit my marketability. However, I don't consider modeling to be my identity. Neither do I consider being a feminist my identity. However, one day I will retire from modeling. While I'm postive my views on some things will change, I hope that I never stop considering myself a feminist. And if that makes people, despite the fact that I'm not a man-hater or a bitch(well, it depends on who you ask regarding that one), not want to work with me, so be it. Buddy-

I don’t call myself a feminist when I’m endorsing myself as a model. There is nothing about me being a feminist on my online portfolio pages except for a link to this blog. I call myself a feminist when I’m blogging about feminism. Like, for example, now. Your statement about how you don’t want to employ feminists because of what you associate the term with perfectly describes my dilema- by announcing I’m a feminist by keeping this blog, I limit my marketability.

However, I don’t consider modeling to be my identity. Neither do I consider being a feminist my identity.

However, one day I will retire from modeling. While I’m postive my views on some things will change, I hope that I never stop considering myself a feminist. And if that makes people, despite the fact that I’m not a man-hater or a bitch(well, it depends on who you ask regarding that one), not want to work with me, so be it.

]]> Comment on The Attractive Feminist by Buddy http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-798 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:15:19 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-798 Well if you just "are" why do you need to label yourself? Does the feminist title bring anything to the table when you are going for a paycheck? Personally, I find it a hinderence. I would never shoot with a model that called herself a feminist first and a model second. When I hear the word feminist, I think ..man hater ..bitch..and not someone that I would want to employ. But that is just me. Well if you just “are” why do you need to label yourself? Does the feminist title bring anything to the table when you are going for a paycheck? Personally, I find it a hinderence. I would never shoot with a model that called herself a feminist first and a model second. When I hear the word feminist, I think ..man hater ..bitch..and not someone that I would want to employ. But that is just me.

]]> Comment on Sex and Photography by candyposes http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=141#comment-797 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:02:28 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=141#comment-797 Yes, I model for artists. I've found the experience physically painful and that it pays shit. The one time I was 100% sure my primary reason for being somewhere was to get someone off was posing for an artist. There is no one sacred photographer/artist-model relationship dynamic. Yes, I model for artists. I’ve found the experience physically painful and that it pays shit. The one time I was 100% sure my primary reason for being somewhere was to get someone off was posing for an artist.

There is no one sacred photographer/artist-model relationship dynamic.

]]> Comment on Sex and Photography by Nick http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=141#comment-796 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 09:17:36 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=141#comment-796 The relationship between artist and model isn't about sex, it's about desire. We live in a culture where the naked body is automatically associated with sex and where sex is not a natural act, but highly coded and controlled (both internally - hangups - and externally - conventions, laws etc.). Therefore the naked body represents, for us westerners, not just a wonderfully articulated structure of forms, but also the potential crossing of limits. Were you from a culture more at ease with the body and its functions, you might be asking yourself why anyone would have the need to photograph you let alone pay. Being a westerner I can see why people want to photograph you - and you have a body the camera likes. I'm not a photographer and I have never modelled - might do me some good, but I always feel that there are more aesthetically pleasing things out there. I do and have drawn a lot from the nude model, and it is still my main ressource when I am looking for forms. Have you tried modelling for a painter or other artist? It is, I suspect, a different experience from being photographed. First there is the time it takes and this creates a different intimacy. The work comes from the artist's eye and hand and his mind that articulates the two, but in some indefinable way the model contributes just as much. It really is a joint effort. The relationship between artist and model isn’t about sex, it’s about desire. We live in a culture where the naked body is automatically associated with sex and where sex is not a natural act, but highly coded and controlled (both internally - hangups - and externally - conventions, laws etc.). Therefore the naked body represents, for us westerners, not just a wonderfully articulated structure of forms, but also the potential crossing of limits. Were you from a culture more at ease with the body and its functions, you might be asking yourself why anyone would have the need to photograph you let alone pay.

Being a westerner I can see why people want to photograph you - and you have a body the camera likes.

I’m not a photographer and I have never modelled - might do me some good, but I always feel that there are more aesthetically pleasing things out there. I do and have drawn a lot from the nude model, and it is still my main ressource when I am looking for forms.

Have you tried modelling for a painter or other artist? It is, I suspect, a different experience from being photographed. First there is the time it takes and this creates a different intimacy. The work comes from the artist’s eye and hand and his mind that articulates the two, but in some indefinable way the model contributes just as much. It really is a joint effort.

]]> Comment on The Attractive Feminist by candyposes http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-795 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:36:47 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-795 David- I care what people think because I want money. David-

I care what people think because I want money.

]]> Comment on The Attractive Feminist by David http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-794 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:01:20 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-794 You can be anybody you want to be. Who cares what people think? You can be anybody you want to be.
Who cares what people think?

]]> Comment on The Attractive Feminist by marisa http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-793 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:12:18 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=150#comment-793 nice post. of course you're a feminist, because you say so. who knows more about your thoughts and beliefs, and the core of who you are, than you do? everyone else gets to figure their own selves out. (and if they don't, then they get to find a way to be either a) satisfied with being spoon-fed someone else's beliefs or b) angry enough about the stuff they're being spoon-fed to seek out better ways to see the world. if they care enough to find knowledge beyond the "spoon," people will take in what you have to say and see how it resonates (or even clashes) with their own opinions and experiences. but that's all up to them - not your job. as for the label "feminist" hurting your career, well it certainly hasn't hindered you so far! be you, and the interesting people will want to work with you. but... when i first saw the title i thought it was gonna be a gleeful treatise on your recent lingerie purchases (even if they were out of the black-lace-on-red one). :) nice post. of course you’re a feminist, because you say so. who knows more about your thoughts and beliefs, and the core of who you are, than you do? everyone else gets to figure their own selves out. (and if they don’t, then they get to find a way to be either a) satisfied with being spoon-fed someone else’s beliefs or b) angry enough about the stuff they’re being spoon-fed to seek out better ways to see the world.

if they care enough to find knowledge beyond the “spoon,” people will take in what you have to say and see how it resonates (or even clashes) with their own opinions and experiences. but that’s all up to them - not your job.

as for the label “feminist” hurting your career, well it certainly hasn’t hindered you so far! be you, and the interesting people will want to work with you.

but… when i first saw the title i thought it was gonna be a gleeful treatise on your recent lingerie purchases (even if they were out of the black-lace-on-red one).

:)

]]> Comment on 2007 by Art Fan http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=149#comment-791 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:41:49 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=149#comment-791 Good Luck in Seattle. I know several people who have moved there and love it. Every life needs an adventure away from where they are most comfortable. You are not "running" from anything you running TO something. As you drive accross the country with all of your things, you will find it very liberating. Congratulations on doing what, I assume, is the best for you. Also, I found your site today by accident and I NEVER leave comments anywhere. Your site is beautiful. The photography is great: provoking and tasteful. Keep it up! Or don't! Just keep making art! Best wishes. Good Luck in Seattle. I know several people who have moved there and love it. Every life needs an adventure away from where they are most comfortable. You are not “running” from anything you running TO something. As you drive accross the country with all of your things, you will find it very liberating. Congratulations on doing what, I assume, is the best for you. Also, I found your site today by accident and I NEVER leave comments anywhere. Your site is beautiful. The photography is great: provoking and tasteful. Keep it up! Or don’t! Just keep making art! Best wishes.

]]> Comment on 2007 by candyposes http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=149#comment-790 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:00:43 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=149#comment-790 I have my reasons. By the way, commentor #6- wtf? You live in NY- most likely, you've never even met me. Stop being creepy and judgemental. I have my reasons.

By the way, commentor #6- wtf? You live in NY- most likely, you’ve never even met me. Stop being creepy and judgemental.

]]> Comment on 2007 by Anon http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=149#comment-789 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:49:48 +0000 http://candyposes.com/blog/?p=149#comment-789 What are you running away from? What are you running away from?

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