NUDE is a collection of photographic imagery that highlights alternative and artistic images of the nude black female body.
Using photography, the goal is to capture the beauty and diversity of women of African descent. It is meant to dispel the pervasive sexualized images that our mainstream culture and mass media perpetually shows about black women. In addition, NUDE is one stepping stone to get people to decolonize their mindsets about nudity and to undo the social conditioning that western culture has imposed upon all women of color to obtain Euro-centric forms of beauty.
Link to NUDE:
http://www.slideshare.net/MarilynLouis/nude-10565436
GREAT work. I loved your presentation. You could've heard a pin drop in there while you were speaking. Really great.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lezlie on that one. It was very quiet in there. Everybody enjoyed your presentation
ReplyDeleteAh, thank you all for the great compliments! I so appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteI finally uploaded the finished project on the class blog. Feel free to look at it at your convenience.
I missed out on such a great presentation! The photographs are absolutely breathtaking, this is raw beauty at it's most natural and beautiful form. Wow, just wow.
ReplyDeleteOh, thank Thu! I commented on your piece as well.
ReplyDeleteThis was awesome to see Marilyn!
ReplyDeleteI really loved the photographs, I felt like drawing them!
I like drawing figures and I took one class at Hunter and we had models that ranged from the ages 20-80 and it reminded me of how awesome it felt to draw real people instead of going to the MET to draw some statues.
This was awesome to see Marilyn!
ReplyDeleteI really loved the photographs, I felt like drawing them!
I like drawing figures and I took one class at Hunter and we had models that ranged from the ages 20-80 and it reminded me of how awesome it felt to draw real people instead of going to the MET to draw some statues.
Thank you, Ziasumi! I so appreciate your great feedback and compliments!
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