Saturday, January 8, 2011

We're not as modern as we think. or are we?

Corset from 1902. Il y a des femmes qui lassent leurs amants plus vite que leur corset. (There are women who tire of their lovers faster than their corsets.) From La Vie Parisienne

Think about it: This image is one hundred and nine years old. Over a century. This lady is going to be remembered forever. She had no problem posing for revealing pictures, even a century ago, when things were so different. Maybe. It makes me laugh how even today, how so many people, especially in certain small cities (like mine), think boudoir is too risque, or feel it is too indecent. You wouldn't believe how uncomfortable some people really are with it. Yet you see way more sexually aggressive things on TV, you hear way more suggestive things on the radio. (My four year old daughter has shocked me and sings things I wouldn't even repeat, and I'm a boudoir photographer!).
So have we really changed so much?
I see the stores carry the lingerie ~ Targets, Walmarts, etc, etc. People hear it on the radio. People see it on TV. People read it in magazines, (Ten tips to make your guy ......... and other guides for your sex life in Vanity, Marie Clare, and most women magazines)
Yet, many people don't want to talk about it.
Michael Angelo did it. Leonardo did it. Renoir, Tizian, Botticelli, Picasso, Dali, Kahlo, Gauguin...
It's just art. It's so natural, that we're born with it. It's our body.
Let's embrace what makes us human.
Adrian



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