The Tattoo Project

A group of tattooed models as interpreted by 12 different photographers, from an interesting project that took place in Vancouver, British Columbia last month.

Thanks to reader Dominique for sending this link in.

Photo by Marc Koegel

The Tattoo Project: Body.Art.Image.

Big month in Reader Publications

Wow, this has been a big month for Art Nudes readers getting their work out in print. With the holidays just around the corner, these all seem like pretty cool gift ideas for the photography enthusiast in your life, even if it means buying them for yourself!

Steve Richard's awesome "Cloud Busting" series is now available in book form. The book was printed at Zanardi Press in Italy and will be in normal book store distribution early 2011 (being distributed through University of New Mexico Press). In the meantime, it is now available for sale on directly through Steve's site.

steve richard photography

Dave Rudin's excellent annual calendar of his figure photography in now available just in time for the new year.

Figures of Grace 2011: Art Nudes by Dave Rudin in Photography

The talented group of photographers collectively known as F-eleven have released their 3rd volume of collected works via Blurb.

Featuring the work of 15 photographers, with all proceeds going to charity, this might make a good stocking stuffer...

f-eleven volume 3

f - eleven volume 2 | By Wolf189

The f-eleven photography group has published their second volume of images featuring many familiar names to long time Art Nudes readers. This time sales proceeds go to aid Autism and Fragile X Syndrome research.

Check out the full preview of the book and then buy a copy!

f - eleven volume 2

f - eleven

Photo by Brooks Ayola

I was excited to hear about F-eleven a new book that is being published via Blurb. This looks like a really excellent collection of some of the luminaries of the contemporary nude photography scene, including several friends and favourites of this blog.

As if getting a book with this much great content wasn't enough, proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to Friends Without a Border a charity committed to improving the health and well being of the children of Cambodia by providing quality medical care, extensive outreach and crucial medical education through Angkor Hospital for Children.

Check out this link for ordering information and an extensive preview of the book's contents.

f - eleven | By WOLF189 |

Obsession Art

Image by Mike Crawley

I seldom, if ever, post a link to a "commercial" site, but I'll make an exception in the case of Obsession Art. This is a UK based website that specializes in nude photography printed to order and shipped worldwide (for a surprisingly reasonable cost). It's a very user friendly site, and I recognize the names of a number of artists that I've featured here over the years, all of whom I assume get a commission from sales. They also provide good quality preview images without obnoxious watermarking, so even if you just want to go browse, there's lots to see.

ObsessionArt.com

Nuexpo.com - Entretiens et portfolios de photographes et mod�les - Nu artistique

I recently discovered Nuexpo.com, a French online magazine that features portfolios and interviews with photographers and models who specialize in fine art nudes. It seems to be a high quality sight, and you certainly don't need to read French to be able to appreciate all the photography.

Nuexpo.com - Entretiens et portfolios de photographes et modeles - Nu artistique

Artbreak:

This new site looks like it could have some potential. I'm always happy to see sites that provide free exposure for artists. This one appears to be a hybrid of several different popular web galleries, critique sites and social network sites. He's the description from the email I received from the creator.

I've built a community site called Artbreak for artists to share and sell their work. It's free to sign up and to share your work on the site. If you sell your work, there is a 7.5% commission, other than that there are no fees or charges. I'd like to invite you to come check it out, and if you like it to show some of your work there.

You can think of it as a free web portfolio of your work, but it's really a social site: People can leave compliments for artists, send messages, add friends, and vote for their favorite art. It's just getting off the ground, and already an incredible community of artists from all over the world is really coming together on the site. The feedback of the early adopters is shaping Artbreak's direction and personality, so if you do check it out, please send any feedback or ideas my way.

Artbreak

Carrie Leigh's NUDE MAGAZINE

Photographer and long time reader Dave Rudin wrote in to tell me about a brand new magazine that has just his the shelves for the first time. The premier issue has an 8 page feature on Dave's work. Way to go Dave!

The magazine looks like it features quality work and interesting articles. I wish it every success, and I hope I can find it in my local shops. If any one wants to buy me an early X-mas present, I'll take a year's subscription!

Even more importantly though, the magazine has an open call for submissions via their website. We all know that print exposure can be hard to come by, so this is an excellent opportunity.

Carrie Leigh's NUDE magazine

ALTphotos Photography Community :: For Creative Photography

Photo by Katarzyna Widmanska

If you aren't familiar with ALTphotos.com, you should be. The quality level is consistently exceptional. Do yourself a favour and visit this great site.

ALTphotos Photography Community :: For Creative Photography

PhotoDom

Photo by Liviu Burlea

Here's another Russian photography forum with a large gallery of "Erotic Art Photography". As is usual with these types of sites, the quality level varies from terrific to terrible, but there is plenty to see.

PhotoDom

Photography Show - Black & White Spider Awards

2007 Black & White Spider Awards featuring some really nice figure work by Austrian photographer Werner Branz
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Photography Show - Black & White Spider Awards

Portafolio

Here's a far too small portfolio of work by Chilean photographer Carlos Arriagada

Carlos Arriagada at Zone Zero

This comes from the fantastic photography site, Zone Zero. If you're not already familiar with this collection of (mainly) Latin American & South American photographers, do yourself a favour and check it out.

Zone Zero: Nude/Desnudo

nude-hall

Nude Hall is a group exhibit of what seems to be primarily Turkish photographers. Now it is an interesting question to me after looking through these, is there a Turkish style that is prone to closeups and extremely grainy images or is it just a preference of whomever compiled this grouping...?

nude-hall

onePhoto.net - otwarta galeria fotografii.

Photo by Wesoly Oberzysta

There's a huge selection of nudes by various photographers on this Polish (?) photo forum. (Thanks to reader Robert for tentatively identifying the language)

onePhoto.net - otwarta galeria fotografii.

onexposure.net - where photographers meet

Ralf, webmaster of Onexposure.net wrote in to introduce me to his site. It's a Sweden based photography forum where you can join and share your work with other photographers and the world. The difference here from other similar sites is that photos undergo a screening process in order to be posted, so the image quality level is quite good. Check it out!

onexposure.net

Photography

Photo by Rimantas Dichavicius

Here's a fascinating and extensive collection of work by Lithuanian fine art photographers. Wonderful stuff lies within for those willing to explore!

Lithuanian Photography

L'espace de l'instant collectif de photographes

Image by Francis Chancerel

Here's an absolutely wonderful collective of five French photographers, including Art Nudes reader Francis Chancerel. Everyone of the five produces work that is a total knock-out, so be sure to visit each portfolio!

L'espace de l'instant collectif de photographes

Photo by Philippe Pache

artphotoblog is a newly minted art photography blog that looks like it's off to a promising start. This will bear keeping an eye on.

This link sent in by Pascal Renoux