Holiday Break

Hello all,

I'm giving myself my annual present of two weeks off from blogging to focus on my eating, drinking and making merry.  I'll be back in January.  See you in 2011!

In the meantime, here's a special seasonal post for you all. Since this is the "season of giving", you may be interested in this list of secular charities. These organizations do great work without any proselytizing. I encourage you to support them.

UNICEF

Oxfam International

Doctors Without Borders

Kiva - Loans that change lives

The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Nature, Preserving Life

Amnesty International | Working to Protect Human Rights

Bernadinism

Unusual and creative work by photographer Alva Bernadine; all featured on one of the most spectacularly weird websites I've seen. (And I've seen a lot!)

Bernadinism

John Tisbury

Congratulations to UK photographer John Tisbury, for being the winner of the 2010 NUDE Magazine - Photo Contest for the image above.

John Tisbury

Jean-Pierre Potez

Classic black & white studio figure studies by Art Nudes reader Jean-Pierre Potez.

Jean-Pierre Potez

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.

Michael Gesinger

American photographer Michael Gesigner produces beautiful silver gelatin prints, many of them hand coloured.

Don't forget to explore the archives section of his website for much more work.

Michael Gesinger - Photographer

Rudolf Kartelin

Studio nudes in colour by Russian photographer Rudolf Kartelin.

Rudolf Kartelin

idaniphotography and Aisii model

I'm pleased to introduce Romanian photographer Daniel Ilinca and his lovely wife, professional model Ana-Maria. They live in Romania and Ana-Maria recently began modeling again, less than a year after the birth of their first child.

Daniel's site:

idaniphotography

Ana-Maria's site:

Aisii

I don't generally post Deviant Art links as they require membership to view the 18+ images, but I'll make an exception here as there's much more work by both of them in their respective portfolios:

Aisii on Deviant Art

Daniel on Deviant Art

Juan Cossio

Mixed media works by Spanish artist Juan Cossio, who describes himself as follows: "I´m not completely photographer and neither completely painter (in a traditional sense)..."

JUAN COSSIO

Marlene Marino

Quiet moments and familial relationships are prominent themes in the work of photographer Marlene Marino.

Marlene Marino

Stefan Rappo

Statuesque nudes by French photographer Stefan Rappo.

Stefan Rappo PHOTOGRAPHY

Werner Branz Photography

Fine work in a variety of styles by Austrian photographer and Art Nudes reader Werner Branz.

Werner Branz Photography

Thorsten Jankowski

The very talented Thorsten Jankowski has updated his site with new work.

Thorsten Jankowski

Tobias Slater-Hunt

UK Photographer Tobias Slater-Hunt wrote in to let us know that he's recently started a blog featuring his latest work.

The Ascension

New Edition of Nude Magazine

The fine folks over at Carrie Leigh's NUDE Magazine have started pre-ordering for the next edition of their quarterly publication. This issue has a feature article on a model many of us have had the chance to work with, the wonderful Candace Nirvana. (There's even a little quote from me in the article.)

Carrie Leigh's NUDE Magazine

Scott Nichol

Gorgeous outdoor and studio nudes by photographer Scott Nichol.

silverystars.com

Jean-Francois Devillers

French photographer Jean-Francois Devillers' photo-montages of amorphous bodies in his "Flesh" series are oddly beautiful.

Click on voir la série to load the images.

Jean-Francois Devillers

Tom Suhler

I'm loving Tom Suhler's night shoots from Winding Creek Texas series!

Tom Suhler Fine Art Nude Photography

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

Erographic Interviews: Chris Triance-Martin

My old friend Chris Triance-Martin just did an interview for Erographic. I've know Chris for more that 25 years and am delighted that his photography is taking off in such a big way.

Erographic: photography: Chris Triance-Martin