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Photographer

Traveller

Posts: 11

Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

A model and I plan to do erotic/arty vagina photos, and I want inspiration. For example, a while back I recall seeing photos of a model using a red necktie and lighting for such a shoot. I have been looking but cannot find a list with this category of photos. Can anyone direct me in that direction?

Sep 23 19 12:35 am Link

Photographer

Garry k

Posts: 30130

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

There is a rule against such lists

edit

and for good reason

Sep 23 19 01:21 am Link

Model

Dea and the Beast

Posts: 4796

Saint Petersburg, Florida, US

I will direct you in the direction of a dictionary: if you can see someone's vagina, you'd best be a medical professional lol

Sep 23 19 03:22 am Link

Photographer

Eros Fine Art Photo

Posts: 3097

Torrance, California, US

Sep 23 19 03:58 am Link

Photographer

FIFTYONE PHOTOGRAPHY

Posts: 6597

Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US

lol

POTD 18+  ?

idk

Sep 23 19 04:07 am Link

Photographer

Red Sky Photography

Posts: 3898

Germantown, Maryland, US

Dea and the Beast wrote:
I will direct you in the direction of a dictionary: if you can see someone's vagina, you'd best be a medical professional lol

Womansplaining : Actually giving correct knowledge to the lost and uninformed.

Sep 23 19 04:59 am Link

Artist/Painter

Hunter GWPB

Posts: 8201

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, US

Remember to warm the speculum first!


I will remind you of a "Friends" episode where Rachel was talking to a gynecologist and he explained, in the terms of a woman that served coffee all day, that sometimes a waitress would go home from the coffee shop and say, "I can't stand to look at another cup of coffee today."  There is contempt in repetitive familiarity.

What I perceive you are trying to do is to photograph the female genital area between the mons pubis and anus, which is mostly defined on the exterior by the vulva.  The vulva is comprised of the labia and the vestibule, which includes the introitus, and urethral meatus. The clitoris is at the anterior end of the vulva.  I imagine your goal is to include the opening of the vagina (introits) and clitoris, in some circumstances by manipulation, in your images. 

It would be best if you were very creative to take on such a task.  If you are going to depend on what others have done to guide your creativity, you will be unlikely to succeed in an artistic endeavor unless you are trying to appeal to only those with an unquenchable sexual interest or someone doing a study in comparative anatomy.  Of course, with the internet, I suppose you could find a lucrative market of people that are obsessed with women's anatomies.  I would also expect that those people would have no compunction about pirating and posting any image you make. 

If you are trying to avoid making porn (Pornography: printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings), though by definition, that is what you will most likely be creating, you could google the painting, "The Origins of the World" and find that this piece of fine art is still regarded as porn by much of the world.  Or check into Georgia O'Keeffe, where she, even if she was painting sexual organs, was appealing to aesthetic or emotional feelings, rather than erotic stimulation.  Though sometimes it is not possible to separate the erotic from aesthetic, it is easy to remove aesthetic from erotic.   Otherwise, all you can do is add objects around the subject, on the subject, or in the subject and try to come up with clever titles, like by lodging a bottle of aspirin between the labia and calling it, "Honey, do you know where the aspirin is?" or some other cute title.

Sep 23 19 06:05 am Link

Photographer

Fleming Design

Posts: 1380

East Hartford, Connecticut, US

Damn Hunter, have you absolutely nothing to do?

Sep 23 19 06:10 am Link

Artist/Painter

Hunter GWPB

Posts: 8201

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, US

Prior to addressing this thread, I sat in a swamp for an hour to photograph a Bittern.  I read the Washington Post. I cooked dog food for the next two days, except I still have to go buy a sweet potato, cut and cook that for him, but I wanted to wait for traffic to die down.  Later, after the employee comes in and I start him on his day's work, which he is going to really love, I have three over due projects to work on and one current project, but the problem there is the difference between 'want to do' and 'have to do.'  Which explains why three are over due.  I may have lunch with a friend, but probably not because it is too much effort to get into the city and we will be going to a dinner dance together on Saturday.  There is also a hole I need to dig in the yard to collect rain water.  It can also be used to make comparisons to other objects when people don't know the difference between something and a hole in the ground.  I could map the yard, design the landscaping and stormwater control plan for a shed I want to build.  Maybe I will build a garage instead.  I could hook the tiller up to the tractor and till under the whole back yard and start grading before I do the design.  I know what I want, do I really need to do the math first?  But then there are those pesky permits.  I suppose I could paint instead of work today.  There are a bunch of paintings to work on and many more floating around in my head to start.  I don't think I will do the aspirin bottle though.  Now that I have suggested it, someone is sure to pounce on that.  I could do some more bird photography this evening.  I will start carving robins tonight, with my carving group, and maybe draw up some woodpeckers to start to carve on my own. I want to do the five local species of woodpeckers, life size.    Or seven, if I include the Flicker and Sapsucker.  Maybe it is best if I don't think to big.   

But we all need to have priorities and this thread was just that important to merit a response.  big_smile  The dog is shedding bad, so i will have to brush him and vacuum, too.

Sep 23 19 07:08 am Link

Photographer

goofus

Posts: 808

Santa Barbara, California, US

I know someplace that has literally thousand of such photos....it's called the internet

Sep 23 19 08:48 am Link

Photographer

IMAGINERIES

Posts: 2048

New York, New York, US

https://medium.com/feminist-culture-x-5 … 69ba756094

May help you out of the porn trap......

Sep 23 19 09:22 am Link

Photographer

Mark Salo

Posts: 11732

Olney, Maryland, US

Hunter  GWPB wrote:
. . .  lodging a bottle of aspirin between the labia and calling it, "Honey, do you know where the aspirin is?"

That would definitely cheer me up when I am feeling poorly!

Sep 23 19 09:44 am Link

Model

Dea and the Beast

Posts: 4796

Saint Petersburg, Florida, US

IMAGINERIES wrote:
https://medium.com/feminist-culture-x-5 … 69ba756094

May help you out of the porn trap......

Still uses vulva and vagina interchangeably when they're really not.

Sep 23 19 10:01 am Link

Photographer

Wandering Eyebubble

Posts: 324

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Go to the PotD 18+ women gallery and just look through it:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/contests/po … le/winners

If there's any particular photo you like click on the submitter/model links at the bottom as they'll likely have that and similar images in their port. These pictures in turn will probably be in  - and show - the lists you seek.

Sep 23 19 12:11 pm Link

Photographer

Mark Salo

Posts: 11732

Olney, Maryland, US

Labia, vulva, uvula, vagina, volvo: I get so confused!

Sep 23 19 02:53 pm Link

Retoucher

B Imaging SC

Posts: 90

Charleston, South Carolina, US

Traveller wrote:
A model and I plan to do erotic/arty vagina photos, and I want inspiration. For example, a while back I recall seeing photos of a model using a red necktie and lighting for such a shoot. I have been looking but cannot find a list with this category of photos. Can anyone direct me in that direction?

You're in Thailand and you have that ask that question here?  You're a photographer, be creative don't worry about copying others work.

Sep 23 19 03:39 pm Link

Photographer

Orca Bay Images

Posts: 33877

Arcata, California, US

Wandering Eyebubble wrote:
Go to the PotD 18+ women gallery and just look through it:

No vagina shots there.

Sep 23 19 06:34 pm Link

Model

Dea and the Beast

Posts: 4796

Saint Petersburg, Florida, US

B Imaging SC wrote:

You're in Thailand and you have that ask that question here?  You're a photographer, be creative don't worry about copying others work.

I see what you're trying to do here.
In any capacity.

Thank you.

Sep 23 19 06:43 pm Link

Model

Liv Sage

Posts: 431

Seattle, Washington, US

Dea and the Beast wrote:
I will direct you in the direction of a dictionary: if you can see someone's vagina, you'd best be a medical professional lol

This is what I think of every time I hear the phrase "artistic vagina photos."
Ah no, you just *think* they're artistic. They aren't 99.999999999999% of the time. Just take photos of something else, for the love of all that is good and holy. Take photos of flowers that look like vaginas - it's less of a cliche at this point.

Sep 23 19 07:11 pm Link

Photographer

Wandering Eyebubble

Posts: 324

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Orca Bay Images wrote:

No vagina shots there.

I didn't say there were. I said that if there were any photos he liked he could use them as a starting point for his search.

Sep 23 19 07:56 pm Link

Photographer

nolongerhere

Posts: 173

Chiredzi, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Making a truly artistic interpretation of that subject is quite a challenge. When you ignore the voyeuristic sexual appeal and turn to aesthetics, you are left with a subject that resembles an open stabbing wound more than anything else. Once, when I was looking at a woman's paintings online, I came upon a very colorful abstraction and had to ask her, "Is that what I think it is?" It was. She had succeeded artistically by means of abstraction and use of a wildly polychromatic color scheme that had nothing to do with natural color. I mentioned this painting to a friend who challenged me to try my hand at it. of course part of the challenge was not to mimic what the other artist had done. I gave it a try, still using a degree of abstraction, but going more or less monochromatic. I was surprised when the friend who issued the challenge (and supplied a "selfie" for reference material) independently noticed the same thing I did: that the slightly abstracted rendering of the subject resembled the traditional iconic depiction of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Talk about ironic!

Sep 23 19 10:52 pm Link

Photographer

nolongerhere

Posts: 173

Chiredzi, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

I also wanted to comment on Hunter's mention of Georgia O'Keeffe. People often interpreted her large, abstract paintings of flowers as sexual (yes, I know that flowers are reproductive organs of plants). Her paintings of Jack in the pulpits, for instance, were interpreted as phallic symbols. She, however, insisted that she painted them big "so people would have to look at them," and that anything else was in other people's heads, not hers.

Sep 23 19 11:08 pm Link

Photographer

goofus

Posts: 808

Santa Barbara, California, US

Mark Salo wrote:
Labia, vulva, uvula, vagina, volvo: I get so confused!

everything between the belly button and the knees are 'lady bits'


keep it simple

Sep 24 19 11:23 am Link

Photographer

Brooklyn Bridge Images

Posts: 13200

Brooklyn, New York, US

I feel very sorry for the OP
He asks for help on a photography project in a respectful way and gets ripped apart
...and people wonder why nobody comes to the forums

Sep 24 19 11:57 am Link

Model

Dea and the Beast

Posts: 4796

Saint Petersburg, Florida, US

Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote:
I feel very sorry for the OP
He asks for help on a photography project in a respectful way and gets ripped apart
...and people wonder why nobody comes to the forums

Negotiating a shoot involves semantics. If one doesn't get those right, it'll lead to broken dreams and hurt feelings.

Sep 24 19 12:47 pm Link

Artist/Painter

Hunter GWPB

Posts: 8201

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, US

desertartist wrote:
I also wanted to comment on Hunter's mention of Georgia O'Keeffe. People often interpreted her large, abstract paintings of flowers as sexual (yes, I know that flowers are reproductive organs of plants). Her paintings of Jack in the pulpits, for instance, were interpreted as phallic symbols. She, however, insisted that she painted them big "so people would have to look at them," and that anything else was in other people's heads, not hers.

I agree with what you said.  I have never seen any indication that she ever admitted to painting things intentionally to resemble genitalia.   For someone that has female genitals on their mind. it is a place to look at flowers in a form which may, or may not, give them some ideas for the depiction of the genitalia in an aesthetic situation.  However, a photographer is unlikely to succeed in this without graphic arts. It is still going to be an open leg shot most all of the time.  As Liv suggested.   

I see lots of Jack in the Pulpits in the woods.  It has never occurred to me that they look like female or male human sexual organs.  I have seen mushrooms that resemble a penis. That variety should be out about now.  I will have to look up her painting of Jack in the Pulpits.  Another place in painting, and psychology, where there is a perception of female genitalia in drawing is in the wounds of cut or broken branches on trees.  Depending on the species, the healing characteristics would, for some people, resemble genitalia.

Sep 24 19 02:06 pm Link

Photographer

matt-h2

Posts: 876

Oakland, California, US

I don't know if this was on topic, but it made me smile.

Hunter  GWPB wrote:
Prior to addressing this thread, I sat in a swamp for an hour to photograph a Bittern.  I read the Washington Post. I cooked dog food for the next two days, except I still have to go buy a sweet potato, cut and cook that for him, but I wanted to wait for traffic to die down.  Later, after the employee comes in and I start him on his day's work, which he is going to really love, I have three over due projects to work on and one current project, but the problem there is the difference between 'want to do' and 'have to do.'  Which explains why three are over due.  I may have lunch with a friend, but probably not because it is too much effort to get into the city and we will be going to a dinner dance together on Saturday.  There is also a hole I need to dig in the yard to collect rain water.  It can also be used to make comparisons to other objects when people don't know the difference between something and a hole in the ground.  I could map the yard, design the landscaping and stormwater control plan for a shed I want to build.  Maybe I will build a garage instead.  I could hook the tiller up to the tractor and till under the whole back yard and start grading before I do the design.  I know what I want, do I really need to do the math first?  But then there are those pesky permits.  I suppose I could paint instead of work today.  There are a bunch of paintings to work on and many more floating around in my head to start.  I don't think I will do the aspirin bottle though.  Now that I have suggested it, someone is sure to pounce on that.  I could do some more bird photography this evening.  I will start carving robins tonight, with my carving group, and maybe draw up some woodpeckers to start to carve on my own. I want to do the five local species of woodpeckers, life size.    Or seven, if I include the Flicker and Sapsucker.  Maybe it is best if I don't think to big.   

But we all need to have priorities and this thread was just that important to merit a response.  big_smile  The dog is shedding bad, so i will have to brush him and vacuum, too.

Sep 24 19 04:01 pm Link

Photographer

IMAGINERIES

Posts: 2048

New York, New York, US

Mark Salo wrote:
Labia, vulva, uvula, vagina, volvo: I get so confused!

I drove a Volvo for over 20 years and never thought about the implications!!

Sep 25 19 08:33 am Link

Model

Figures Jen B

Posts: 790

Phoenix, Arizona, US

Traveller wrote:
A model and I plan to do erotic/arty vagina photos, and I want inspiration. For example, a while back I recall seeing photos of a model using a red necktie and lighting for such a shoot. I have been looking but cannot find a list with this category of photos. Can anyone direct me in that direction?

HI,
Maybe you should just search or arty photos or erotic arty photos and try to work on that aspect instead of needing to see dead on crotch shots.

Jen

Sep 25 19 08:37 am Link

Model

Figures Jen B

Posts: 790

Phoenix, Arizona, US

Red Sky Photography wrote:

Womansplaining : Actually giving correct knowledge to the lost and uninformed.

Hahahaha!!

Sep 25 19 08:39 am Link

Photographer

Orca Bay Images

Posts: 33877

Arcata, California, US

Mark Salo wrote:
Labia, vulva, uvula, vagina, volvo: I get so confused!

IMAGINERIES wrote:
I drove a Volvo for over 20 years and never thought about the implications!!

Would that qualify as autoerotica?

Sep 25 19 10:19 am Link

Photographer

Vector One Photography

Posts: 3722

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

And you thought the model's forum was the right place to ask ?

Sep 25 19 10:41 am Link

Photographer

IMAGINERIES

Posts: 2048

New York, New York, US

Orca Bay Images wrote:

Mark Salo wrote:
Labia, vulva, uvula, vagina, volvo: I get so confused!

Would that qualify as autoerotica?

It could, but I never enjoy driving very much.....Never was a "car lover"......But the Volvo was always here when I needed her!

Sep 25 19 12:44 pm Link

Photographer

Jerry Nemeth

Posts: 33355

Dearborn, Michigan, US

I have taken images such as these.
It was only when the models chose to pose this way.
Most models do not pose this way.
My photos were not artistic because I was not prepared.

Sep 25 19 12:56 pm Link

Photographer

Garry k

Posts: 30130

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jerry Nemeth wrote:
I have taken images such as these.
It was only when the models chose to pose this way.
Most models do not pose this way.
My photos were not artistic because I was not prepared.

Isnt the most important thing one learns in Boyscouts - Always be Prepared ?

Sep 25 19 03:37 pm Link

Photographer

Philip Brown

Posts: 568

Long Beach, California, US

Sep 28 19 01:04 pm Link

Photographer

Brooklyn Bridge Images

Posts: 13200

Brooklyn, New York, US

Vector One Photography wrote:
And you thought the model's forum was the right place to ask ?

Given the OP has <10 post history can he be forgiven not knowing this is no mans land ?

Sep 28 19 04:15 pm Link

Photographer

Brooklyn Bridge Images

Posts: 13200

Brooklyn, New York, US

Liv Sage wrote:

This is what I think of every time I hear the phrase "artistic vagina photos."
Ah no, you just *think* they're artistic. They aren't 99.999999999999% of the time. Just take photos of something else, for the love of all that is good and holy. Take photos of flowers that look like vaginas - it's less of a cliche at this point.

Actually I guess the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival thought my "Vagina" photo was artistic when they accepted my image.
Thankfully I found a model/models that gave me the support and freedom to try breaking taboos and come at "cliches" from a different angle.

Sep 28 19 04:23 pm Link

Model

Model MoRina

Posts: 6640

MacMurdo - permanent station of the US, Sector claimed by New Zealand, Antarctica

I have an artistic vagina.

I just do.

Sep 28 19 07:45 pm Link

Photographer

Ryan South

Posts: 1421

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US

Orca Bay Images wrote:

Mark Salo wrote:
Labia, vulva, uvula, vagina, volvo: I get so confused!

Would that qualify as autoerotica?

Nice!  If you were to breathe in the fumes from said vehicle....

Sep 29 19 12:49 pm Link