Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Frankly, Mike, I was surprised that glamor does indeed include nudity and can even go to strong erotica and soft porn. It's a pulsating art form it seems with a variety of tastes and expectation. I guess my view was naive. I was thinking of boudoir and glamor that's on some magazines where the imagery is strong but not "indecent" if I may use that uptight old fashioned word. I expect nudity in artistic figure studies erotic or not. It was a surprise that overt nudity appeared under glamor. So if I can be so ignorant, and I shoot nudes, then surely others can too.
As Daniel points out, we use our computers in a public place and it's considerate not to have onion breath, (I happen to love fresh red onions and cheddar cheese) when sitting a plane next to someone who can neither stand onions not escape! It's the same with nudity. It's of course one's personal right to look at anything one wants. However, it's a kindness to others to be aware that they may not want to be confronted with what we deem fun or artistic views of nudes.
I would not want to use an X as that is really classifying the work in a derogatory way. So for now, either it should be in the title or we'll add that prefix. One or the other, just as a courtesy.
I hope that's a reasonable approach. I'm open to any PM offering alternate options but for now, we have the right approach.
Asher
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