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Have your feelings about being photographed at a nude beach changed over the years?

Posted Dec 1, 2019

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Dec 1, 2019
I know mine have. When I was in my 20's I was at a secluded beach on Lake Ontario and was laying out nude. I heard a clicking noise and looked back to see an old guy with a 35 mm camera taking pictures of me. I was furious and chased him down. I yelled at him and told him you don't take pictures of nude people without their permission. I grabbed his camera and removed the film (Yeah, it was that long ago) and pulled the film out and held it up to the sun. He is lucky I did not beat him up I was so mad. He offered to pay me to do a nude photo shoot and I refused. The thought of being photographed nude really bothered me. Fast forward a few years to 2001 and while on vacation accepted a dare from 2 couples that were staying at the same hotel as me that the women would send nude pics to Playboy Magazine and the men would send them into Playgirl. Well of all of us, mine is the only one that got accepted. They sent me a letter requesting another signed release form and saying they would pay me for it. I just moved to Florida at that time and was strapped for cash so I signed it and the photo was published in the "Real Men" section. For a couple months after it was published I would get approached by women at Haulover Beach wanting to take pictures of them. I always agreed figuring that a full frontal nude pic of me was just published in a national magazine so it was no secret what I looked like nude, and I was getting more comfortable being photographed nude. At that point I started the policy that I never refuse any women's request to take pics of me nude. Fast forward to the present. Now that everyone has a phone with a camera and a lot of people are texting? at the beach I know I have been photographed several times at the nude beach, plus having participated in 3 World Naked Bike Rides about 20,000 people have taken pics or video of me riding nude. I have found that I now enjoy being photographed nude and have reached the age that I don't care if the pics get out and take the fact that people actually want to take pics of me nude as a compliment. I now have a sign that it is OK to take pics of me that I put on my umbrella at the beach.
How have your feelings changed over the years?
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  • JO
    John
    John
    Mar 15, 2020

    Thinking back, I don't think I have ever been bothered about people photographing me when I am naked.

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  • SH
    ShavedNudist27
    ShavedNudist27
    Mar 15, 2020

    I don't mind it at all, it is how I live. Would love to be in a Spencer Tunick photo! His art work is so beautiful.

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  • CH
    chromepony
    chromepony
    Jan 5, 2021

    If you are in a public place, nude or otherwise, you have no expectation of privacy. If somebody is so desperate for a photo of a naked guy that they would want a picture of me than go ahead. I'm not shy even when I'm naked. But not eveyone feels that way, and people feel differently about being naked. Always ask first or risk a bare knuckle sandwich.

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  • GU
    Guzzi27
    Guzzi27
    Feb 4, 2021

    I dont think my views have changed over time. But they depend on the behaviour of the photographer.
    If I am naked in a public place, most commonly a beach for me, then I have no expectation of privacy. So I have no problem with people using phones, cameras etc to record their visits to the beach and me appearing in photos.
    However I do have an issue with those obviously taking photos in a more clandestine manner and a suspicion of what they are up to. As a photographer I have always thought it polite to ask an individuals permission if I want to/end up taking photos that are more specifically of them than the overall scene. And pretty much all the photography I do is off clothed people, so the courtesy should be the same whether the subject is clothed or naked.
    So take a picture of me naked as part of a wider scene fine. Take a specific picture of me as a subject, fine if you ask. Take sneaky photos of me, not all right.

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