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MO_Thoughts2 says,

With amazing lighting and an artistic photographer, I would.

I did some boudoir shots about 20 years ago -- lingerie and tastefully nudes. It was an great time and the pictures were amazing. They were extremely tastefully done .....even my mom approved. :-)

Bevvie says,

Do you still have them. MT2? They sound great!

MO_Thoughts2 says,

I have a couple of them. :-)

accidentaltourist says,

In a heartbeat. I am at a point in my life where it's very unlikely anyone would ask, though. ;)

marymc says,

I did about 15 years ago, though the photographer wasn't famous.

Bevvie says,

Do you have copies, Mary?

Bevvie says,

AT, I knew you would! Good for you!

Wench says,

I don't know how famous he is, really - amongst his own, he's well known. Anyway, he published a book and I'm in it.

marymc says,

The copies are somewhere around here. Gotta dispose of them before I die so my kid doesn't find them.

Bevvie says,

Book title, Wench?

Wench says,

Not something I tell people. Different time.

Bevvie says,

Understand

jene2008 says,

I would. I've reached a point in my life that I realize that out skin is just the cover for our soul. It isn't anything to be ashamed of.

Bevvie says,

I think I would pose for a painting.

canadafreeze says,

I am still uncomfortable in my own skin sometimes, so - no. However, it would be interesting to see an artistic interpretation :-) either photographically or in a painting ...

NumbrOneAunt says,

i have this thing about having my picture taken - just HATE it! so i wouldn't pose for a famous photographer fully clothed! :)

ctgoods2 says,

so not photogenic, clothed or otherwise
maybe for a painting, though

lillybrook says,

Nope. Absolute career killer. But I worked for a photographer who took nudes for a while. There's some really beautiful and tasteful work out there. Just not of me.

Bevvie says,

I would love to have been immortalized in a Degas, Renoir, or Gauguin painting with a title like Woman in Leopard Chair.

Wench says,

I've got mixed feelings about posing nude. On the one hand, I've done it. I've done a fair amount of it, and I absolutely love the photos (not so much because I love staring at myself but because as compositions, they were done really well by incredible artists). I was raised with a phenomenal art teacher who taught us that bodies are beautiful and that using them to create art is ok. Obviously the great painters had models - their imaginations aren't *that* good.

On the other hand, as much as I wish it weren't true, somebody will always distort the purpose of art. Hell, yesterday during the inauguration, my MIL complained that Kelly Clarkson's voice was too sexual. People's opinions about you change. I have never told my family that I used to do nude modeling - I don't think they'd be able to get past that, even though I think most of them would look at those same photos with a different model and agree that they were tasteful and beautiful. I love the work I used to do, but I have had to keep it a secret because I know sharing it with my family would mean losing their respect, and also, probably, a whole lot of googling that I'm just not interested in welcoming.

accidentaltourist says,

I blogged once on what it must like to be an artist's model, after having seen the work of Lucien Freud. I may have answered the question quickly, but the answer is after thought would be the same. And as well as being at a place in life when no one is likely to ask, I am also at a point where I don't care what anyone else thinks, or how they might judge me.

That said, I do have a photographer friend who would jump at the chance to get me naked. ;)

ba_miracle says,

Maybe

Believe says,

Hmmm... Bevvie, this is a very curious question coming from you.

JAD says,

Not now for sure. Earlier years? Probably not. Very modest.

Bevvie says,

Really, Believe, producer of porn?

DynamicDbytheC says,

Already have.

Loon says,

other end of the camera