Stefano Bonazzi's sultry and smokey nudes
June 24, 2012 1:14 PM Subscribe
Sultry and smokey nudes by Italian photographer Stefano Bonazzi.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This appears to be a stunt post fairly deliberately coming from a very long and difficult MeTa thread, and that's not really an awesome feeling to be having about what is otherwise an interesting set of photos. Please either post this later or join the MeTa conversation but don't do this here. Thanks. -- jessamyn
Take a look at his other works, they're deliciously unsettling.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:24 PM on June 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:24 PM on June 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
While I admire his valiant efforts to keep America forest fire free, I really have no desire to see Smokey naked
posted by jonmc at 1:25 PM on June 24, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by jonmc at 1:25 PM on June 24, 2012 [4 favorites]
Only you can prevent flameouts.
posted by R. Schlock at 1:28 PM on June 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by R. Schlock at 1:28 PM on June 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
Like genies coming out of bottles. Then being sucked back in. Sideways and head first and stuff.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 1:28 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 1:28 PM on June 24, 2012
That was smokin'.
posted by Artful Codger at 1:32 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by Artful Codger at 1:32 PM on June 24, 2012
and I applaud you for it.
posted by adamvasco at 1:42 PM on June 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by adamvasco at 1:42 PM on June 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
Beautifully androgynous, my male gayze approves.
posted by hermitosis at 1:52 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by hermitosis at 1:52 PM on June 24, 2012
Huh. Seven have no heads. Two have heads but no faces. One has a head and a face, but it is covered with her hand.
posted by likeso at 1:55 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by likeso at 1:55 PM on June 24, 2012
That's part of what's so disturbing about it. They're like half-formed creatures, partially taking shape before collapsing back into elemental anonymity.
posted by hermitosis at 2:05 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by hermitosis at 2:05 PM on June 24, 2012
I guess I meant to say "beautifully disturbing."
posted by hermitosis at 2:06 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by hermitosis at 2:06 PM on June 24, 2012
I found them pretty contrived. But to each his own, I guess.
posted by Isadorady at 2:08 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by Isadorady at 2:08 PM on June 24, 2012
Yes, hermitosis, that was my first thought and interpretation as well. But also, it was striking as a counterpost to a MeTa about objectifying women...
posted by likeso at 2:11 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by likeso at 2:11 PM on June 24, 2012
Maybe I'm just jaded, but it's not doing a lot for me. I kinda feel like maybe it would work better as a single image rather than as a series, but I suppose there's a lot less money in doing it that way because it would reduce the collectibility of the works. Still though, I feel like it's an interesting idea but I "get it" so quickly that I don't feel a desire to really spend time with the image, and then the effect is quickly diluted through repetition, rather than reinforced.
posted by Scientist at 2:20 PM on June 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Scientist at 2:20 PM on June 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
This man has many more photographs (and nothing else about him on this site), so I wish that this post were more fleshed out.
These photos do nothing for me. If this man is a digital artist, why are these studio photographs so grainy?
posted by 200burritos at 2:24 PM on June 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
These photos do nothing for me. If this man is a digital artist, why are these studio photographs so grainy?
posted by 200burritos at 2:24 PM on June 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
Looks like Photoshopped photography you see all over places like deviantART. Nothing great about this.
posted by Malice at 3:33 PM on June 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Malice at 3:33 PM on June 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
Do not like smoking heads. Or smoke where heads should be.
posted by bquarters at 3:34 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by bquarters at 3:34 PM on June 24, 2012
Agreed with Scientist, though I do feel that they capture the darkness underlying the ephemeral sense of elegance that the ideal of the female nude aspires toward. Kind of interesting in that they juxtapose the elegance of the form with the self-destruction of attaining it in the body.
posted by stoneandstar at 3:39 PM on June 24, 2012
posted by stoneandstar at 3:39 PM on June 24, 2012
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