The diversity of the nude American female (NSFW)
July 11, 2005 1:00 AM Subscribe
The Diversity of the Nude American Female (NSFW) is a collection of 150 nude photographs taken of average women in the same poses. It's striking and yet bizarre.
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I wish I knew myself where this all came from. If you have a link please do post.
posted by arkine at 1:21 AM on July 11, 2005
posted by arkine at 1:21 AM on July 11, 2005
Yum. Each and every one of these ladies I find twice as "hot" as what is on display on the average porn site. No obvious pneumatic breasts, little to no pubic shaving, scant make-up. I'm in love (well, at least heavily in lust).
posted by Chasuk at 1:23 AM on July 11, 2005
posted by Chasuk at 1:23 AM on July 11, 2005
I moderate my previous praise. I'm noticed a few pneumatic breast candidates, starting with number 17.
posted by Chasuk at 1:32 AM on July 11, 2005
posted by Chasuk at 1:32 AM on July 11, 2005
I would really like to know the story behind this series.
posted by grouse at 1:35 AM on July 11, 2005
posted by grouse at 1:35 AM on July 11, 2005
I have seen this before. It came from some university study, if I remember right.
It is not a representative sample. It's all volunteers. Thus, you only have women willing to be photographed nude in the sample set.
That's the only way it can be, but it would be much more interesting if it was a representative sample.
posted by teece at 1:47 AM on July 11, 2005
It is not a representative sample. It's all volunteers. Thus, you only have women willing to be photographed nude in the sample set.
That's the only way it can be, but it would be much more interesting if it was a representative sample.
posted by teece at 1:47 AM on July 11, 2005
My god, were the early nineties really that bad?
What's up with number 85...
posted by afu at 2:01 AM on July 11, 2005 [1 favorite]
What's up with number 85...
posted by afu at 2:01 AM on July 11, 2005 [1 favorite]
Chasuk: Because there is a heck of a lot of pubic shaving goin' on there. Most women don't have those little landing strip thingies.
That said: Self post. De-rez him.
posted by Justinian at 2:59 AM on July 11, 2005
That said: Self post. De-rez him.
posted by Justinian at 2:59 AM on July 11, 2005
I wonder where Something Awful got these photographs from? Do you suppose these women had internet posting in mind when they agreed to participate? The images aren't great quality so I suspect it was perhaps part of a study. Selflinking voyeuristic creepiness. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the female form. Just seems a bit....wrong or something.
posted by peacay at 3:00 AM on July 11, 2005
posted by peacay at 3:00 AM on July 11, 2005
In other words, this is really nothing more than the prudest porn I've ever seen.
"prudish"? Well, yeah. That's kind of the point. Porn? Uh...no. Just no.
posted by zardoz at 3:06 AM on July 11, 2005
Who's winning?
I've got a tenner on #2 and seven-fifty on #142
As for diversity, meh. Diversity has it's downside - who wants widescreen?
posted by NinjaPirate at 3:09 AM on July 11, 2005
I've got a tenner on #2 and seven-fifty on #142
As for diversity, meh. Diversity has it's downside - who wants widescreen?
posted by NinjaPirate at 3:09 AM on July 11, 2005
IIRC, these are meant to be used as reference for artists.
posted by bunnytricks at 3:33 AM on July 11, 2005
posted by bunnytricks at 3:33 AM on July 11, 2005
Narrow age range, no Asian women, some overweight women but none that are obese, and no handicapped participants. This would never play on PBS.
posted by Devils Slide at 3:41 AM on July 11, 2005
posted by Devils Slide at 3:41 AM on July 11, 2005
And there weren't 150 women, they just kept repeating some over and over.
Is everyone going to crucify me if I say I only found one or two of them attractive?
posted by Devils Slide at 3:45 AM on July 11, 2005
Is everyone going to crucify me if I say I only found one or two of them attractive?
posted by Devils Slide at 3:45 AM on July 11, 2005
This photo collection is from a Japanese photographer named Akira Gomi. There are a lot fewer than 150 photos in the series; this particular gallery contains a lot of duplicates. I believe the correct total is 85 or thereabouts.
The artist's Web site is down, but the Wayback Machine should provide some information for Japanese-speaking readers.
Additionally, a Google search for "Akira Gomi" results in several links to this series as well as links to other series by the same photographer.
posted by Spire at 3:51 AM on July 11, 2005
The artist's Web site is down, but the Wayback Machine should provide some information for Japanese-speaking readers.
Additionally, a Google search for "Akira Gomi" results in several links to this series as well as links to other series by the same photographer.
posted by Spire at 3:51 AM on July 11, 2005
Is everyone going to crucify me if I say I only found one or two of them attractive?
Why are you worried about that? It's normal to size up potential mates for fitness. One would hope that your scrutiny wouldn't end there, but worrying that you might offend someone on MeFi? That's inevitable, like death, taxes and spam. Don't worry about it.
posted by Scoo at 3:54 AM on July 11, 2005
Why are you worried about that? It's normal to size up potential mates for fitness. One would hope that your scrutiny wouldn't end there, but worrying that you might offend someone on MeFi? That's inevitable, like death, taxes and spam. Don't worry about it.
posted by Scoo at 3:54 AM on July 11, 2005
I found most of them attractive, and that's the true bizarreness of a site whose ostensible point is "diversity." There aren't a lot of average-looking or flatly unappealing women here. I almost feel like the creator(s) were using "Let me shoot you; you'll be one of the better-looking ones" as a come-on.
posted by alumshubby at 3:54 AM on July 11, 2005
posted by alumshubby at 3:54 AM on July 11, 2005
Well Scoo, I didn't like admitting my lookism but I had to. Plus some folks are gaga over most of them. It's sort of like telling a bunch of hipsters you don't like Fugazi and Sleater-Kinney.
posted by Devils Slide at 3:58 AM on July 11, 2005
posted by Devils Slide at 3:58 AM on July 11, 2005
It's sort of like telling a bunch of hipsters you don't like Fugazi and Sleater-Kinney.
I'm dooooooomed, ha ha ha.
posted by Scoo at 4:03 AM on July 11, 2005
I'm dooooooomed, ha ha ha.
posted by Scoo at 4:03 AM on July 11, 2005
Here's a short bio for Akira Gomi, in English.
This collection is from the artist's 1994 book Americans 1.0, Los Angeles.
posted by Spire at 4:04 AM on July 11, 2005
This collection is from the artist's 1994 book Americans 1.0, Los Angeles.
posted by Spire at 4:04 AM on July 11, 2005
Anyone found pics of Hillary Clinton in that bunch?!
:)
posted by uncanny hengeman at 4:24 AM on July 11, 2005
:)
posted by uncanny hengeman at 4:24 AM on July 11, 2005
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