About Fine Art Nude Photography

The primary thing that distinguishes “fine art” nude photography from other genres is that while the subject may be nude, the elements of sensuality are minimized and the main focus is the creation of art forms using light, texture form and composition. In short, they are designed to create a photographic equivalent of traditional fine art.

Nudes have been the subject of fine art for hundreds of years and were a common theme for most of the great oil painting masters and sculptors. Sexuality was rarely a part of these images and in fact, despite the strict puritanical attitudes of many areas and times in history, nudity was always considered to be a thing of beauty and not something to be thought of as vulgar.

Even the Catholic Church, probably one of the most conservative groups in European history, frequently commissioned artists to do nude paintings and sculptures for the church walls, ceilings and statues on the property. A trip to the Vatican will reveal hundreds of these types of nude artwork, frequently depicting religious scenes or simply as fine art pieces with no religious significance.

Who has not marveled at Michelangelo’s statue of David or the thousands of Greek and Roman statues creating beautiful art pieces of the human form?

Unfortunately, because of the large amount of tasteless images on the Internet and other places, photography has gotten a bad rap when it comes to doing fine art nude images. However, with the advance of digital technology and the emergence of many new fine art photo artists who have created amazing works of art, this attitude is quickly changing and is now a respected for of fine art expression.

While many people in North America tend to be quite conservative, fine art portrait images have become extremely popular in Europe with many galleries, magazines and private collections displaying some of the best work. As this art form becomes more popular overseas, many immigrants to North America are also importing new attitudes about this genre that is changing the way people think about fine art nude photography.

We take great care in the creation of our fine art images and our portfolio speaks for itself in displaying the many fantastic possibilities available to our clients. It is common for many people to actually mistake our photo art for traditional paintings, especially when the image has been output onto fine art canvas.

The Internet is a poor media to display the magnificent results that can be obtained with the new image manipulation and canvas prints. We encourage you to call for a free consultation appointment so that you can see the amazing results for yourself and to discuss with us what you would like for your own personal fine art piece. In many cases, you will be surprised to discover that the cost is often less than a similar sized art piece at a traditional gallery.