Nude photography (art): Difference between revisions

[[Erotic photography|Erotic]] interest, although often present, is secondary,<ref>{{cite book| author=Clark, Kenneth| year=1956| title=The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form| chapter=1. The Naked and the Nude| publisher=Princeton University Press| location=Princeton| isbn=0-691-01788-3| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/nudestudyinideal00clar}}</ref> which distinguishes art photography from both [[glamour photography]], which focuses on showing the subject of the photograph in the most attractive way, and [[pornographic photography]], which has the primary purpose of [[sexual arousal|sexually arousing]] the viewer. Fine art photographs are also not taken to serve any journalistic, scientific, or other practical purpose. The distinction between these is not always clear, and photographers, as with other artists, tend to make their own case in characterizing their work,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.krosenthal.com/photography.html|author=Rosenthal,Karin|title=About My Work|access-date=2012-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavondyss.com/silverbeauty/about.htm|author=Schiesser, Jody|title=Silverbeauty – Artist Statement|access-date=2012-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marcusart.net/|author=Mok, Marcus|title=Artist's Statement|access-date=2012-11-12}}</ref> though the viewer may have a different assessment.▼