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Nudity has always been a taboo topic for the American audience.

Even when done in a totally artistic, editorial perspective, images of nudity nonetheless provoke controversy and conversations of vulgarity. Most recently Love Magazine has continued its trend of creating buzz by using nude models in its spreads and on its covers.

The magazine has just published its third issue, featuring a slew of scantily clad, if not nude supermodels. Included in the spread are Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Lara Stone, Daria Werbowy, Natalia Vodianova, Amber Valletta, Kristen McMenamy, and Jeneil.

The feature is undoubtedly done with an artistically captivating flare, presenting the female figure in ways that are  not necessarily overtly sexual or pornographic. Still, as long as art is open to interpretation, some people will see the nudity as distasteful.

Take a look at the spread and tell us, porn or art?

LOVE Magazine’s Nude Spread

When will the image of a woman’s nude body cease to be a matter of vulgarity?

Discuss.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2znm/ 2znm

    soft porn!! when it comes to sexuality… there is a thin line between art and smut.. this barely crosses the line yet i will call it porn

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MAXAMIL1/ MAXAMIL1

    As a porn fan and watcher for years this Art to me . For all the lude things that are accepted in this country Americans are prudes when it come to nudity. It’s a human body. If your not comfortable in your own skin keep your problem to
    yourselves.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/babyraga/ babyraga

    If female nudity is considerd porn…then there are art museums across the US displaying centuries old porn =P Simple arsed Americans

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2znm/ 2znm

    Well I am judging by the poses that they are in.. its more of a tease then an display of admiration of the female body

    See those are some pose that I would strike…. very subtle and suggestive.. I can see what the author is saying… So i would have to leave these pic to the eye of the beholder…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/topazangel71/ topazangel71

    My opinion -If A male can expose his p***s or his balls in a movie Women can pose nude in a magazine not have it viewed as Pornography. The photo would be considered risque sensually suggestive.I agree with 2ZNM

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shyscorpio1/ shyscorpio1

    OOPPS!!! somebody better cover up all the statues running around here!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/UnderStandinMan/ UnderStandinMan

    ass a young male I see it as Art. It is the thinking pattern of the person that viewing it. I just review the pictures yes I would keep them from my 6 y/o son eyes, but it is nothing provocative about them. Small minded adults that dont want any responsibilities of what is going on.

    why is the United States have a problem with the Nude but have the biggest porn industry in the world. Go think

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2znm/ 2znm

    In that case.. I will be posting nude photos of myself on BP!!!! Its an expression of life…..

    please add me!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/red_head88/ red_head88

    its a tasteful nude spread… what kind of answer exactly is this question as to whether it is art or porn supposed to provide? It seems like the apparent defining difference between what we consider to be porn and to be art is that art isn’t supposed to inspire arousal, because then it is porn, and art is supposed to be either a study of the female form or be a social commentary. However, historically, nude art was meant to inspire sexual desire…take Titian’s Venus of Urbino. But nude art also provide commentary…like Manet’s Olympia; a commentary of French bohemian culture that draws from Titian’s venus of Urbino. Just two examples; both art; both considered porn in their day. This spread is pornographic art… its not hardcore porn, perhaps, but it isn’t simply a study of the female form. But it is artistic in composition and subject matter. Its a little bit of both…and I’m fine with that. So what if it is porn? does that even matter….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anaya_Lashea05/ Anaya_Lashea05

    It’s art, geez louis…people get so hung up on pictures of the human body, that is the most beautiful art.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/putitinmypockets/ putitinmypockets

    i dont think its porn unless you consider your self to be a “porn star” or are an employee of the “porn industry” who ever took that word and turned it into a business………….$$$$$$$$$$$$…?????????idk what to say

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mznindieradio/ mznindieradio

    HOW CAN YOU ASSOCIATE NUDITY WITH PORN AND NOBODY IS EVEN HAVING SEX. THEY BARELY WEAR CLOTHES ON A REGULAR MODELING PROJECT SO WHY IS IT A FUSS? CRAZY. AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WITH BEAUTIFUL BODIES NUDE OR OTHERWISE. IT SEEMS THE CONTRAVERSY IS DEPICTING A WOMANS NATURAL BEAUTY AS SOMETHING TAINTED OR DEGRADING. BESIDES IT JUST HELPED A LOT OF PERVES GET THEIR ROCKS OFF IN THEIR LONGTIME FANTASIES OF SEEING THESE WOMEN’S NIPPLES AND CROTCHES ANYWAY.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Door_Gunner/ Door_Gunner

    Ha ha ha, LOL… notice that the first word out of UnderStandinman’s mouth was ass, ha ha ha ha WTF… men will be men.

    Ok… onward… notice that most of the poses are not sexually suggestive, but rather “emotionally charged”. Those photos do not arouse me, but lead me to study anatomy and character.

    The 2 or 3 that are sexually suggestive, do just that… arouse.

    Now I don’t know what UnderStandinMan is thinking, but for some reason I don’t think he made it through all of the photographs before he had to take a break.

    The nude female form is shocking at first, then you begin to study. The study part usually begins after you turn about 50… ROTFLMAO.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Door_Gunner/ Door_Gunner

    I’d like to comment on the 116 “MOST BEAUTIFUL BLACK MODELS EVER” spread.

    The run on the 116, Most Beautiful Black Models Ever, is a good run… it lets you see clearly that these women are not quote “models” but in fact… are Artist… for, clearly the camera did not come to them… they, in fact, as you can see… came to the camera.

    They are indeed… poets. They are talking to the camera with ’non-spoken words’. This is an art form.

    Like moths to a flame baby… I’m coming… hell, or high water.

    Ha ha ha, I tried that for years… just now beginning to understand it some 35 years later.

    Sad but true.

    Know your lines… “before” you come to work, then tell the truth about how you feel in that moment. Let the mood dictate the charge… you can only do that if you are “prepared”… to tell the truth.

    And your lines are…”I don’t care what the fuk people think”… I’m gone tell the truth.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sarale/ sarale

    haha. No age gap is too wide if you both feel so right.We don’t care about the social “norm” but chemistry. Many couples with age gap work out fine and get alone splendidly. We celebrate the “a_ge _g_a_p love.com” and May-December romance. We have achieved tremendous success bringing couples together.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MyEyezAdoreU/ MyEyezAdoreU

    I was expecting to see 116 DIFFERENT models. Of course this is BP after all so……..shame on me. As for art or porn. All porn is art but not all art is porn. Stupid question.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GARYHILSON/ GARYHILSON

    This country is full of contradictions. From wanting “cheap labor, hiring Latinos and trying extradite them”, “Don’t asks, don’t tell, with most of sociality full of them”, “cutting taxes, less government and wanting government to spend on everything”, “Voting for Black President and ignoring the issue of racism”, etc. Porn is everywhere, especially soft porn on primetime. This whole country is an anal, hypocritical and “talking out of side of its mouth” place. God Bless America!!!!????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GARYHILSON/ GARYHILSON

    They say this is “Porn”!!!!! they ought to go to Tube8, RedTube, etc. And see some BBD being stuck in a tight white ass.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mkie24/ Mkie24

    @GARYHILSON I saw it too but one thing though, those smelly s**tpits wer’nt looking tight nope! Instead I saw some lose runny sick to my stomach looking white ass, whatever floats your boat mate hehehe.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kosimmsfinearts/ kosimmsfinearts

    My Guess is the questions at hand depends on persons exposure to ads launched by ” THE WHO ” !!!!! If these models were labeled as VICTORIA SECRETS girls , the public wouldn’t even begin to { contrast }! The beauty expressed here explores all the boundaries of ART by the Models & the Gifted Photographers !!!!
    Shame on the commentaries for even trying to sway the readers to disqualify this as anything but Art !!!! KoSimmsFineArts.artist. de

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TonyRoberts101/ TonyRoberts101

    Its all in the preception!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/waynelaboy/ waynelaboy

    where’s the meat on dem bones? yuck!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/waynelaboy/ waynelaboy

    tried a 2nd time and saw more pics, but had to stop and still say, EAT SOMETHING for god’s sake

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  • edo deweert

    raw explicit sexual activity has generally been given the term “pornography”
    as such is not the case here, it should go without saying that we are not dealing with pornography here.
    having said that, i want to address the issue of nakedness within the human culture.
    woman has since time immemoriam instinctively known she is the object of man’s sexual desire.
    in spite of all her outcries over being “objectivied” by men, she gladly shows up naked, or minimally clad to sell one product after another. (“sex sells”)
    rdawing classes at art colleges, universities and art groups are attended by men whose stick figures often are artistically challenged , but who come for the t and a.
    women pose at these sessions because they know they are the object of desire.
    men pose at these sessions because,…….well, because they are men.
    the establishment vehemently denies that the art studio is sexually charged.
    i am an older male and have been posing naked for several years.
    check out my blog at http://www.themodelundraped.blogspot.com

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