Fine Art
The fine arts are concerned with aesthetic qualities and creativity; thus any erotic interest, although often present, is secondary. This distinguishes nude 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 sexually arousing the viewer. The distinction between these is not always clear, and photographers tends to make their own case in characterizing their own work. The nude remains a controversial subject in all media, but more so with photography due to its inherent realism. The male nude has been less popular than the female, and more rarely exhibited.
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