Photos of nude women in the early days of photography have their own style. They are sepia, dark, very frank, with little theatrical touches. Later, when nightlife - and still later movies - became popular, photos of nude women were very active, flappers, topless swimwear, nude volleyball come to mind. In the 1950s and 60s the glamour of movie stars gave birth to glamour photography. The news hungry 90s made nude photos very editorial, very staid, very plain, black and white. But what is today's style? Natural, yes, realism, okay, but so are extreme angles and outrageous behaviour. Natural nudes and Suicide Girls are opposites, but both reactions to the previous norm. We left this set of Nikkala mostly unedited, dark, grainy, somewhat disjointed, Nikkala "on" for the camera and off, just Nikkala, extreme in natural beauty - the new modern style.
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