Shadow Dance: Fine art nude and erotic photography - glamour, digital, pinup, fetish, bondage, pinup, painting and more... 

... a member of Russian Union of art photographers and Russian Union of Journalists. Was born in 1959 in Syktyvcar, Komi republic, Now I living in Ukhta, Komi rep. Northern Russia.
In my opinion there are three kinds of nude images: Pornography erotic and fine nude art. The firs two are devoted to sexual sphere of human life. And the last one is devoted to pure, clear art. To my personal mind pornography is better than erotic art as it is honest, and it is not art at all. Erotic art is an eclectic mixture of pornography and art. It is not true to both of this trends that is why I donТt like photos in the Play Boy, Penthouse and so on.
As you see there are a great deal of masterpieces of well-known painters whom we do not regard as erotic painters. For example Rafael, Rubens, Renoir etc. Alongside with this masterpieces there are a lot of erotic art like ancient Indian sculptures or modern Boris Vallejo. and of course I try to be like the first in the row, and I think that nude photo that nude photo can be, and should be non-erotic.

Best of all I like nudes and portraits But I have a hard rule - I never take portraits of a woman if she doesn't remove her clothes in front of the camera - this is my psychological secret. I am not interested in taking portraits of men.
I am a member of Russian Union of photo-artists and Russian Union of Journalists.

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