Posing nude

[cgynotanlines]

I would like o be alife model and pose nude for an art class or photographer in Calgary. Has anyone done this and or can anyone help with some information

[cgynotanlines]

I would like o be alife model and pose nude for an art class or photographer in Calgary. Has anyone done this and or can anyone help with some information

[justnude]

I am sure that other members will post pretty much the same info as I am about to give you here. I would suggest that you contact a local college/university are department and indicate your willingness to serve as a life model. They are generally on the look out for people of all body types for this purpose.
I have served as a model for the art classes at the University of Maryland and also in my new home out here in the southwest. In both cases, I made the contact through the department head at the respective schools.

[Big-Thinker]

Contact the university art departments... they may keep a list of available models. If you get no business, you could go guerilla-marketing style and post flyers in the art dept. (if allowed) or find online resources where you can reach university art students. Sometimes, students will group together outside a formal classroom to draw a model, chipping in together to split the cost of hiring you. Of course a single student may even hire you... just be in tune to their true intentions... But with most art students, you'd have nothing to worry about.

The university here has instated a policy prohibiting the use of current students as models, and other universities may also prefer non-students, for whatever legal reasons.

It can be a little awkward the first time, but most students are decent people, 1.may feel as awkward as you at first and 2. may admire you for your bravery to be nude.

[Dave Shaver]

Long before I actually realized that I was a nudist, I posed at an art center as a life model.

The previous posts have offered valuable advice in how to get in touch with an art school.

As far as the experience of posing as a nude model, the only hard part about it is staying still for a long period of time. It could be in sitting or standing positions. The instructor will give you occassional breaks or you can ask for breaks.

As a hobby, the pay is great. In communities that have a lot of art classes, you can have a very good career. It all depends on the individual model and how you create the demand for your services.

Age and body shape are seldom issues because life classes want people of all ages and shapes.

[Dave Shaver]

I think in most jurisdictions, it would be okay for you and others under 18 to pose nude if parental consent was established.

The best thing for you to do is ask your parents if it was okay with them for you to pose 'in the buff' and then ask your parents to contact the art school.

[David77]

When I booked persons to pose nude for our artist group, I did not choose anyone under age 18, as I feared unfair criticism of myself and of the artist guild for, so called, "enticing a minor to pose naked".

Once a young male around 15 or 16 years old, a friend of an artist, posed with a swim suit on, but his mother voluntarily attended the entire session, as her son posed. This was about the only time we had a model under 18, and all other models were nude.

[Liam]

I just got catched-up with this thread and two thoughts overtook me.

1. Back in the middle 60s at my university the life model classes would often leave the doors open. Depending on the model that day there was often a crowd at the back of the room and in the hall and doorway. It really did depend on the model as a matter of support or rarity. There was much more visual and tactile nudity available on the "quad". Good times were rollin'.

2. A non-landed nudist group I belonged to until recently had a nude photography club attached. The guy in charge got our models from a model service. It was a fun club and I learned a lot about nude photograph mostly by taking a lot of bad pictures! I will disafect some here by adding that I also studied sensual/erotic photography with the same group although that was not the main focus.

[nudebushwalker]

I have been a nude model - mainly with college and Uni', but also art groups/societies , private classes, and a couple of photographers - since the early '90's. Contacting these sorts of organisations, and advertising on their noticeboards (where available..) has been the main way of chasing work.
As a couple of others have mentioned before, relaxing into and maintaining the longer and more strenuous/tiring poses, is probably the hardest part of this job.. How well built you may be, or how well endowed (for both sexes), is not that important - despite what many people may imagine. Art teachers usually like to have a range of different (and natural..) models available to them.
If you do occasionally work for photographers, you should consider asking 4 -> 5 times as much for an hourly rate, (or maybe, sometimes, good quality photo's, 'in lieu'..) as you will get less and shorter sessions - for example, around here (NSW, Australia) I might get $18 - 20 an hour for life drawing classes, so would consider quoting around a hundred dollars for a photographic shoot (which is a lot less than a "professional" photographic model would get for a "commercial" shoot..).

[Sanslines]

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Originally posted by Liam:
I just got catched-up with this thread and two thoughts overtook me.

1. Back in the middle 60s at my university the life model classes would often leave the doors open. Depending on the model that day there was often a crowd at the back of the room and in the hall and doorway. It really did depend on the model as a matter of support or rarity. There was much more visual and tactile nudity available on the "quad". Good times were rollin'.

2. A non-landed nudist group I belonged to until recently had a nude photography club attached. The guy in charge got our models from a model service. It was a fun club and I learned a lot about nude photograph mostly by taking a lot of bad pictures! I will disafect some here by adding that I also studied sensual/erotic photography with the same group although that was not the main focus.

Today, it would be considered very disrespectful and highly inappropriate to either not provide a proper place for the model to change from street clothes into a robe or leave a door open so that non artists can gawk. Most models today would not put up with such conditions and there needs to be a clear distinction between nudity used for art modeling and open exhibitionism, stripping, and pornography.

[Sanslines]

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As a couple of others have mentioned before, relaxing into and maintaining the longer and more strenuous/tiring poses, is probably the hardest part of this job.. How well built you may be, or how well endowed (for both sexes), is not that important - despite what many people may imagine. Art teachers usually like to have a range of different (and natural..) models available to them.

Very true indeed! The nude aspect may get you to the posing platform but the lenghth, variety, and quality of poses is what will keep you there and will ensure that you are asked to continue modeling.

[Liam]

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Originally posted by Sanslines:

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Originally posted by Liam:
I just got catched-up with this thread and two thoughts overtook me.

1. Back in the middle 60s at my university the life model classes would often leave the doors open. Depending on the model that day there was often a crowd at the back of the room and in the hall and doorway. It really did depend on the model as a matter of support or rarity. There was much more visual and tactile nudity available on the "quad". Good times were rollin'.

Today, it would be considered very disrespectful and highly inappropriate to either not provide a proper place for the model to change from street clothes into a robe or leave a door open so that non artists can gawk. Most models today would not put up with such conditions and there needs to be a clear distinction between nudity used for art modeling and open exhibitionism, stripping, and pornography.

Dear God! I think it was better and healthier in the 60s!

[Sanslines]

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Dear God! I think it was better and healthier in the 60s!

Yes, times and expectations have certainly changed. In today's world, if you leave a door open, then someone will invariable walk by, get offended, and then file a complaint or a lawsuit.

[nudeinny]

Does anyone remember when Peter Lupus from Mission Impossible posed fully nude in Playgirl in 1974? That was amazing...why do so few male celebrities pose naked, yet being in Playboy is trendy?

[Steve Dallas]

There have been several times when I've with the door open. It's the instructor's decision. Most do try to keep the door closed, less for the model's privacy than to keep someone from complaining.

One night the instructor had me standing by an open door right when a class went on break. I was more or less facing the door, and noticed their reactions. Going on break, almost everyone looked at me. Coming back from break, most of the women took a second look, but most of the men had their heads turned. I guess they were afraid of being accused of being gay.

I have learned two things from these experiences:

1. Women WILL look at a nude man. I was never sure before. They will though, if they feel safe.

2. Men and women look differently. Men will STOP and look, and stare. Women will look but won't STOP and look. They keep walking while looking. When I've talked to women about it, some have jokingly said it's because women can see and remember better than men can.