You prob'ly knew I'd just love that colour tom....(posted 8842 days ago)...and good question: he's obviously 'nude' to some extent, even if it is an illusion, but I wouldn't personally consider this 'nude'. I think what I mean by nude is European fashion spreads, non-sexual art nudes (Mapplethorpe is generally, to me, 'non-sexual'--generally), if that helps, and does anyone remember that Playboy spread of Shannen Doherty? That would be fine here. Generally, Playboy's celebrity shots are OK; Penthouse, on the otherhand, is almost always about sex (I'm just trying to create/show some kind of scale here, since I know everyone has a different idea of where lines should be drawn...).
Nice photo tom; will you feed my neurosis and tell me something about the light?