Nude Photography has been a constant topic of debates and moral issues for many years now. Organizations especially womens advocate organizations trashes the idea of posing in front of the camera for arts sake and tackles this issue as a form of pornography. They demand that it is also an act of exploiting and misusing ones private body. A gallery exhibit at North Carolina is a collaboration of two prolific painters namely: Caroline Vaughan and Wojtek Wojdinski. Their exhibition focused on the most controversial subject which is Nudity.

Vaughans works include images of nude women amidst a landscape backdrop. Some images entirely show the beauty of a landscape including waterfalls, mountain ranges and farms. There were two photographs that garnered exclamations from critics and spectators during the exhibit. It was the photo of a nude woman at the onset of chemotherapy and after surgery. The photograph does not intend to shock its viewers but merely to show the human body in the sickness of cancer.

Wojdinskis works are equally appealing just like Vaughan. He was able to capture the beauty of the human body using different techniques of playing with light and shadow. There was a photograph of a nude black man staring out of a window. The image was very eye catching for it portrayed the beauty of the human male form. The mans muscle lines were very well defined through the dimly lit room.

The exhibit was not really pornographic. The two artists were able to convey the theme to their viewers without sensationalizing the show. Advocate organization representatives who were so keen in the subject of nude photography kept mum and a word of retaliation was never heard. The exhibit was indeed a success!

Natural Forms is shown at Through this Lens Gallery in Durham, North Carolina. Anyone is invited to come and attend this special event. Marvel and be amazed at the creativity and talent of these two prolific painters.