# Artistically done nude photos of obese women - NSFW **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951 "2013-01-03T14:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/1 "2013-01-03T14:56:00Z")
[Shockingly Artistic Photos Of Nude Obese Women](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/photographer-yossi-loloi-nude-obese-women_n_2387825.html#slide=1933849) It challenges our standards of beauty. > [@](#): > > Loloi’s project, entitled Full Beauty, features nude photographs of women 420 pounds and larger. With a deep respect for his subjects and a challenging eye toward both pop culture and art history, Loloi shows that the history of the female nude is a dangerously limited one. While it is a rarity to show curvy bodies in advertising, entertainment or even contemporary art, obese women are virtually never acknowledged in these realms, despite the growing number of Americans who are overweight. > > By showcasing women up to 600 pounds, Loloi shows a softness and beauty to an often ignored body type. On his website Loloi writes: “I believe we own ‘freedom of taste’ and one shouldn’t be reluctant of expressing his inclination towards it. Limiting this freedom is living in a dictatorship of aesthetics.” ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/2 "2013-01-03T14:59:44Z")
> [@astro](#): > > It challenges our standards of beauty. Can you elaborate on this statement? ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/3 "2013-01-03T15:17:37Z")
Pictures of naked BBWs on the internet? And people are acting like this is new? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/4 "2013-01-03T15:18:55Z")
Reminds me of those old fertility relics they find from ancient civilizations ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/5 "2013-01-03T15:28:37Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Reminds me of those old fertility relics they find from ancient civilizations I thought the same thing. However a google image search of “fertility statues” brings up many thin ones as well. **NB: Many of the images on that search are NSFW.** Well-done photographs. But hardly novel. Or beautiful, IMHO. I’d feel horrifying trapped were I to find myself in a body like that. I feel sorry for those women. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/6 "2013-01-03T15:46:55Z")
My sister, the cardiac nurse, doubts the authenticity of these pics and insists they must be heavily Photoshopped. She says that her morbidly obese patients are plagued with skin problems like yeast infections, staph, heat rashes, bedsores, etc. Dimpled with cellulite, pockmocked from stubborn sores. Says there is zero chance the preternaturally smooth skin in the photos is real. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/7 "2013-01-03T16:01:15Z")
It doesn’t challenge beauty it spits right in its face. Are there female sumos? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/8 "2013-01-03T16:07:42Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > It doesn’t challenge beauty it spits right in its face. Are there female sumos? [Yes.](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1109/women-sumo/content.1.html) Safe link - Sports Illustrated photo gallery. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/9 "2013-01-03T16:13:12Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Says there is zero chance the preternaturally smooth skin in the photos is real. To be fair, the link says that the artist found the models via New York’s “Fat Acceptance” scene, so there’s a good chance that these women are atypical. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/10 "2013-01-03T16:15:22Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > My sister, the cardiac nurse, doubts the authenticity of these pics and insists they must be heavily Photoshopped. She says that her morbidly obese patients are plagued with skin problems like yeast infections, staph, heat rashes, bedsores, etc. Dimpled with cellulite, pockmocked from stubborn sores. Says there is zero chance the preternaturally smooth skin in the photos is real. She’s wrong. I’ve seen plenty of nude obese women (and men – and thin ones – and everything in between) and this is simply not the case. It may be that your sister is biased, because her job puts her in the company of sick people. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/11 "2013-01-03T16:24:52Z")
I have a very heavy 57-year-old friend (a little over 300 lbs at 5’2") and apart from some dimpling, her skin is quite smooth. And I’ve seen her - and plenty of other people of all sizes - quite a lot, because we’ve spent time at nudist places together. She gets rashes in between the folds of her skin, which I imagine is common with the obese. But you can’t see them without, you know, lifting a fold and looking. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/12 "2013-01-03T16:31:48Z")
I’m sorry - this is not beauty. It’s disturbing. Any rational person would probably be aghast at these photos, because of what it says about the health of these women. I’m sure these are nice people, and I don’t think they should be banished or jailed or anything, but I have an issue with “fat acceptance” and am uncomfortable with the idea that these photos are meant to say it’s even marginally okay to be that heavy. Do these women have children? Are they passing on their exercise routines and diets to those kids? ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/13 "2013-01-03T16:42:53Z")
Caution: NSFW [squashing](http://newsone.com/1601695/squashing-sexual-fetish-dr-drew/) Its a fetish for some to be overpowered by another’s corpulence. Not pretty IMHO. Its morbid. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/14 "2013-01-03T18:50:10Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > She’s wrong. I’ve seen plenty of nude obese women (and men – and thin ones – and everything in between) and this is simply not the case. > > It may be that your sister is biased, because her job puts her in the company of sick people. Good thing she’s not a Doper, otherwise she’d write a mile long rant similar to the one I’ve listened to since she viewed those pics. She is certain that each of those women is diabetic, which means that even minor heat rashes and skin infections are persistent and frequent. The yeast problems will be hidden from view in the creases and folds of skin, under breasts and especially on the back under skin folds out of reach. Her complaint as a healthcare worker includes all of the injuries she and her coworkers receive trying to clean, change bedding and such. Even with the crane someone on her floor is always suffering a back injury. I wish I hadn’t shown her the pics, ruined her day. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/15 "2013-01-03T19:05:29Z")
I’m fairly accepting of people. Those photos, if real, are horrifying. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/16 "2013-01-03T19:11:27Z")
Just think about the poor skeletons trapped inside all that ham. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/17 "2013-01-03T22:03:35Z")
The photographs are nicely done. The models are not beautiful. No human should look like that or weigh that much. I’m sure they’re nice people, but my standards for physical beauty don’t include much above say, 160 lbs. Here’s a nice Lane Bryant lingerie [commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMxyZQfMmM4). She’s cute, and about my upper limit on a desirable bod. That’s just my opinion,YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/18 "2013-01-03T22:10:22Z")
Would it be insulting to make a snarky comment about putting lipstick on a pig…? ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/19 "2013-01-03T22:12:04Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > The photographs are nicely done. > The models are not beautiful. No human should look like that or weigh that much. > > I’m sure they’re nice people, but my standards for physical beauty don’t include much above say, 160 lbs. > > Here’s a nice Lane Bryant lingerie [commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMxyZQfMmM4). She’s cute, and about my upper limit on a desirable bod. > > That’s just my opinion,YMMV. I would peg her closer to 200, but she looks healthy and her body and face are gorgeous. There are miles between “overweight” and the women pictured in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951/20 "2013-01-03T22:15:24Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > I would peg her closer to 200, but she looks healthy and her body and face are gorgeous. There are miles between “overweight” and the women pictured in the OP. Oh, you’re crazy. She has a flat stomach. The only way she’s 200 is if she’s 6’ 2" [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-done-nude-photos-of-obese-women-nsfw/645951.md?page=2)