There are a couple of Deviants here who post great photographs of women. Particularly, great photographs of HOT women. Devilicious and TragicMistress come to mind. Now, when I see these photographs, I'm never really sure if my emotional response is due to the great photography, or just my hormones clouding my judgment. This used to bother me, but it doesn't really bother me anymore, though, for three reasons.

First, I've seen enough naked-women imagery now that only the good stuff is going to impress me. I've actually gotten to the point where if say, something on television is trying to be sexy, without having a plot or anything, I totally turned off because, really, I could just jump on the computer and get real porn if I wanted it. (I've come to believe that stuff is just for people without internet connections.)

Second, I've come to embrace the fact that art in general is about humanity, including the hormonal part. Sexy images are, in a way, a celebration of a part of us that has allowed humanity to survive as long as it has.

Last, I no longer think of them as cheap. More specifically, I no longer think of a well-done photograph as easy to accomplish. I have seen some crappy photos, and they've made me appreciate the better ones. Also, I've tried to take photographs of people, and to do it right takes effort, and sometimes expensive equipment. It also takes imagination to pull off an image that really strikes the viewer, since nowadays everyone (especially here) has seen a million different images of sexy people.

It also sometimes takes a model who goes to the gym, which is something I haven't done in a while and probably should.

Anyway, that's just something that was on my mind as I was browsing deviations.