| Review:
This
site
is a
bit
different.
Maybe
not
the
"revolution"
it
claims
to
be,
but
different.
Here's
why.
You'll
note
right
away
the
price:
$50
for
a
year.
You'll
wonder:
"What
the
fuck
is
up
with
that?"
The
answer,
in a
nutshell,
is
that
New
Nude
Mag
has
taken
the
whole
online
magazine
thing
a
step
further
and
made
it
both
an
online
magazine
and
a
print
publication.
The
deal
here
is
that
in
addition
to
your
membership
here
your
$50
also
gets
you
the
New
Nude
Mag
"delivered
to
your
door."
This
magazine
is
132
pages
long
and
comes
out
every
three
months
(the
first
issue
was
May
2005,
and
you
also
get
a
personally
signed
print
of
the
first
issue's
cover
image
with
your
membership--signed
by
Petter
Hegre,
we
assume,
since
it's
a
pic
of
Luba).
So
that's
four
issues
a
year.
The
magazine
features
work
from
various
photographers
whose
names
you
will
recognize
(past
masters
as
well
as
New
Nude
people
like
Hegre,
Carre,
and
Kern).
There
is
also
a
lot
of
"shop
talk"
about
photography
and
photography
equipment,
as
well
as a
fair
bit
of
critical
writing
(appreciations
and
interviews
mostly). Hmmm. Kind
of
odd
that
after
the
Internet
has
pretty
much
totally
supplanted
your
local
magazine
rack
as a
provider
of
porn
we're
finding
the
pendulum
now
swinging
the
other
way.
But
there's
obviously
an
attempt
being
made
here
to
go
for
class,
and
the
kind
of
profile
you
still
only
get
from
print.
These
new
erotic
photography
sites
have
modeled
themselves
off
of
European
art
magazines
since
the
get-go
(think
of
the
"covers"
layout
of
such
sites
as MET
Art
and
Hegre
and Pure
Beauty
Mag),
so
maybe
this
was
the
logical
next
step. Maybe
we're
just
cynical
. .
.
correct
that,
we are
cynical,
so
maybe
it's
just
because
we're
cynical
that
we
thought
this
site
had
more
to
do
with
marketing
than
any
really
new
concept.
There
has
been
something
of a
"revolution,"
if
not
in
erotic
photography
then
at
least
in
its
prominence,
and
the
New
Nude
people
(who
run
Hegre
Archives,
Gallery
Carre,
and
Kerns's
New
Nude
City)
have
been
one
of
the
leaders
in
putting
forward
its
vision.
New
Nude
Mag
lets
us
know
that
the
revolution
will
be
branded. For
what
it's
worth,
we
find
a
lot
of
the
theoretical/aesthetic
underpinnings
of
this
revolution
or
movement
to
be a
bit
dubious.
Here,
for
example,
is
Petter
Hegre
explaining
his
philosophy: "We
are
entering
a
new
era
in
erotic
photography,
a
time
I
call
THE
NEW
NUDE.
The
glossy,
staged
and
artificial
erotic
images
of
the
past
are
vanishing
into
history
and
will
be
replaced
by a
more
sensual,
intimate
photographic
style
with
its
roots
in
real
people,
living
real
lives,
showing
real
feelings." Note
the
capitalization
of
NEW
NUDE,
a
sure
sign
of
branding.
But
also
compare
what
Hegre
is
saying
to
the
actual
images
that
(if
you're
a
fan
of
this
stuff)
typify
the
New
Nude.
Are
they
more
"real"
than
the
erotic
photography
of
the
past?
Are
their
models
more
like
"real
people,
living
real
lives"?
Are
they
less
"staged
and
artificial"?
You've
got
to
be
fucking
kidding!
Whatever
else
you
think
of
the
New
Nude,
it
doesn't
have
anything
to
do
with
"real"
girls
being
shot
naturally.
These
people
are
fanatics
about
staging
and
posing
and
lighting
and
costume
and
make-up.
They
are
endlessly
imaginative
and
fanciful,
even
wild.
And
these
girls
(most
of
them
coming
from
Eastern
Europe)
are
real
and
natural?
Sure.
Maybe
they
don't
have
big
fake
Hollywood
tits,
but
they're
not
the
girls
next
door
either. None
of
this
is
meant
to
knock
the
work
of
people
like
Hegre
and
Carre
or
the
other
people
associated
with
the
movement.
But
we've
never
understood
the
connection
between
the
rhetoric
and
the
reality
with
these
guys. Fuck
are
we
ever
getting
off
topic.
We
started
out
trying
to
write
a
site
review
. .
. We
have
to
admit
that
as
much
as
we
love
most
of
this
stuff
we
were
a
bit
disappointed
by
New
Nude
Mag.
Maybe
that's
because,
since
we're
just
reviewers,
we
didn't
get
the
magazine.
The
pictures
are,
as
always,
amazing,
but
we
found
the
site
lacking
in
content
and
somewhat
difficult
to
navigate
(you
can
try
it
for
yourself
on
the
tour
and
see
what
we
mean).
When
we
visited
there
was
still
only
one
issue
of
the
actual
magazine
out
(which
you
can
download,
if
you
want,
as a
.pdf
file).
More
coming,
to
be
sure,
but
not
much
now.
Only
14
models
in
the
model
section.
No
video
at
all.
An
interesting
section
dedicated
to
Ralf
Vulis.
Fans
of
Vulis
might
have
wondered
what
happened
to
him
after
Vulis
Archives
shut
down
(somewhat,
um,
suspiciously,
right
after
the
new
2257
regs
came
out).
Well,
you'll
find
him
here.
There
is
also
a
weekly
feature
dedicated
to
classic
and
contemporary
masters,
a
members
photography
forum,
and
(as
already
noted)
much
shop
talk
about
photography
as
art
and
trade. Again,
call
us
cynical
but
we
thought
a
lot
of
the
site
seemed
mainly
like
promotion
for
the
other
sites
these
guys
do.
There
are
links
and
banners
throughout
to
these,
and
a
lot
of
the
time
the
galleries
just
struck
us
as
being
samplers.
Doing
a
bit
of
mental
comparison,
we
had
to
ask
ourselves
if
$50
for
an
annual
membership
to
this
site
was
really
a
better
deal
than
$30
for
a
month
of
Hegre
Archives.
And
we
would
say
No.
Now
in
time
that
judgment
might
change,
but
be
advised
that
with
four
new
issues
a
year
this
site
is
growing
slowly. It's
hard
to
slap
a
grade
on
this
one
because
a
lot
is
going
to
depend
on
how
much
you
groove
to
the
idea
of
getting
your
hands
on
an
actual
magazine.
Maybe
you're
a
real
fan
or a
collector
and
this
is
something
that
really
interests
you.
If
so,
this
is a
big
plus.
We
can't
say
much
about
it
though
because
we
haven't
seen
an
actual
copy.
From
the
.pdf
files
we
saw
it
looks
pretty
much
like
what
you'd
expect.
Which
is
to
say,
a
quality
glossy
product.
But
even
so
$50
isn't
cheap.
It's
a
tough
call
but
we're
just
going
to
give
it
an
"OK"
grade
for
now.
This
is
based
on
our
response
to
the
online
version,
which
(somewhat
paradoxically),
didn't
strike
us
as
"new"
enough.
We're
familiar
with
most
of
this
stuff
from
other
sites,
and
there
just
isn't
enough
of
it
here
yet
for
us
to
give
it a
strong
recommendation.
If
you're
a
big
enough
fan
to
really
want
the
magazine
though
that
would
take
it
up a
bit. |
