PSYCHOLOGY|WORK

How Getting Naked in Front of People for Work is One of the Best Things I’ve Ever Done

This part-time job (off and on) for 15 years was one of my all-time favorites

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

I debated whether to use the above photo or the one below as the feature for this story.

Photo by Dainis Graveris on Unsplash

I went with the black and white one because it is more accurate (although both are accurate) to my actual experience working as a live figure model for various art classes throughout my life.

Sometimes I modeled with props like that sheet and palm leaf. Oftentimes it was just me and some kind of chair (as shown in the second to last photo in this story).

If you look at the first photo close enough, you can see the imprint on the woman’s skin that was left from her bra.

These are the kinds of details that many visual artists notice, which I love.

Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust on Unsplash