Candid Nudity: Sleeping

For More See: Casual Home Nudity

Yes, It's A Bit Sneaky, But...

The subject of "sleeping nudity" isn't very well managed generally (you know what we mean if you've seen sites highlighting this "niche"). But with an aesthetically healthy editorial mind at the helm, this type of candid nudity is not without intrigue. Who hasn't happened upon the accidentally exposed breast of an attractive in-law snoozing on the sofa? Or rather, who hasn't imagined it? One of the highlights of having "attractive" company is the opportunity to witness their dressed-down phases in the course of a day, from flimsy negligee at the breakfast table to haphazardly secured towel on the way to or from the bath. Of course it's silly. But so is our Supreme Court (if yesterday's decision is any proof).

Accidental exposures whether sleeping or awake are those little gifts the universe yields without timetable or specific circumstance--it just happens occasionally. When I worked in a busy office the incidental peaks (or were they intended?) always brightened my day (this "niche" is of course the down-blouse or upskirt phenomenen, a branch of Candid Nudity). Whatever the circumstance, wherever it happens, it's seldom unappreciated (providing the subject is view-worthy).

Yes, silly, and sneaky, but so what?

MartinB for The Nude Review "Candid Nudity While Sleeping"

Happy Nudity

Having Happy Feet While Nude

Have you ever been to a nude rave? Or danced naked in broad daylight on a crowded beach? If you have, or have had the pleasure of watching others do it, you know it's a fairly enjoyable way to kill time. "Happy Nudity" best describes the overall effect, whether it's on a nudist beach, a Faerie Convention (yes, they have those), Rainbow Gathering, bohemian rock concert, Eastern European nudist fertility fest (yeah, they have those too), nude initiation ceremonies or coed spring breaks.

We acknowledge that nude dancing can also look pretty stupid. It's a case where the subject determines the desirability of the view. But overall women and teens having a great time in the nude moving and swooning the way they tend to do to danceable tunes is one of God's gifts to the planet. You cannot help but be absorbed in the moment. As for candid, what could be more forthright and sincere?

Obviously, deciding what is "nudist," "casual" or "candid" nudity involves a few gray zones. Fortunately it doesn't matter as all are included in their various formats. Happiness in this case is painted with a broad brush.

Ed. "Candid Nudity: Dancing"

Simple Candid Nudity

Walk-By Nudity In The Home

You get it. "Walk-by" instead of "Drive-by," to describe those times when you encounter incidental nudity just going about your business when at home. There's the common nudity men experience with their wives, in some cases with their children (in "blended families" this takes on a weird resonance) and one of my favorites, when in-laws or one of your wife's old roommates drop in for a visit. When thinking of in-laws think of "sister-in-law." If you're lucky she's attractive and she thinks of you as a brother when it comes to modesty.

Sure, it's childish to get a kick out of these scenarios, the accidental sightings in the bath, the open bedroom door while she's changing routines. Then again, it's natural. We men are programmed a certain way. We don't intellectualize these things. We just endure.

There is no better expression of candid nudity than these forms of encounter. There is usually no preparatory set-up, no real anticipation--it just happens. The usual response is "Oh, sorry!" expressed while making the pretense of averting one's eyes (well, the head turns but the eyes retain their vector). She'll blush and there will be a tiny discomfort getting through the next normal encounter, but no real harm is done.

My wife has admitted in the past she sort of manufactured this scenarios when her brother had friends over to their house. She'd let herself be seen in in her underwear and make a big show if spotted, produce an air of modesty, and close her door. But in fact she enjoyed it as much as the visiting boys did.

In that regard we can dispense with any guilt we might feel over chance little encounters. It could always be a set-up.

MichealO for The Nude Review "Chance Encounters With Nudity"

Candid Teen Nudes

Old College Roommates
Who Don't Get It

I'm sure you have one. The guy you knew in college who was sort of a nerd but nice enough with whom you lost track until the Internet infringed and there he was in your inbox. No problem. It's nice to catch up. Then he starts to send you filthy pictures with silly comments, tee-hee. You're disgusted (thinking, "So that's the sort of guy who looks at this stuff") but feel obliged to comment, maybe saying "Nice!" with hopes that he go away. Big mistake.

As he didn't go away, I thought it would be useful to mankind to instruct him on the finer aspects of less pornographic photography. Don't you like a little mystery, I asked, providing examples. He thought my samples were childish (saying something like "that's so high school"). Actually, I know he didn't get anything in high school but blank stare rejections.

Provoked, I asked him to send some more samples of what got him hot. There results were horrendous, not sexy in the least, offensive to any human. I tried to dig into his psyche. Another big mistake. His attitude toward women was, should any ever condescend to sleep with him, that he get it over with as quickly as possible (else she run away?). When I asked about her pleasure, he said that was her problem. Oh, I'd never thought of that.

So the picture above wouldn't elicit much of a response from him. Maybe it doesn't work for you either. That's okay. It's fairly simple, a bit blurred, plus there are no genitals in frame. But I've seen that look on a woman's face a dozen times, and in person. It's the sort of look you only get when you've been intimate. It's playful, the sort you get after sex, or before. The towel on her head suggests good hygiene too. Doesn't that count for something, my old friend?

Probably not. His imagination wouldn't know what to do with such a photograph. His loss. Some people will never get it.

DrewB for The Nude Review "Candid Teen Nudes: Threshold Impromptu Nudity"

Candid Nude Girls

What's Not To Like, Part 2

While many men, if not most, view sex as the Holy Grail of intimacy, I've always held a differing view. Sex is great, but it's on that plateau one finds themselves when a sexual relationship has begun that I most cherish. This is when casual or candid nudity takes hold, where she doesn't cover up to run to the kitchen or bath, or reads the Sunday paper wearing nothing but panties, does the crossword with her robe open, that sort of thing. This is what I'm most jealous of if the relationship ends and I imagine her with someone new. It's a killer.

So, as innocuous as the above picture may be, it speaks to me. There's a naked girl in the kitchen making coffee. She likes that I appreciate her body. She knows when she dresses I'll have an eye on her and doesn't mind it. Later in the day when dressed I'll have that pleasant anticipation of seeing her naked later. Remember your first boy-girl nudity? It almost never loses its appeal (well, marriage can make it stale if both parties let themselves go).

While there is both Casual Home Nudity and Candid Nudity to capture the essence in both realms, they really crossover at times. How a single picture strikes one or the other mood depends on very subtle variations in tone. But who cares? If you like one you also like the other--so what's not to like?

RebeccaW-Ed, Candid Nudity Update, "Candid Nude Girls"

Candid Nudity - Bathing

There's Nothing Like Clean Nudity

Universally, women assume a certain look when candidly captured having their baths--it's a look of bored submission, a "whatever" roll of the eyes that manages to make you feel foolish but doesn't dissuade you from pursing the task at hand, namely, photographic or video capture of your soaking subject. That submissive look is misleading, however, masking their power to make you acknowledge their supremacy as objects of desire, and frankly, if not to you, to someone else. Your click of the camera is an affirmation. When you put the camera aware they begin to worry.

Of course, the pesky web adds another dimension to the harmless mischief. Chief among protagonists, fortunately, are teens, who snap each other with an unquenchable appetite. As we say, look at your teen's cellphone photo file if you're thinking we're wrong about this. It's nearly a badge of honor to have your nude photographs circulated, plus it disarms those who think they've got something on you. In fact, they're the ones with the power, hence those "whatever" eye-rolls.

In our book it's all win-win. And nothing says wholesome and clean better than a good scrub.

AndrewG for The Nude Review "Candid Nudity: Bath & Beyond"

Nude Initiation Candids

When Heaven Meets Earth

"Initiation Nudity" is creeping into American consciousness as evidence of thriving practice in Europe seeps into mainstream sites with the usual shock and awe. Even high school students partake of nudity (or near so) in initiation rites--for freshmen.

One of the most provocative books I read in junior high was the Harrod Experiment, back before coed dorms were the norm. It carried the notion to mean a boy and girl sharing a single room, and of course the showers was unisex, adding to the allure. While the book is still a stretch in this country, communal, and coed, changing rooms and baths are common in Europe, and coed junior high nudity isn't like a raise a stir.

In the seventies I viewed a film where bank customers were forced to strip to their underwear during a burglary (I forget which, but it wasn't a remake of Inside Man which includes a similar scene). I thought how lucky it would have been to be a victim, albeit male. It was an exciting premise (to me), and the initiation pictures strike a similar tone, though circumstances are obviously contrived, the boys and girls know ahead of time of portends (so they were their best skivvies), and all is done in good humor.

Good humor is important, of course. Had I in my youth been told to assemble in the gym with my class and strip down--honestly, can you imagine?--I would have thought school the best of all possible worlds.

But a glimpse of such a Heaven back then could have inspired me to flunk a grade to secure repeat performances. I wonder if it's a problem for the Swedes...

GraysonM for The Nude Review "Nude Initiation Ceremonies: More Reasons To Like Scandinavia"