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From the Archives: I Did It for Science: Nude Photography

Posted by Nicole Ankowski

In this piece, Grant Stoddard uses his adorable English accent to try and woo women out of their clothes, and in front of his camera. It turns out that getting paid to photograph live, nude girls isn’t nearly as easy as it sounds…But he snapped some good ones, anyway.

"How do you want me?" she chirped.

Truth be told, I hadn't really thought about what would happen once I got Jesse naked. Proactivity is not my strong suit. "Uh," I stalled. "How about we take some pictures of . . . some of the postures . . . from yoga class?"

"Excellent idea!" she said. With one hand, she pulled her belt off; with the other, she brushed her dress to the floor. She wasn't wearing a bra or panties, and went from fully clothed to totally naked within a half-second. It was like that scene in
Naked Gun where Lt. Drebin pulls his entire suit off with one hand.

"Er . . . would you mind getting on the bed for me?" I stammered. This was intimidating. Not only did Jesse have a good ten years and five inches on me, but was also completely blasé about getting her kit off for a random nimrod with a camera. In the midst of a party she was hosting no less. Fierce. Like Anthony Michael Hall in
Weird Science, I had masterminded a scenario where I was in a room with an older, smarter, cultured, naked woman, and I could only imagine tossing off in the bathroom. I think I've been clothed in the presence of naked women for about twenty-five seconds in my entire life.  


Read about all three of Grant’s photography sessions here
. And yes, there are pictures!


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