For Alan down in Florida: Tribute of Light and Shadow

About a week ago, I received a comment from Alan raising the point that certain photographers tend to tag their pictures as being artistic, when in actuality they're simply taking the lazy route by desaturating the photograph and darkening it/adding shadows... I believe the exact quote verbatim was..."I'm sick and tired of all these artsy fartsy photographers who think that by using black and white or covering the beautiful models in semi-darkness makes it artistic."

Well I agree to a certain degree... but to me, the human body is a work of art... so as you can guess whether the subject is clothed, nude, or whether the photograph is in color or not, I still consider it to be art (so long as it's not blatantly tasteless ). So I'm dedicating this post specifically to Alan down in Florida. Here's a few of my favorite