SAN FRANCISCO – Professional photographer Jack Gescheidt started the “Tree Spirit Project” in 2003, shooting haunting pictures of naked people draped on majestic old growth trees. Recently he had a brainstorm: He proposed a joint project to an environmental group that was planning to stage a protest at Berkeley University in Hayward, California, to protect [...]
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Dutch artist Loek de Winter was born in Amsterdam in 1949 and in latter years gave birth to a new art form, Naturist Art. This isn’t a new style of “nature morte”, but rather one associated with the naturist lifestyle. We therefore had no choice but to interview him and find out all we could [...]
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Many in the textile world who denigrate the naturist subculture would choke on their self-righteousness upon learning that there’s a growing number of faithful Christians who are also nudists. We wanted to find out more about this segment of our community and thus felt it appropriate to ask John Kundert, editor of the Fig Leaf [...]
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Many uninformed people out there think naturism is limited to congregating in hot tubs in clubs, but the reality of it is that we’re a very imaginative and creative community. Nudist Day goes to lengths in getting you stories of interesting, even unusual, people and places related to nudism. Recently we discovered Michael Zauels, a [...]
N, also known as “Nude and Natural”, is the venerable magazine found on countless coffee tables in naturist homes and businesses. It’s published by The Naturist Society (TNS), an association with offices in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, founded 27 years ago by the legendary Lee Baxandall. Paying members of the society, numbering about 22,000, automatically receive the [...]
Rhoda and Aaron Block started “NFN Travel International” six years ago and claim it’s the personal attention they give their clients that’s been the key to their success. “Every customer is also a friend”, Rhoda confided.
Rhoda, who handles the sales side of the agency that sells vacation packages to luxury nudist resorts in the US, [...]
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At first glance, one might think the title of this article refers to a nudist clan, the Munros, but in reality, munro is what they call mountains in Scotland. The nakeds are Stuart and Karla, a fun thirty-something couple whose mission is to climb every munro in Scotland whilst nude. They’re Scottish but currently live [...]
Englishman Steve Gough, the naked Rambler, continues to be imprisoned in an Edinburgh, Scotland, jail, steadfastly refusing to dress under any circumstance, exercising his God-given right to wear only his smile. His incarceration has been extended several times as he’s insisted on presenting himself in court without clothing, drawing the ire of local judges.
This isn’t [...]
Nude yoga’s popularity is spreading across the world like wildfire. Only found in major cities in the past, courses are now being offered in smaller communities. Such is the case of Morristown, New Jersey, a sleeping suburb of New York City, where Dan Speers offers nude yoga classes as well as naturist kirtan” (more on [...]
We caught-up with Andy Ofiesh, founder and emcee of the Naked Comedy Showcase, just as he was driving from Boston to New York to do a show on a snowy February day. “Too cold to be naked today”, he quipped. Talking on a cell phone while driving is unsafe, but we carried on with the [...]
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