The Skinny Dipping Report

The World's Leading Authority on Swimming Naked and Doing it Well Skinny dipping is the world’s most universally recognized erotic social experience.

For many, it was our first time being naked outdoors, even our first time being naked with someone else. Our first skinny dip may have been an act of rebellion, perhaps from parents, friends, or simply our own fears. We reassured each other and ourselves with the promise that darkness and water would conceal our naked bodies, when secretly we knew there was plenty of light to see. It was a good ex

cuse to subvert our own fears of being naked together. In skinny-dipping – the memory, the idea, and the feeling – there is much to explore. And yet as a photographic subject, skinny dipping has eluded us. We believe that this has everything to do with dynamics that have long informed the production, reproduction, and exchange of nude images. Through the 20th century, photographs of nude women were taken by men to be shared with other men. From wartime pinups to Playboy to Pirelli, the power to capture an image corresponded directly with social power. The commercialization of the nude and risqué imagery followed two distinct routes: images that were themselves sold, and images that were used to sell something else. The former was porn, the latter advertising. But today, we are witnessing the blurring of the dichotomy between photographer and subject. The Internet has democratized cultural production in all conceivable media and genres. It should come as no surprise that it has also fundamentally altered the production and exchange of nude imagery, both in practice and intent. As the camera lens ceases to subjugate as it once did, a third category of nude imagery is emerging that is neither porn nor advertising but social erotica. To be sure, there is still a transaction at play but the currency is far more social than it is monetary. From the About section of Project ISM, a leader in the genre:

What inspires women to submit their naked photos online? The short answer is - Control. The ability to show yourself on your terms, how you'd like to be seen, free from the distortion of someone else's viewpoint and the sanitizing of Photoshop. For some contributors this is an exposition of pure art. For others it's a rebellious gesture, erotic expression, a desire to be desired, or a cathartic process. And for everyone, as we're told every day, it's just hugely fun. In the 8 years since we began collecting folios we've amassed around one million raw images from over 5 thousand contributors in nearly 8000 folios (not all are online, yet). We get more visitors than the Guggenheim, we have a larger collection than the Louvre and track the zeitgeist like the Tate cannot. Our choice of a calendar as a medium for The Skinny Dipping Report was not entirely innocent. As it happens, 2012 marks the centennial anniversary of Paul Émile Chabas’ completion of his painting, Matinée de Septembre (oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art), depicting a nude woman bathing on the shore of Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, France. The painting became a national succès de scandale when ordered removed from a New York art dealer’s shop window by Anthony Comstock, founder of The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. Millions of prints were sold, as well as reproductions on merchandise including umbrellas, suspenders, postcards, candy boxes, cane heads, and watch fobs. The controversy surrounding the painting is credited with helping break down American opposition to the display of nudity in art. The work is also known as the first subject of a nude calendar. In the century that followed Matinée de Septembre, the nude calendar has become a recognizable form with its own clichés that are ripe for subversion, now more than ever. We aim to upset the form by shifting the dynamic away from objectification and toward identification. Every image in our calendar is of a real person from a real place with a real story. Each image was captured and presented for public consumption on Flickr without any help from us. We merely collected them and worked with their creators to contextualize them. We have selected photographs that make you want to be there (and who wouldn’t?), to feel what the person in the photograph is feeling, to understand the particularity of the place and the moment through the lens of skinny dipping. We hope you enjoy The Skinny Dipping Report.

12/19/2016

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12/09/2016

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2017 Calendar A calendar and guide to swimming naked in beautiful places around the world. Please note that this calendar will be available for shipping after 11/11/16.

09/28/2016

Beautiful, touching story about skinny dipping to live life to the fullest and remember those we love

Skinny-Dipping With Grandma This body has seen me through this far, she seemed to be saying. It’s as perfect as it needs to be.

07/23/2015

Photographer: Anabel Navarro Llorens. Location: Alcoy, Spain. "I took this photo a year ago at my friend María's pool party, which she throws at the beginning of the summer. We were 8 girls. We filled a big watermelon with rum and juice, like we do every year, and just spent all day sunbathing and swimming naked in the pool.

The most important part of the day for me was the freedom that I felt taking photos of n**e people. I mean, everybody was naked and I was taking pictures and nobody was worried about it. They were very natural, and I think this is reflected in the photos. It is part of the magic." Go: By bus, about an hour and twenty minutes from Valencia.

Stay: By European standards, lodging in Alcoy is quite reasonable. A room at the Massia la Mota, a 300 year old villa located within a national park, can be had for €100/night. As for securing an invitation to María's next pool party, you're on your own.

Eat: The area is renowned for its cuisine, especially fish, shellfish, hearty rice dishes, and stews. Don't miss Llauna de Calp (fish stew), Lubina a la Sal (bass baked in salt), Fideuà (a noodle dish with white-fleshed fish and crustaceans), and, of course, Paella.

Drink: Rum-soaked watermelon. Mix 1 cup rum with 2 cups fruit juice. Pour into half of a large watermelon. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight before indulging.

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07/15/2015

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Skinny-dipping in the void: the day I toured James Turrell's art show naked

04/03/2015

We'd love to skinny dip in a "pool of light" by James Turrell - beautiful, insightful read!

Skinny-dipping in the void: the day I toured James Turrell's art show naked A n**e tour of the artist’s light sculptures is more than a gimmick, discovers Monica Tan, as she joins the naturists and curious art students in Canberra

01/26/2015

Check out our girl, Lara, on The Man Repeller today! Thanks for the shout out, MR

New York Closets: Lara Speier Inside the closets of New Yorkers cooler than a polar bear's toothpaste

The Skinny Dipping Report 2015 — The Victors and Vanquished

01/07/2015

Our friends at The Victors and Vanquished wrote about The Skinny Dipping Report 2015 - check it out!

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The Skinny Dipping Report 2015 — The Victors and Vanquished With it's first publication in 2012, this year marks the fourth edition of The Skinny Dipping Report. The crowd-sourced calendar has just announced its availability on...

01/05/2015

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The 9 Best Places To Skinny Dip Around The World

09/30/2013

Check out some of The Skinny Dipping Report's favorite photographs from around the world in The Daily Beast!

And be sure to submit your skinny dipping stills at www.theskinnydippingreport.com for a chance to be featured in The Skinny Dipping Report 2014!

The 9 Best Places To Skinny Dip Around The World Ever felt the urge to dive in sans clothing? The Skinny Dipping Report has nine fabulous spots around the world.

6 Tips For Skinny-Dipping In New York City Without Getting Caught

07/22/2013

Business Insider asked The Skinny Dipping Report how to skinny dip in New York City and not get caught - read our tips here!

6 Tips For Skinny-Dipping In New York City Without Getting Caught The group behind The Skinny Dipping Report break down their six top tips for skinny dipping novices.

Daring Enough to Bare It All for a New York Swim

07/17/2013

Check out The Skinny Dipping Report in The New York Times article on skinny dipping in New York City!

And keep an eye out for our map of secret skinny dipping spots around the city - coming soon!

Daring Enough to Bare It All for a New York Swim Technically speaking, skinny-dipping is illegal in the city, but that has not stopped swimmers from taking the risk and baring it all.

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