Naturism, nudism, exhibitionism

This will be an impopular post, and the reason for its existence is an episode of a new Dutch podcast series about naturism. I like it. It's presented by three younger persons (between 20 and 35-ish).

The episode in question, number 7, discussed taking pictures in a naturist setting and showing them.

Now note that these are young people, as I wrote before.

Their basic stance on naturist photos:

Photos taken as a naturist, so indeed naked, but not specifically depicting nude people or nude you. They show where you were. Yes, you can be in the picture, but it should not be about you. It should be about the place where you were. You are a naturist. We know you probably were naked. No need to show that in every image you post somewhere.

As I heard that, I had to replay that bit again, because it sounded good. And I tend to agree with it.

This makes that I'm usually somewhat 'entertained' by the good nudist people who proudly post their next nude picture with their cup of morning coffee.

Do note that this is my opinion of it. No offence to the coffee-drinkers who proudly pose with their mug, new or old, either in a new spot inside or outside, or in the same place each time.

Things got 'even worse' a few minutes down the podcast:

If all you do is post pictures of yourself, naked, then you might be more of an exhibitionist than a naturist. We know you're naked. Why do you have to showcase that in every image? Who is waiting for that?

Yes, again I agree. (I've probably lost 83.6% of the readers by now, if not more.) And how do I show that I agree? I hardly ever post pictures of me nude. I also don't care if people wonder whether I'm nude or not because I don't "prove" that through pictures. I know I am, and I am nude for me, not for others to stare at, drool over (hi pervs) or be scraped from the internet for 'reasons'.

Something that made me laugh was when they talked about pictures in naturist groups, like some on MeWe etc.

You can immediately spot the newbies who post a nude picture of themselves on a couch or so, and add a comment like: "This is me, naked, sitting on the couch naked, making a naked picture of naked me."

As if we can't see you're naked.

Yes. This is me. Naked. In a picture. But it's not about me. It's about the beach, the sea and the setting sun. Really, look again, it's there.

Thanks for reading this far. Let me know how you feel about this topic, I'm very curious.