I've finally had to decide how I'm going to handle nude images when uploading to Google+.
I've just shared the first album where this is an issue. It's from an Art Nude event I ran at my studio at the end of May. G+ Ts & Cs restrict what can be uploaded and shared. Basically there is a "no nudity" rule.
In an attempt to keep within the spirit of the this rule all the images I am uploading to G+ are either clothed or have nothing more than "implied nudity". My definition of implied nudity is no nipples showing and nothing showing between the legs. This kind of approach appears to be acceptable in most (non top-shelf) magazines and it is appears to have been an acceptable approach to FB.
Further more, because G+ enables me to restrict who gets to see what I publish and share I am only sharing albums that include "implied nudity" with those people who are in my Photographers circle and Models circle.
For those who want to see the full albums – I will be posting a link to my own website which contains the full set of images from the shoot. Oh yes and with that link there is a warning that the album contains nudity.
For those of you who are in my photographers or models circles you can see the album here:
https://plus.google.com/106287665062204946341/posts/Ld77pNVCefr
it's a really odd one as a lot of people use the google picasa web albums on their blogs (its the default storage place) and i know when i set up my google+ it allowed me to instantly share those albums. the blogs allow the "contains adult content" thing so i dont see why it wouldnt work on google+ wold be an interesting one to test as they seem to allow on one thing but not another
I wish that the social networking sites would make use of the safe search filter like that found on Flickr then there is the choice to disable nude images for those that wish or need to. I've seen some images removed from FB that were well within your definition of implied.
I have actually had an art nude print exhibited in Swinton Library and sold a couple of prints to individuals who saw it as the artistic image it was intended to be. I totally accept that social networking impose a no porn policy as this is entirely different to the art nude as those that want to view the former have a huge number of available 'outlets' on the net already.