January 16, 2005.

Gіrl Fоlіо

a review by Dwаynе Bеll

We've all heard that the human brain is the sexiest organ we have, referring to the fact that the hottest sex always includes a mental element, which is true.

But we've never heard that the human brain is also the most beautiful organ. Yet that is also true, for without our brains, there is no beauty at all, not even in beautiful women.

Oh I know, natural beauty. It's the latest thing.

But it's a scam.

There is no such thing as natural beauty. It's impossible to see women the way they 'really are' or the way 'nature intended' because women have brains and the persistent habit of using them, using them to change their bodies, their minds, and themselves, usually resulting in more beauty.

Thus, in any image of a beautiful nude woman, we see not a woman the way nature intended but nature the way a woman intended, or the way a photographer intended.

That's the way things 'really are'.

And that is the way you'll find things at GirlFolio, a daringly honest, beautifully intelligent new site by the newest Body in Mind photographer, Mіchаеl Whіtе.

Rather than trying to fool people in this day and age with hokey sexuality or falsely natural nudes that deny the existence of the female mind, Mіchаеl Whіtе has enough faith in the beauty of women to work with them, not on them. He allows his models to decide what to do and what not to do in a photograph, to explore the pleasure of being admired, of exposing, of teasing, of being female, of having fun, and to participate in the creative process as a whole. Never before have we seen such a mix: vibrant, fresh, gorgeous models allowed to be real women under a master's eye. With his incredibly quick camera, White picks off moments of real beauty with unerring precision, inevitably uncovering the loveliest bits, the perfect shot every time.

Now, maybe, just maybe, it's possible to have sexual urges towards a nude woman without any interference from our higher thought processes, but can anyone really call that beauty? Is a physical female body really beautiful without the possibility of knowing her, of imagining who she might be, of romance, love, sex or marriage, of knowing the woman inside?

GirlFolio says no. Beauty is helping your sister's gorgeous best friend home with her groceries knowing she'll invite you in. A picture of a girl sitting on a bicycle seat in sheer panties is more powerful than any closeup of genitalia. The most beautiful moment in life is when you take a pretty girl's hand and she doesn't pull it away.

These are the sort of moments miraculously created and caught on film by Mіchаеl Whіtе.

For example this Body in Mind gallery of Chаrlоttе Gее nude at work was shot by Michael. As you can see there are plenty of nudes, but nudes with a brain, nudes improved and sophisticated by a realistic, thoughtful setting, by a woman with brains as well as beauty, and by a photographer who knows her brain is her most beautiful organ.

We're thrilled there is now a website devoted to documenting these awesome but neglected sexual subleties, a photographic panorama of nude women, beautiful moments, and daring pictorial explorations, a sophisticated porfolio of the beauty that surrounds the female sex.

A Girl Folio.

© 2005 by Body in Mind | Photos © 2005 by Mіchаеl Whіtе

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