Documentary: Orphans and Vulnereable Children in Nigeria

Justice Development Peace Commission, JDPC, is actively involved in peacebuilding, early warning, early response and conflict mapping in this area because of tribal violence. Father John Attah is the coordinator of JDPC, he is wearing a white frock. Every three months they have events in the area of the communities involved, including the Agbaduma area, of Agatu local government. This month they are having a Peace rally with speakers being from the Methodist Church, the Catholic churches and the four chiefs of the involved tribes. One community, Ekaidar, was distroyed this past April by people from the Egba community because of misconceptions. Five people were killed. Father John with local villagers and police tour the damage. Police are also involved in the peace-building activities. Date: August 27, 2010. Location: Obagijir, Benue. Image: Karen Kasmauski for CRS


Akula Ajir, 10 years old is part of the OVC program in Makurdi district, Nigeria. His mother and father have died of AIDS. He lives with his mother's sisters, Rose Ahua and her husband Justin Ahua. They are both HIV positive and volunteers with the Makundi Diocese volunteer program . The Ahua have three children of their own, including an adult daughter who is married and has a three month child. Akula does jobs around the compound including the laundry. He baths his little brother, Tersoo and little sister, Mrumun. CRS pays for him to go to school as well as his health visits. He is frequently visited by the head nurse of local health clinic, Fidelia Nyior (she is wearing a blue dress) He also hangs out with his buddies, his peers for meetings and general support. Date: August 23, 2010. Location: Makurdi, Benue. Image: Karen Kasmauski for CRS.


Orphans & Vulnerable Children in Nigeria
Parish of SS Peter and Paul in the village of Aliade, Nigeria supports the OVC program along with CRS. One of the members is Magdalene Shemba. Her caregiver is her father, Mathew Shemba who is also PLHIV. She works with her sister, Jennifer,18, cooking dinner and cleaning. She also meet with her peer group young women who are OCV between the ages of 11-18. She is wearing green dress and then changes into a white shirt with black strips and a pink skirt.Date: August 24, 2010. Location: Aliade, Benue. Image: Karen Kasmauski for CRS.

Portrait: Nudity and Beauty (MM)

Tom Waits:
Sitting in a burlesque show dressing room with stripper in background between sets. Waits played here and alternated sets with the burlesque show. This is probably at the THE COPACABANA or another burlesque show on the lower east side circa 1970. Date: 1970. Photographer: Joel Brodsky. Historical Premium Collection.


Nude Portrait of Alice Wilkee:
Claudia Dell poses for an artistic nude shot, draped with fabric and wearing a turban. Date 1930s. Historical Collection.


Woman lying in fetal position in bed. Photographer: John Francis Bourke. Date: Unknown.


Minette or Marie Christini Roux, photographed by Nadar, 1858. French photographer Nadar is noted for his outstanding photographs, mostly portraits, taken between 1854 and 1870, and his ability to capture the 'character' of his subject. Date: 1858. Location: France. Photographer: Nadar. A Hulton-Deutsch Collection


Chinese student and nude model Su Zizi poses nude in the fish tank during a photography session at a studio in Beijing, China, 6 January 2011. A college student paid her tuition fees by posing as in naked model portraits, sparking a heated discussion online, Beijing News reported. Su zizi (not her real name) is a sophomore at the influential Renmin University in China. She threw a small exhibition named Who Am I at the end of 2010 at her university, demonstrating some of her nude portraits. I have to support myself during study. I can get 500 yuan (US$75) for each set of naked pictures. she said, at the very first, I was so nervous about others reaction to me, but later on I know how to protect myself and my family, such as signing a contract, which means if the images are distributed by studios they will face legal penalties. But not everyone understands her. Location: Beijing, China. Date: January 06, 2011. Imagine China...

Classic Modelling Shots (B)

A model wears a creation from Nigeria by designer Ade Bakare during the Pan African showcase at the 2005 Cape Town Fashion week. The Cape Town Fashion week with this years theme of "African Renaissance" showing Spring/Summer 2005/2006 collections attracts designers from across Africa. Image: Nick Bothma. Location: Capetown, South Africa.


On a warm day: Hot weather in the Los Angeles area plus a publicity agent with a client who was a lion and a pretty model are most of the ingredients for a picture. The only ingredient missing was an angle. The publicity agent claims the lion playfully ripped off Susan Backlinie's bra. but it seems more believable that the lion just sat there. Never the less, it is in the southern California area and a pretty girl is always a good hot weather feature. Location: Buelton, California. Date: July 27, 1972. A Bettmann Collection

Classic African Modelling Shots

Women model African inspired fashions for sell at an African American festival held in Brooklyn. Image: Gideon Mendel.


Iman wearing an off-the shoulder white blouse and gold band necklace; her hair is pulled back. Image: Francisco Scavullo. Location: New York, New York. Date: May 1977. A Conde Nast Collection


Portrait of traditional Maasai man. Image Jake Warga. Location: Kenya. (Undated)


Model leading horse and small caravan with the ancient Egyptian Temple of Luxor in the background. She wears a white suit by Evan Picone, hat by Betmar, and sunglasses by Renauld. Date: June 1964 Image: Sante Forlano Location: Luxor, Egypt. A Conde Nast Collection.


An Algerian woman models a headdress worn only on festive occasions IMAGE:© Gervais Courtellemont/National Geographic Society/Corbis DATE PHOTOGRAPHED: 1928 LOCATION: Algeria


Willi Smith Dress. Fashion designer Willi Smith presented this polka dot bubble dress during his fall fashion show on March 30, 1987. A Bettmann Collection

Portrait: Nudity and Beauty (ETD)

Crazy Horse Dancers. Dancers perform at the Crazy Horse music hall in Paris. Image: Sergio Gaundenti/Kipa. 1990. A Sygma Collection.



Pearl Bailey standing barebreasted. July, 05, 1946. Image: Carl Vechten



Zodiac Wheel. Image: Coneyl Jay. A Crush Superior Collection.



Jazz Performer Josephine Baker - Josephine Baker, nude, holding a scarf. Image: Bettman. 1920



Roger Vadim and nude models. Roger Vadim is the director of the 1971 film Pretty Maids All in a Row, a movie about a high school teacher who has affairs with his students. 1970. Image: Douglas Kirkland.



Bandaged from plastic surgery. (Undated)

Portrait: Nudity and Beauty (PNB)

Young Zulu women in Royal Reed Dance Festival:
Once a year every September young Zulu maidens take part in a colorful cultural festival, the Royal Reed Dance Festival, celebrated by countless generations, and attracts thousands of visitors from throughout the country and from across the world. The festival takes its name from the riverbed reeds. It is a great honor for the young women to be invited to take part in the Reed Dance ceremony. Only virgins are permitted to take part in the festival to ensure that they are ritually "pure". The Reed Dance festival is a solemn occasion for the young women, but also an opportunity to show off their singing, dancing and beadwork. Image: Selwyn Tait/Sygma/Corbis Location: KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Date: September 11, 1992



A beautiful nude black woman Image: Adrianna Williams. A Colet Collection (Undated)




Rejected Billboard for the Rolling Stones album Black And Blue Image: Joe Brodsky, 1973



Baptism at Church of Debre Sina Maryam in Ethiopia. Image: Christophe Boisvieux. Location: Gorgora Ethiopia. A Terre Collection.



African Mother And Child Bathing: A Man helps a mother holding her child to bathe by pouring water on them. Image: Nevada Wier

Portrait: Nudity and Beauty

Nude man and performer Grace Jones. Image Douglas Kirkland. Circa. 1980



Portrait of a Negress by Marie Guilhelmine. Image: The Gallery Collection. Date Created: 1799-1800



Smokey, a female pimp, with her girls at home. Image: Evan Hurd/Sygma. Location: Los Angeles, CA. A Sygma Collection



Black nude woman by Robert McIntosh. Created by Robert McIntosh. Date: 1936.



Artist Eric Fisch with nudes in bathroom. Image: Louie Psihoros. Location: New York, New York...(Undated)



Papua New Guinea woman in Turfi. Image: Nick Rains; November 29, 2007

Portrait: Nudity and Beauty (RP)

Image: Adrianna Williams



Image: Adrianna Williams/Corbis


Portrait of a Beautiful Woman. Image: Adrianna Williams. Location: Unknown. Year Unknown. A Zefa Collection



Girl having a mud treatment. Image:Luca Tettoni/Robert Harding World Imaging/Corbis. Location: Unknown. Arpril 01, 2009



Woman having a lulur (turmeric) scrub at a spa in Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Image:Luca Tettoni/Robert Harding World Imaging.Location: Indonesia, March 01, 2010

Portrait: Nudity and Beauty

Malian child eating. Image: Karen Kasmauski. Location: Mali. June 01, 2004. Terra Collection



Circle of nude women touching a red box. Image: Becky Yee. Location: New York, NY; January 01, 2007. Crush Collection



Nude African woman by Adrianna Williams. (Undated)



Nude mixed race woman sitting on bench...Ariel Skelley/Blend Images. (Undated)

Portrait: Nudity and Beauty

US photographer Annie Leibovitz poses with her nude portrait of a pregnant US actress Demi Moore (1991) in the background during the presentation of the exhibition that PhotoEspana dedicates to her in Madrid, Spain, 18 June 2009. More than 200 photos taken between 1990 and 2005, including big size, portraits or black and white landscapes, will be shown during this exposition. 'Annie Leibovitz, life of a photographer 1995-2005' will run until 06 September 2009. EPA/EMILIO NARANJO IMAGE: EMILIO NARANJO/EPA/CORBIS Date Photographed: June 18, 2009 Location: Madrid, C. A. Madrid, Spain An EPA Collection


Nude African Woman. IMAGE: Adrianna Williams/CORBIS. A Comet Collection. Undated


Men bid on women at a slave market in Delos. IMAGE: National Geographic Society. CREATOR NAME: Herbert M. Herget; 1946. A National Geographic Society Vintage Collection.
IMAGE:

Black Snake Dance performed by the Bush Masali Group, Apenda, Southern Highlands at the Morobe Agricultural and Cultural Show in Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. IMAGE: Michele Westmoreland Location: Papua New Guinea. Date: October 27, 2007


Nude model with long hair IMAGE: Galvezo/An Ivy Collection