Alberich Mathews (gallery)

William-AdolpheBouguereau (November 30, 1825 – August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter and traditionalist. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. During his life he enjoyed significant popularity, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his …

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Membership in NIFTY shall be open to anyone who supports the elimination of legislation forcing the wearing of clothing in public spaces. 2 0

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NIFTY has held many events over the years: topfree and clothing-optional parades and marches, topfree picnics and book readings, clothing-optional dances and movie nights, and more. We also usually host a clothing-optional picnic following the Vancouver portion of the annual World Naked Bike Ride. While these events are celebratory in nature, they also serve to …

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NIFTY is an organization of  people who oppose the legal ban on public nudity in Canada, and who are interested in  organizing politically towards the abolishment of that ban. (NIFTY Constutution, Paragraph 1) 2 0

Anastasia Chernyavsky is a Russian-born photographer who currently lives with her husband and their two children in Foster City (San Francisco Bay Area), United States. Her first photographic equipment was a Zenit E camera her father have her as a gift when she was 15 years old. After her first child being born, Anastasia started …

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NIFTY membership shall be by donation, with no minimum. Lack of financial means shall never he a barrier to NIFTY membership. 2 0

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NIFTY’s first official meeting was held in 1993, and we began renting Vancouver’s Templeton Park Pool for monthly clothing-optional swims in 1998. Since then, our membership has grown significantly, and several thousand people have been NIFTY members at some point over the years, with about 500 up-to-date members at any given time. 4 0

NIFTY is first and foremost an activist political entity. Although organizing and engaging in social and recreational activities is necessarily part of our function, our primary focus must always remain on political organization towards full clothing-optional rights in all public spaces in Canada. (NIFTY Constutution, Paragraph 2) 0 0

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Vladimir Fedotko is a photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia. He is known for his talent to magically combine traditional drawing, photography and computer processing. Fedotko creates unique photos and fills them with fairy-tale characters. His images are bright and elegant. The artist shows a variety of stories that combine surrealism and fantasy. Digital art appeared …

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Established by BC Supreme Court, 2000 June 8 (Citation: Maple Ridge v. Meyer, 2000 BCSC 902) “We had a legal opinion and its very clear she is correct. It is not a crime.” – Terry La Liberte, Vancouver Police Board “Deputy [Vancouver Police] Chief Doug LePard said he would notify the training session of the …

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NIFTY shall be, as much as possible, a grassroots democratic organization. No president or permanent chair shall exist. A chair shall be elected at each NIFTY meeting for the purpose of that meeting only, their term ending with that meeting. The only table officers are the secretary and the treasurer. 0 1

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Pavel Popov was born in 1966 in the city of Perm. In 1994 he entered the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, studied at historical painting workshop led by Professor Glazunov. Pavel is a Member of the Moscow Union of Artists.                 13 3

NIFTY meetings shall be non-smoking and clothing-optional if possible. 0 0