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Spencer Tunick (gallery)
Spencer Tunick (born January 1, 1967) is an American photographer known for shooting nude photographs that often include thousands of participants. His first human installation took place in 2003 in in London’s Selfridges department store.
NIFTY Bylaws, p.3
All NIFTY events shall be clothing-optional if possible. No NIFTY event or function shall he nude-only or clothed-only unless it is absolutely unavoidable
Rapid Quiz Question: A way of life when naked people live in harmony with nature. Options: Communism, Capitalism, Naturism, Naturalism.
Answer=”Naturism”
Naturism is a way of life when naked people live in harmony with nature.
John Collier – Lady Godiva (1898)
Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. In 1043 Leofric founded and endowed a Benedictine monastery at Coventry. People of Coventry were suffering under her husband’s oppressive taxation. Lady Godiva asked her husband to remit the tolls. Leofric said he would grant her request if she would strip naked and ride through the streets of the town. Lady Godiva took him at his word and, after issuing a proclamation that all persons should stay indoors and shut their windows, she rode through the town, clothed only in her long hair. Just one person in the town, a tailor ever afterwards known as Peeping Tom, disobeyed her proclamation in one of the most famous instances of voyeurism. In the story, Tom bores a hole in his shutters so that he might see Godiva pass, and is struck blind. In the end, Godiva’s husband keeps his word and abolishes the onerous taxes.
Rapid Quiz Question: Nudism is good for children. Correct or incorrect?
Answer=”Correct”
Nudism welcomes children and actually encourages families with young children to bring their kids. Children are the most enthusiastic nudists because they have not yet learned to feel shame about their own or others’ bodies, or to equate nudity with sex. Nudists are always on the lookout for the safety of children.
NIFTY Constitution, p.2
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 Constitution, Paragraph 2)
Rapid Quiz Question: Nudists are perverts, weirdos and other sorts of sexually deviant people. Correct or incorrect?
Answer=”Incorrect”
The vast majority of nudists are open, understanding and extremely friendly. They are repulsed at even the thought of pornography or sexual immorality.
NIFTY Bylaws, p.2
NIFTY membership shall be by donation, with no minimum. Lack of financial means shall never he a barrier to NIFTY membership.
NIFTY Bylaws, p.7
All decisions at NIFTY meetings shall be made by consensus if possible. In the event that consensus cannot he achieved after reasonable attempts, a vote shall take place, with majority rule carrying.
Pavel Popov (gallery)
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.
NIFTY History, p.1
Founded in 1992, NIFTY (Naked Iconoclasts Fighting The Yoke) is a group of citizens who believe that people should be allowed to decide for themselves whether to wear clothing or not in public spaces. Essentially, the group formed in opposition to section 174 of the Canadian Criminal Code, which declares public nudity a criminal offense. However, we advocate for clothing-optional rights for everyone, not just Canadians. Although many NIFTY members are naturists or nudists, NIFTY is not a naturist/nudist group; we are simply a group of citizens who believe in the right of every person to decide what, if any, clothing to wear in public spaces.
Rapid Quiz Question: Nudism is new and alien in the history of humankind. Correct or incorrect?
Answer=”Incorrect”
Scientists believe that humans lost body hair more than 1,500,000 years ago and began wearing clothes only about 170,000 years ago. This means that for more than 1,000,000 years humans lived without any clothes at all!
NIFTY Constitution, p.1
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 Constitution, Paragraph 1)
Rapid Quiz Question: Why in 50’s-60’s nude swimming was usual thing in YMCA swimming pools? Options: Nudism was popular at that time. They could not afford to buy swimwear. Swimwear caused problems with the pool filtration systems.
Answer: Swimwear caused problems with the pool filtration systems.
The swimsuits at the time would shed fibers which would clog the pool filters.
Vladimir Fedotko (gallery)
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 about 15 years ago and is very popular today among both beginners and professional photographers. Vladimir creates amazing images full of beauty, and mystery. Most striking in his work that it is not clear where is the photo, and where is the drawing. The artist takes into account everything – color, shade, and the texture of the object. You could say – this is magical realism in photography.
Rapid Quiz Question: You need attractive body to become a nudist. Correct or incorrect?
Answer=”Incorrect”
Nudists have all kinds of bodies, all sorts of sizes and shapes, all sorts of ages. You can be fat, have a scar, have mastectomy, etc. Nudism is not a beauty contest.
NIFTY History, p.6
NIFTY is proud of its twenty-plus year history of advocacy, and we intend to continue our fight until all citizens have the freedom to wear clothes if they choose, and not wear them if they choose, in public spaces around the world.
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I would love to do this; the boy in me would love to be nude in winter and swim!
me to I never been in north or out( side club naturism but it must be cool
Burr !!! Nudism would be awesome butt in the cold…..I hate the cold even dressed.Yikes! Awesome how some people CAN do winter nudism though
pathetic
I swam nude in the winter in the Prairies with my Dad. It was on my Uncle’s farm and I was 16 years old!
I’ve done this.
It’s called “Snow Bathing” and is very common in countries in the former Soviet Union.
It strengthens the immune system.
OMG, they look so happy and not freeeeeeezzzzzinnng! I walk outside to the hot tub and I and my tootsies survive but I’ve never stayed out to play badminton!!
Most of pictures was taken after banja (sauna in Russian), and it is really good way to cool down.
Just so awsum to see families being a family. Not a cellphone in site. Would love to do sum snow bathing.
All I can ask is “Whhyyyyyy???” Why would anyone want to do that to themselves? Nobody loves being nude more than me but I can’t comprehend the desire to jump into ice water or the snow. I’ve been nude out in a snowfall a few times for the novelty of it, but only for a couple minutes. And I sat in the snow once, and it was painfully cold, like sitting on liquid nitrogen razor blades. Enjoying the warm summer air and lake water is infinitely more enjoyable. Of course, to each their own I always say, but I certainly can’t understand it.
BTW, are the children in any way forced into doing that, or is it completely voluntary on their parts? In one or two of the pics they look like they’re not enjoying it at all.
Now I know where the expression “freezing my tits off” comes from.
Hahaha!
I want these young children to know how lucky they are to have such a wonderful father and mother who permit them to go out in the cold winter weather in the snow and ice without wearing any clothes. These children are one in ten thousand to be permitted to be totally naked, not wearing any clothes whatsoever. Being totally naked outdoors in the cold wintery snow will help to build these children’s strength, stamina, and endurance. For how long are the children able to endure the cold wintery weather outdoors totally naked? Do the children get warmed up in a sauna? How many times in one day do the children run outdoors totally naked and for how long? Every young child would like to be able to go outside in the cold winter snow totally naked like these children. There is a treeless snow covered field surrounded by houses. I wonder what reaction this nudist family hears from the neighbors about permitting their children to run outside naked in the winter ice and snow? Are the neighbors’ comments mostly positive or negative? Every child should be permitted and encouraged to go outside in the cold winter weather completely naked, not wearing any clothing whatsoever. My praise to the father and mother for being such generous and kind parents. Thank you for sharing such wonderful photographs of your children. I would like to read the parents and children’s comments about their practice of nudism. All the children are smiling and are so happy having so much fun being naked in the winter snow. I love you all.