Pros:
- Archive of exclusive artistic nude photography
Cons:
- No videos
- Small amount of content for a glamour/photography website
- Unattractive site design
Members Area Content as of November 28, 2004:
Pics: 120 models, 120 photosets for a total of 4,000+ pics
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GraceandBeauty.com is a softcore site specializing in tasteful nude photography of all-natural amateur girls. Much like DOMAI (also reviewed here at QAP), Grace and Beauty offers up photographic content (over 4,000 pics) of amateur models (120 of them) with an artistic flair geared toward people who enjoy admiring nude women and not just checking out a chick's tits and ass. As the principle photographer, Jay GreenMan, states on the main page: "This site is dedicated to the fact that female form and sensuality are gifts to be cherished and appreciated". All of the photos here are exclusive to the site although I've seen some of the models on other websites. Anyhow, if you're fan of this genre and are looking for a new site to check out, read on...
The members area of Grace and Beauty is unique in that there really isn't one. The free side of the site is basically the members area; you'll be prompted for your username/password when you click a particular model's headshot in the sample area. After inputting your info, you'll be taken to that model's gallery. It's as simple as that. You can get to this "headshot" area by clicking Enter Photo Gallery or Members from the index page. The navigation here is obviously then pretty straight-forward, but the design of the site is amateurish at best and rather ugly at worst.
There are 4 gallery pages here, each with 30 models listed for a total of 120 models and over 4,000 pics. There aren't any dates, but if I had to make a guess based on pic size and page setup, I'd say the photos are arranged from most to least recent (i.e. oldest content in Gallery 4). The earlier pics are right around 600 x 800 or a little smaller (525 x 700), but the more recent stuff is pretty large, weighing in at around 700 x 900 or 768 x1024. I also saw some sets (seemingly out of order in Gallery 3) that were a huge 960 x 1280. The photography here for the most part is average to pretty good, although I did find quite a few sets that looked a bit grainy. As far as subject matter goes, all the pics here are (of course) softcore. You can get an idea of what the models look like by checking out the headshots I mentioned on the free side of the site. For the most part, the girls are young and pretty attractive, although I did see a few that looked to be perhaps late 20's or early 30's and some that I thought were just average looking. Also, the girls here are very natural in their beauty so don't expect any fake boobs or a lot of makeup (some are so natural they don't even shave their armpits, in fact). The galleries have an artistic flair to them, which means you'll see some artsy elements like black and white galleries, soft lenses, and interesting lighting techniques. Sometimes this seemed to get out of hand or came across like the photographer was trying a bit too hard to be "artsy". I noticed some photosets where the artistic elements seemed to actually detract from the model and the photo as a whole. There are some straight-ahead photosets here as well, but the majority of the archive has this artistic feel to it. You'll also find a nice mix of settings for the photos, including both indoor and very pretty outdoor locations (in the woods, by a stream, etc.).
There isn't really anything else at Grace and Beauty other than the photos I've just described. No model videos are included and there's no real bonus content of any sort. There's a link to an Articles section that appears to still be under development (nothing is currently there), a Models page that gives you a small amount of bio information about 44 of the models featured on the site, and 3 Grace and Beauty screensavers (these are available on the free side for no charge). Other than that, there's nothing else to see.
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Overall, I wasn't too impressed with Grace and Beauty. Although the photography here is usually pretty decent, the archive is rather small (and weekly updates won't bulk the pic count up anytime soon), there isn't any extra content (i.e. videos, etc.), and in my opinion, there are plenty of other sites that do this sort of thing much better (DOMAI, MET Art, and Abby Winters to name a few). However, if you're a fan of this genre and more specifically, JayGreenMan's photography (take a look at our samples and the samples on his site and see what you think), you might want to check out GraceandBeauty.com.
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Please note: for legal reasons, we are unable to provide samples of sexually-explicit pictures.
Although the pictures that we provide as samples are not sexually-explicit and are exempt from 18 U.S.C. Section 2257, you can find the compliance notice for this site here.
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