🇬🇧 How to be sexy?

How to be sexy?

Sensuality sells. It’s good for your personal brand when used properly. What is seen as sensual varies between one group and another. Kate Midleton can be seen as a sexy woman by some groups while others prefer Cardi B. Personally, I am not part of either extreme, but I understand the value of both and many others for their audiences.

Valuing sensuality is important for my work and yours.

Watch and you will see that, in one way or another, people are attracted to it.

Sensuality is a double-edged sword. Being sensual for one group implies being rejected by another. Do you know how to deal with rejection? What tribe do you want to attract? And do you want to be just another member of this tribe or do you want to be unforgettable?

Discover my services and discover intelligent ways to see and show your sensuality. And unless you are a very repressed person, I'm sure it exists. Even if your self-esteem is low.

Nycka Nunes

🇬🇧 Boudoir and nude photo shoots

Boudoir or nude photography shoots are among my custom photography services. And I really like them for two different reasons, which I discuss below.

One reason I like these shoots is when sensuality exists and is celebrated, which is generally the purpose of boudoir shoots. I like this because until I was 22 I had a lot of insecurities about my appearance, so today I like to celebrate the beauty and sensuality of clients as much as I like to celebrate my beauty and sensuality.

I also like nude and boudoir shoots because they are ways of naturalising nudity, removing the sexualization that is commonly associated with nudity in some places, including Brazil. They can be, if the client wants, images where sensuality is subtle or non-existent. It's like seeing femininity in a woman simply because she's a woman and seeing masculinity in a man simply because he's a man. Sensuality exists on its own, and it can also be placed in the background. Removing the sexualised image of a naked body is the strongest way to celebrate self-love, healthy self-esteem, and feeling good about who you are. I think this is sensational!

Boudoir shoots, in this sense, seem perfect for people who still don't feel perfectly comfortable with their appearance, because there are more scene and clothing elements that can be used to disguise points of insecurity or draw attention to points of greater beauty. But in nude images there are also scene features and angles that can be used to enhance the most beautiful aspects of each client or model.

To have photos taken by me, request your photo shoot on the services page. To contribute to the development of my original photography portfolio, you can also make your donation on my Ko-Fi profile.

Nycka Nunes

🇬🇧 About cruel things I've heard

I grew up living with my maternal grandmother. I was never praised by my mother's family, and even achievements that should be seen as positive were ignored. “You didn’t do more than you had to,” they said. And I heard almost every day that I was ugly, stupid and useless. To make it even cooler, the only celebrity who had features similar to me in that remote past was the Brazilian actress Cristina Pereira, and I didn't see anything beautiful about her. Possibly because I didn't see anything beautiful about myself after hearing so much that I was ugly. Looking today, I might think the actress Mayara Magri looked like me at the time. She was beautiful. But I didn't think I was beautiful, so I didn't see this similarity.

It's hard to single out a single cruel thing from my past. I think that bombarding a creative and initiative child with criticism is very cruel, but it is an attitude of weak people, who see girls as dolls. In fact, they dressed me as if I were a doll. To this day, I hate clothes full of ruffles and ribbons for that reason. I prefer a tomboy image than a doll image. My style flirts more with androgyny than with the image of a romantic girl. Even when I wear fluid and delicate dresses, I break the romanticism with heavy boots or other style resources. I don't identify 100% with female stereotypes. And I feel perfectly comfortable in a female body.

The treatment of boys was different. I played with them and realised their privileges. None of my brothers or my cousin worked when they were kids. I did. And that's the smallest of differences. They respected me while those who used to disrespect me were female figures. This way, I have an easier time cultivating male friendships. Women who embrace the role of fragile, crying dolls irritate me. After the long and painful healing process I went through, I became very intolerant of adult snowflakes, who are offended by anything, regardless of gender. Because they are the ones who cause immense damage to children's minds. And we should really take care of the well-being of children, who do not know how to defend themselves from the cruelty that can exist in their own families. Not taking care of adults who should already have the discernment to take care of their own mental health.

Once, when Fátima Bernardes was an anchor on JN, she had a very nice cut with short hair (possibly straight like mine). And I said that I would like to have hair like that. I hated my long hair, which was impossible to style because nothing could keep them styled for more than two hours. I spent an hour in the shower washing and untangling them. And they weren't even long like many wear today. They generally didn't go more than 15 or 20cm below the shoulders. And when I made that comment, my youngest aunt who was sitting nearby said the following kindly: “the only beautiful thing you have is your hair. If you cut it, what will be left?” 😁 Cute. Loving. Only not.

But stupid I knew I wasn't. I don't see how someone who gets good grades without cheating (and often without studying) could be stupid. And I ended up changing my self-image, which was negative for a long time due to this strong negative family influence, by noticing this gap, this little finger of lies that made the whole lie fall apart. And yet they continued with the lie.

I've been wearing short hair for over twenty years. I wore beautiful cuts and sometimes the hairdressers weren't able to do a good job. I tried countless colours. While common sense says that hair is a frame for your face, I made my hair my canvas to create art, just like I've done with my wardrobe since I was 18.

Nothing said to an adult by third parties is more cruel than a shower of criticism and zero praise for a child from their own family. But even this can be overcome. So, nowadays, when I see people saying that we can't say this and that to adults because it's offensive, when the term itself isn't offensive, I just see a person with whom I have no interest in getting acquainted with, because I don't see anyone standing up against parents and family members who bully their own children or who educate them based on threats and punishments. In Brazil, even lullabies have a content that incites fear. It's ridiculous.

I learned a lot throughout my life. I can contribute professionally to people who want to leave victimhood in the past. It's not often that I have the time or interest in helping others overcome barriers that I overcame on my own, but it eventually happens. Follow the services available on the services page and follow my profiles on social media if my journey inspires you. I recommend that you start by booking a photo session, which is always available.

Nycka Nunes

🇬🇧 People are art

I see people as works of art. My visual intelligence is much greater than my other intelligences.

Most people are like unfinished works of art, or developed without the proper tools to get the best result. Some are so devoid of any aesthetic sense that it is almost offensive to see them. On the other hand, there are people who are aware of their limitations and seek qualified guidance to enhance their natural beauty.

In photography I have the opportunity to immortalise the maximum beauty of each client, using the appropriate tools to build an artistically planned style to exalt the best of each client's personality through the images.

As a child and teenager, my family didn't allow me to have a say in what clothes to wear. As I had been working since I was five years old, I have much more fashion information than the vast majority of people. And, at 18, after spending my entire adolescence dressing in ways that I hated because I didn't have autonomy in choosing clothes, I began to develop my personal style and the style of other people who sought my help when they noticed the change. And it was a huge change. I had been passionate about art since childhood, but I was not encouraged by my family with poor habits and high purchasing power. So I started using my personal image to exercise my needs to make art. And I've been doing it ever since.

I know the difference that clothes, accessories, a good haircut and the right choice of colours can make in a person's life. I've told countless times on social media how people in Curitiba, a city renowned for the coldness of its residents, approached me spontaneously for the simple fact that I was wearing an old red sweatshirt or a royal blue dress, unusual colours in the wardrobe of locals and impossible to find (those colours) in city stores when I moved there. Imitating is easy. Being a pioneer, unique, knowing the consequences of each choice, is not for everyone. Having memorable, artistic and unique photos is also not for everyone.

Beauty has enchanted me since childhood. Not standardised beauty, but the beauty that only exists in the individuality of people who are truly satisfied with being who they are and who seek the most appropriate professionals to enhance and record this natural beauty.

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Nycka Nunes

🇬🇧 About urban beauty

Urban beauty is not my favourite. I prefer the beauty of nature. But it has its charm, in some contexts. Architecture, both exterior and interior, reveals pieces of history, and in Brazil, it is quite common to find signs of history in the interior architecture of residences, such as the type of tile in the bathrooms, whether or not they have soaking tubs, the size of the rooms... I'm fascinated by this.

Urban scenes began to inspire me as a teenager, as I imagined photographing fashion editorials in environments very different from those in which people would normally wear those clothes.

I don't believe much in astrology, but an Aquarian characteristic that I have is that I like the contrasts between the ancient and the avant-garde. One of the apartments I lived in in Porto Alegre was very old, it had a huge bathroom, with a bathtub. It was a dark and poorly maintained property, but, if renovated, it would be a precious jewel in a very pleasant location. I'm fascinated by spaces like this, even though I prefer a hot tub to a soaking tub. I like the breadth of old properties, duplex lofts and luxury properties that are truly luxury. Of course, there are companies that try to gourmetise the ingourmetisable, like those that call tiny studios and kitnets lofts.

I am made of contrasts.

If you want to see my urban scene photography projects, read the media kit and contribute to making these projects viable. For original photo shoots and other services, read the services page.

Nycka Nunes

🇬🇧 About beauty and insecurity

How is your relationship with your own appearance? How do you feel about being naked in front of someone else? What is your relationship with nudity?

I'm Nycka Nunes, I'm a visual artist and photographer. In photography, as in my previous work as a stylist, I seek to value the unique beauty of each client and in this text I talk about one of my experiences of changing my perception of my beauty, overcoming insecurities I had as a teenager.

I have café au lait skin (just visit my Instagram profile to see photos of me without makeup). My torso is very light (there are few photos that show this). My arms are a shade like a latte with the same amount of each because they are more exposed to the sun.

I shoot nudes and boudoir. Today I talk about my insecurity regarding the colour of my nipples. They are dark. Today I like their contrast with the pale skin of my breasts, but as a teenager and in my twenties, I was embarrassed to even change my clothes in front of someone. All the women whose breasts I had seen at that time had pale nipples. So I felt very “abnormal”. For those who don't know, I suffered bullying from people in my maternal family my entire life, until I cut ties with all these people who were always bad for my mental health. So, being physically different from all women in something, in my adolescence and early adulthood, had a bearing on the way I saw myself. And I was very insecure.

Over time, I became emotionally detached from those who only tried to diminish me and my self-image began to change. Mainly because, in the case of my relatives, their favourite adjectives were that I was ugly, stupid and useless. I had been working since I was 5 years old (for them), and I always had good grades in most of my school subjects. So why would I be ugly if the other two things I wasn't?

Another important factor is that I was well accepted at school, and treated like a princess by my father's family, so I had a repertoire of different opinions about myself. I just gave excessive importance to the negative opinions of my mother's family because it is normal to want to be accepted and welcomed by our mothers and families. As I never went, even though they pretended otherwise to third parties, there came a point where I got tired of looking for acceptance.

Even today, it's rare for me to see women with pale skin and dark nipples. It's more common to see men like this. But I learned to enjoy being different, to use style resources, not aesthetic procedures, to find my unique and authentic beauty.

Of course, it's very easy to talk about this once the problem has been overcome. It wasn't easy to deal with this while it was still a problem. But perhaps the look of a photographer who overcame this and other self-image issues will be useful for you to see yourself with different eyes? I'm also happy to work to celebrate the change in perception that has already happened or the beauty that you always had and knew how to have. Visit the services page to book an exclusive photo shoot.

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Nycka Nunes

🇬🇧 How do you, woman, deal with nudity?

How do you, woman, deal with nudity?

I'm Nycka Nunes, I work as a visual artist and fine art photographer. I serve clients from all over the world and I ship my work worldwide.

I believe that valuing one's own beauty, being a woman, is natural. In my opinion, vanity is something natural in human beings, and it is something that is repressed in men in sexist environments. Something that is changing, mainly through the example of many famous men. Anyone appreciates what is beautiful. And that's why it's natural to seek to feel beautiful to please yourself and others and to attract people to your circles.

Nudity, within Brazilian culture and other cultures - fortunately, not all - is very sexualised. Especially among superficially religious people, who don't see religion as a tool for personal development. On the other hand, female sexuality, in these same cultures, tends to be repressed and judged. So, the woman who, in this context, celebrates her own sensuality and sexuality is, in my view, an admirable woman. Professional photo essays are an option to exalt the woman that you are. Read the “Services” page to schedule yours.

In places where nudity is natural, like Finland, it may be strange to realise this possibility. Feel free to share your thoughts on the issue in the comments. My perception today is that nudity, like sex, is natural and they don’t have to go together. Being naked is not necessarily an invitation to sex. Today I manage to plan a nude photo shoot without sexualising the image and create beautiful images. Studying a little of the culture of the countries of northern Europe was very useful in this transformation of vision, but I never discussed the subject with natives. I have artistic projects being developed that must follow this path of natural nudity. To contribute financially to their realisation, read the “Media kit” page.

Share your point of view in the comments.

Nycka Nunes