{"id":3887,"date":"2014-02-04T23:11:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T23:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/?p=3887"},"modified":"2014-02-04T23:39:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T23:39:40","slug":"madonna-nude-photography-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/madonna-nude-photography-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna, Nude Photography, and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_3887'] = [\n{id: 3892, image: 'https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1977Madonna01.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1977Madonna01-150x150.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Ke4ICv#3892\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" 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20px;\"><h1>Madonna 1977 by Herman Kulkens<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Ke4ICv#3889\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p>What possible &#8220;relationship&#8221; could I have with Madonna?<\/p>\n<p>Well, nothing huge. But I discovered that Madonna was a student at the University of Michigan until 1978 when she dropped out and relocated to New York City. I was a student at the University of Michigan starting in 1980; I missed being there at the same time by about 2 years I guess.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently in 1977, Madonna was a dance student and posed nude for photographer Herman Kulkens for some drinking money (or whatever).<\/p>\n<p>When I took up photography about 9 years ago, I photographed various things: my kids, landscapes, weddings, and&#8230;students at my large local university (in Upstate New York). Some of those students were dancers, and some of the photos were nudes.<\/p>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s not like I photographed Madonna nude back when she and I were students at the University of Michigan. I wasn&#8217;t doing photography back then and she and I missed being students there at the same time by about 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>But all the &#8220;ingredients&#8221; are there&#8211;in a weird sort of way&#8211;that were the molecules of history stirred up in a slightly different way, me photographing Madonna nude while we were both students at U of M seems nearly plausible&#8230;.:p.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds to me like a good plot for the old Twilight Zone TV series, don&#8217;t ya think?<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3887 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height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1977Madonna07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3890\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3890'>\n\t\t\t\tMadonna 1977 by Herman Kulkens\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-postid=\"fsg_post_3887\" data-imgid=\"3893\" href='https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1977Madonna05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgracemartin.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1977Madonna05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3893\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3893'>\n\t\t\t\tMadonna 1977 by 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