A handbra is the practice of covering female nipples and areolae with hands or arms. It often is done in compliance with censors' guidelines, public authorities and community standards when female bre
Woman's torso with her hands covering her nipples
A baked clay figure (7th century B.C.) from Bethlehem
A complex Cypriot figure (5th century B.C.)
The Medici Venus (1st century B.C.)
Glamour photography is a genre of photography in which the subjects are portrayed in attractive poses ranging from fully clothed to nude, and often erotic. Photographers use a combination of cosmetics
Handbra
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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Earl Moran c. 1950
Publicity portrait of Elizabeth Taylor from c. 1955
Isabel Sarli using the handbra technique, c. 1973
Nude male model using the masculine equivalent of the handbra, 2009