APE - Artistic Photography for Education

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The California-based Adult and Artistic Photographer's Association (AAPA) is excited to announce a new educational initiative, Artistic Photographs for Education (APE). This is a project which "Puts Anatomy Into the Hands of Children". The work of APE and all of its teachers brings new dimensions to learning about human biology and human relationships in the classroom through the use of artistic photography in publications donated by dealers affiliated to the organization.


APE projects create a new learning experience for many young students on the threshold of adulthood, through the use of highly detailed colour artistic photographs of male and female anatomy for home and classroom study. There are specially prepared lesson scripts and volunteers are available to come into the classroom and talk to pupils about common misconceptions about the adult photographic industry and guide students through the illustrated material, and also to develop their latent interests in what is available online through the work of many enthusiasts now collecting this kind of material and making their collections available to others (both commercially as well as free). Students will be encouraged to join online closed access discussion groups to develop their interests and communication skills and make contact with others with similar interests.

Bunny Anne Tanlines, an APE director and Californian 'adult' model based in Santa Barbara, pioneered the Artistic Photo Showins which has brought displays of artistic photography to a growing number of schoolchildren. Parents at the first opening in Paloma were amazed to see the exhibits and many said they wished that they had such an opportunity when they were at school.

APE students are not only learning about anatomy and marital relations, but are also introduced to artistic photography in the form of simulated model shoots (only available in the South California area), where they can photograph volunteer models and experiment with different kinds of lighting etc. Each year APE holds essay contests for students concerning the material offered in APE 'showins'. The prize is a year's subscription to a nationally known restricted access adult photographic discussion list. Last years national winner, high school student Randy Boyes, from Santa Barbara West trailer park was celebrated in his local newspaper for his essay on "Julia Domina".

Artistic Photographs for Education Inc., entirely run by volunteers, was established in 2010 as a registered non-profit organization to encourage learning about human anatomy and marital relations. APE is supported by groups involved in the adult literature industry, both professional and amateur, which have donated illustrated literature for the students and their time and knowledge as classroom mentors. APE Director and owner of one of California's leading adult store chains "Big Mick" Raubmann says: "We profoundly hope these publications will serve, as intended, to broaden childrens' minds and inform them in a way not normally possible in the classroom environment, and act as a sort of "dragons' teeth" seed, sown in the hope and expectation of raising a whole new generation of customers ".

Adult bookstore Owner Dave Scott praises the scheme on his Youdrool-L discussion forum:

One of the best ideas that has been developed to interest young people in the world of adult relationships is APE, which has achieved significant success in using inexpensive and commercially available material donated by dealers to help develop a sense of discovery and research skills in students. It is amazing how much interest and motivation one magazine with a value of only a few dollars can create. Are there other types of publications that could similarly be used to expand horizons? Archaeology books, for example?

Scott dismissed critics who insisted that such themes were best explored within the context of mature and well-established relationships based on responsibility and trust as retentive "elitists". Furthermore he discounted as "mere propaganda" the claims that many models in these photographs were illegal immigrants who were lured from their homelands by false promises by criminal elements. In any case, he said, calls to stop or regulate such processes were "nationalist" and contrary to the spirit of what Scott called cosmopolitan "internationalism".

Photo: Dylan Squint studies human anatomy.

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