Jocelyn Saldana Naked Pictures by Zach Hyman Beautify New York Subway

Zach Hyman takes pictures of naked women in New York City; Jocelyn Saldana is a 19-year-old actress who likes to take her clothes off. The two got together on a New York City transit train recently and went to work. For 30 seconds. To the shock of some, the titillation of a few others, and the dismissal of a few more, Zach Hyman fired off ten pictures of the naked Jocelyn Saldana. For her part, Jocelyn Saldana sat, competed for strap hanging space, and pole danced (to borrow from the article in the New York Post) for a half minute and was done.

This writer would like to make it a matter of record that he would like Zach Hyman's job.

But Zach Hyman fears that he will be arrested while on his artistic outings (public nudity is against the law). He carries bail money and posts a lookout. He keeps his lawyer on speed dial. Of course, it is also why he also does his photo shoots in 30 seconds.

Zach Hyman got the idea to take nude photographs of young women from observing classic nudes at the Met. Like the artists of old, he calls what he does art as well. Many would agree (and some would have to get over their shock at seeing someone disrobe in the midst of a group of people -- even if it is for a mere 30 seconds -- but just might agree as well), while some relegate his photography to that of pedestrian pornography.

He got a 20-year-old to disrobe and run naked through Chinatown. According to the Post, she was ecstatic about it hours later, said she'd like to do it every weekend. There are probably more than a few who would love to see her every weekend as well.

"People see a naked woman and they smile," Zach Hyman told the Post. "They see a penis and they freak out."

There may be several reasons for this disparity on the viewing of genitalia. There are all sorts of psychobabble that can explain it. Men have more often as not used their penises for weapons or dominance throughout time. An unguarded or unsheathed penis can make a woman pregnant, project discharge for territorial or sexual conquest, and even obnoxiously signal attraction. The penis is an incongruous and unsightly and asymmetric addition to the body. It is the ultimate symbol of aggression (besides a gun -- oh, wait...).

A woman on the other hand has nothing asymmetric dangling or protruding from her body. A woman's body is far more symmetrical, more aesthetic than that of a man. Her sex is more rounded and inviting, not invasive. Nothing about a woman's genitalia reminds others of clubs or blunt weapons or aggression. And there is the social elevation of the female body, the veneration of the ability to give birth, and the inate psycho-emotional framework of women to empathize and nurture.

No matter how one psychoanalyzes the human preoccupation with sexual organs and nakedness, some will say that a picture of a naked individual is art and some will say it is pornography. It doesn't really matter to most males (and one does not presume to speak for females in this regard), just as long as the piece of art is penis-less.

After viewing the pictures of Jocelyn Saldana, this writer would have to say that Hyman's pictures of her on the L Train are definitely art. I'd put Jocelyn Saldana up against a Titian any day.

But if one needs an acceptable standard, perhaps the difference might be in defining art as that which engages and provokes an expressive response in its audience. No, wait, that won't work... How about: If Playboy or Penthouse magazine set up a photo shoot and took a set of provocatively posed Jocelyn Saldana pictures -- wherein the actress was naked, of course -- where the actress was sitting, competing for straphanging space, and pole dancing around the other L Train passengers, would it still be pornography? Or art?

And when could we expect to see Miss September on display at a New York art gallery?

Speaking of which, Zach Hyman will have an exhibit of 14 of his naked models posing in various parts of New York City opening on Thursday at Chair and Maiden Gallery in Manhattan. Who knows? He might even provide a small demonstration -- call it performance art or process as art -- of how he comes by such beautiful renderings -- besides just getting beautiful women like Jocelyn Saldana to voluntarily take of their clothes for half a minute.

Besides, it would only take 30 seconds. Call it short-order art. Ten more pieces of art, hold the clothes, hold the penis (so to speak). Wouldn't want anyone freaking out in an art museum, people walking around doing imitations of Edward Munch's most famous character...

Zach Hyman told the Post that people's private parts are "one of the unifying aspects of being human."

This from the guy that said that people smile at naked women and freak out at penises. Of course, he may have been making a sexual reference. Kind of hard not to considering the subject matter...

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NYPost.com