Talk in a Japanese restaurant between Jean, Willy (the two photographers who created Nakedby) and Gilles (the website's developer, who's also in charge of the videos)
J: First I think we can say that it's been a few years since we created Nakedby and we are getting used to organizing one-day-long photoshoots with the models, doing photosets and behind-the-scenes making-of videos. So we wanted to change the way we work, we wanted the website to evolve, for us as well as for the members. We are going to make much more... G: More money ! J: ... more videos, and we are going to cover events, Nakedby is going to evolve towards becoming an online magazine, an erotic magazine, and we are going to focus on the erotic events that are going on in Paris, the illuminated city, the city of sex, the city where girls are easy... (he laughs) G: There you go, he's off again... J: Yeah, so we are going to do events... W: Do events ? Do you mean we're going to create events ? J: Maybe produce events but mostly we're going to document events, to film them. Erotic salons, fetish nights... G: By the way, I really liked your little vinyl outfit last time. J: Yeah, we really get involved in our work. We're always looking for new images. I don't know what else to say. W: We could talk about what is going to be better in the new website than in the old one. J: Well we had defined very strictly the way we did things, the level of explicitness, etc., but now the content will be way more diverse. Which means in some videos, on some photos, it could go much further... W: Deeper... ? J: Yes, deeper (laughts), but we will also be able to do much softer things, more sophisticated things, as well in photos as in videos. We will always keep our aesthetics though. G: Will there be photos of Willy naked ?
(Sometimes self-censorship is the best solution. Besides, the food is being brought to our table. So, um, what were we saying...)
W: There aren't any cockroaches in Nakedby's offices ! J: We are going to take close-up photos of genitalia with cockroaches crawling on them... G: Why are they giving us the rice but not the yakitori ? W: Yes, that's weird. J: So, the new version will be nicer-looking, more fun, more accessible, more interactive... W: Yes, but there are also features that are completely new in the new version. J: There are new items. W: And there's a search utility... J: Search utility ? I don't know much about the technical terms. W: A search engine... J: Oh, alright. W: ... which will allow members to look up "lolita" for example, and find Jean's photos, or "torn stockings", and find all of Willy's photos, it's useful... And there's a "Be Curious" column... G: Yes, we'd like to talk about everything we like. W: That's the idea : links towards websites like ours, or more hardcore but fun, or things that are more... let's say... intellectual... newspaper articles... G: We can even write about philosophy. W: Sure, even philosophy J: We can talk about major sociologists or philosophers... W: Yeah, we can link towards an article we think might be interesting in the "Be Curious" column... G: But we can also write our own articles about anything we want. W: Yeah, in the articles part, we can do whatever we want, we can even ask someone to write for us. G: As long as they're naked. W: Yeah, as long as they accept to pose naked for us. G: Unless they are above a certain age. J: I won't pose naked. G: No, but Jean, for you we can make an exception. J: Yeah, over a certain limit, your ticket is not valid anymore. W: Talking about tickets, are we kind of specialized in hairy girls ? G: No, we aren't specialized in anything. J: We don't specialize, that's the motto - we stay very diverse, very general in our fantasies, very open. W: Super open. J: And we each have our own thing, I am into lolitas, you are into torn stockings (laughs). G: Come on, enough with the lolitas. You're growing too old for it, you should get over it ! J: What I think is they should grow younger... Because our lolitas all have to be over 18, so... W: Well, I don't know. I myself would really like to get better at bondage, I'd really like to do more of it. J: Bondage is good, it's good because it's art. W: What about tying up lolitas, wouldn't Jean like that ? G: A tribute to Robbe-Grillet...? J: Rue Legendre, I saw a small business that just opened, they do human services, and it says "afterschool pick-up". So, they pay you to pick them up after school ? I'm going to apply : "do you think my trench coat will do ?" G: What are their criteria ? J: Well I'm sure I'd be hired right away, I have the right profile, I'll go with the costume... W: Vinyl ? J: No, a trench coat... W: Alright, ahem. What else is new ? Oh yeah, money... G: It has to be much more expensive. W: More expensive, or cheaper ? G: Well depending on the customer. W: No. We should do frequent discounts, and also a trial price, very cheap, for just a few days. J: A 2 euro day. G: A 10 euro day. W: Ok well we'll have to discuss that. J: Have you seen the joke that I emailed you about the free first half-hour ? W: I still can't access my email... G: You know what, Jean ? I don't read all of your silly emails. J: Alright then, I won't send anymore of them. W: But you know, Jean, my computer is broken... G: (to Willy) Earlier you told me "I'm fed up with Jean's silly emails" ! W: That's not what I said, I said I don't read all of them, but now I don't open them at all because I can't receive them anymore. G: Well I remember, 6 months ago, I opened one and it was very funny. (laughs)
W: Let's get back to the website. There's something we didn't say... G: Oh yes, you can also be a "guest member". For people who want to see more but still without paying. W: Yes, a free tour that will allow some visitors to access content that the others can't see, without paying. J: How does that work again ? W: You just have to register, give me your email and we can send them newsletters from time to time... G: But really, not too much. W: Right, no spamming, it's not the objective, we're not gonna harass them every three days. And it's very easy for them to stop getting our emails. The goal is mostly that these visitors have a bit of a preview, a glimpse at our content, and we hope they will go further and subscribe to get access to the whole website... Also, the website has been slowing down these days, not too many updates, it's because we haven't launched the new version yet and we're working hard... G: Who's working hard ? W: The whole team. G: Yes, the whole entire complete team. W: But as soon as we launch the new version, we have to go back to a good rhythm. G: In fact, we have a lot of content in advance. Counting only the videos, we have more than enough to publish one every day for 2 months, since we haven't been posting anything lately. pendant 2 mois, vu qu'on a rien publié dernièrement. W: And also, there's the upcoming new content, that we already mentioned, the little video reports, in high definition... We didn't really explain all the topics, all the fields that we want to cover with these reports. G: We would like to go interview other photographs that we appreciate. W: Yes, and also film them during their own photoshoots and work sessions. G: It would also be nice to be able to make images that bring the people even closer to our models, that show them the way they are. W: Less staged, more natural... What else did we say ? G: You wanted to do POV, didn't you ? (laughs) W: Yes, point of view shots... Yes, this is something I'm really considering, I'm also training and it's beginning to look good, so we'll see, we'll see. (laugh) G: Is that the final word ? W: Well we'd also like to talk about swingers, see how they live, what their sex life is like, if they'd let us in on their parties, if Gilles could touch the girls's hands... And the kinky scene... And the porn scene... Documenting shootings, talking with actors, actresses, directors... Have we mentioned everything now ? G: Well, there's a lot more... But now we have to get back to work. W: Yes. What a tasty lunch that was !
