I’ve been shooting exclusively with an original Sony a7S ever since I bought it in 2014. This video from the future suggests it’s going to last me many more years!

You know what’s fucking awesome? Getting a personal email from the Marketing Manager and Head of Artist Relations at DeviantArt to tell me:

“Hi Justin. I’m sorry to hear that both Instagram and Patreon have been giving you issues. Your content is welcome on DeviantArt. If you have any issues with anything, feel free to reach out.”

Hallelujah!

Ruby.

After deleting hundreds of photos and impatiently waiting for a response from Patreon I finally (and quite surprisingly) got my account unsuspended.

Whilst the community guidelines are quite blurry on Patreon (understatement as full nudity is allowed), what I cannot and will not post on Patreon from now on are photos where any part of the genitals are in the shot. This means a lot of my point of view (POV) style photos, as well as just straight out nudes from more interesting angles are a no go.

That said, if you do want to see the more erotic and graphic shots, you can find them on my new DeviantArt account.

Visit: https://www.deviantart.com/justinfoxphoto

Despite spending the last 2 days working through over 3,000 photos dating back to 2018 with the Patreon trust and safety team I’ve failed to get my Patreon account unsuspended.

End of the day, Patreon (like many other platforms) has changed their guidelines to a point where my work no longer belongs, so I’m making the move to re-upload ALL of my work to DeviantArt.

I’ve been a bit down about it all, won’t lie, and have thought about giving in entirely, but I don’t see myself ever getting back into Graphic Design, and as an Artist, I still NEED to flex my creative muscles, and photography still fills that void.

A sincere thanks to all who have supported me over the years. I’m hoping you’ll continue to support me on DeviantArt.

Visit/Support/Thank You (NSFW warning): https://www.deviantart.com/justinfoxphoto

According to Patreon, this is pornography.

4 days ago my Patreon account was suspended. Turns out the guy who was in charge of helping me to get my Patreon reviewed was out of office, and now I’ve got a lady looking after me.

The silence was killing me (I thought they were simply going to delete my account like Instagram has), so it’s nice to finally be in contact with someone.

I had already spent massive hours going through my entire Patreon (I post daily and it dates back to 2018) and deleted all photos and posts which I thought could potentially go against their guidelines, but even so, she still let me know that there is still pornography on my account.

Patreon allows full nudity, but I can’t seem to figure out exactly what they deem as pornography and what is an OK art nude. I posted a few links to images which feature my point of view (POV) style, but with a model in lingerie, to ask whether she thought these images were pornography, and thank fuck she replied to confirm that they were not, and were AOK.

She then replied with 3 links to images which she suggested were pornography and had to be removed. The above image being one of them. IMHO this is not pornography and does not go against their rule of “spreading or otherwise emphasizing genitals in a sexual way such as focus or cropping of the image falls under pornographic material and is outside of guidelines.”

Creative angles? Yes, but I don’t think I am emphasising genitals in this shot, nor are her genitals in focus. End of the day it’s not black and white. I understand that, and much of my luck lies in who is reviewing my account.

I’ve been looking into other platforms, or potentially starting my own site with a paywall, but I respect Patreon for supporting Artists over using a platform that supports pornography.

I feel deflated, but I’m still not about to give up just yet.