The first annual naturist world congress was held in London in 1951 although the International Naturist Federation (INF) was officially founded in 1953 in Montalivet in France. British Naturism can trace its origins back to 1891 and the Fellowship for the Naked Trust in British India. During the Second World War, the BDM carried out various roles within society including camps for girls evacuated from cities for their protection during bombing raids, training the teenagers as volunteer nurses on the front line and even serving in the signal corps of the women's section of the SS. You might not think of Germans as the sort to embrace nudity, but Buhne 16 is just one of several nude beaches in Germany (all the beaches on the island of Sylt are clothing-optional), and its oldest and most famous. With all the usual sources of love and security undermined, the horrors of home are simply intolerable and the only alternative is escape.

The 30-year-old travelled across the worlds to take the shots at various different rainbow gatherings.It’s an attempt to build a different world without authorities and organisations where you can be absolutely free without the need to explain. Recruitment drives ran in an attempt to get more female members but the groups weren't especially successful.

The Steward Woodland Community – made up of 23 people, including nine children and teenagers – chose to live in hand-built huts on a beauty spot in the rural Devon moorland. Not only is an incestuous father betraying the child’s trust and taking advantage of her vulnerability and dependence - that is betrayal enough.What’s great about Black’s Beach is its secluded nature—it’s a bit of a hike to get to the beach, and once you’re there you’re well-hidden from the judgmental world outside. The NAKED tribe uncovered: Rare insight into NUDIST communities around the world A RARE insight into a naked 'tribe' of people, known as rainbow gatherings, has been uncovered by a photographer travelling through South America.