Visit I Shot Myself

Before you let the name scare you off, let me assure you that I Shot Myself has nothing to do with self-inflected gunshot wounds. Instead, it's actually an erotic, web-based art project built entirely of photos and videos that women from around the world have shot themselves.

Just about anyone can submit pics and vids to the IShotMyself project, but there are a few rules that need to be followed. For one, only submissions from female contributors are being accepted at this time. Another important thing is that all pictures and vids must feature and have been taken by the artist herself. A third rule states that the model must have a part of her body touching the camera when she shoots herself. The final and most important rule is that the artist must appear nude in her material. The site pays the artists $200 for each accepted submission and everyone who contributes gets the chance to win a monthly prize of $500. Monthly bonuses are also paid out to contributors based on how many clicks their content generates.

It would seem that a lot of women have taken an interest in this project because the site offers a ton of content. As I write this, there appears to be 349 videos and 3,866 photo galleries available to members and new stuff is being posted to the site each and every day. Since everything is user-submitted and it comes from all corners of the globe, there's a lot of variety in both the look of models and in the way they present themselves. Some of the stuff is really artsy and even quite personal, so it makes for interesting viewing.

Somewhat surprisingly, the quality of the site's content is level across the board. All the films have average bitrates and they can be streamed as either Windows Media files or MPEGs. They're also available for download in the latter of these two formats. As for the photos, they all appear to be high-res and the different galleries can be saved as Zip sets. There's an average of about 45 pictures per pictorial.

Site members don't get much in the way of extras, but there is a forum that they can access and each artist seems to have her own viewable profile. Guests are also invited to comment on the many movies and photo sets, so feel free to leave feedback and constructive criticism.

I Shot Myself aims to "make a bold statement about nudity, fame and the Internet" and as such, it's far from your typical porn site. If you go in knowing and accepting that, you won't be disappointed by this unique website.