Probably because it's easier to post pix on the net and to disseminate them, although drawings and sketches in various forms would also be easy to scan and post.
I suppose if you made a sculpture like that on a beach or in many other public places, some irate, up-tight do-gooder would complain. http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/frontdet-mod.jpg Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: Bob W > Is it ok to make non-photographic records of the kiddies surfing? Could I > make a sculpture, perhaps like this one of a 17-year old boy, but with added > surfboard: > http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/micheldavid/frontdet.jpg > > If so, I wonder why photographs are singled out for opprobrium. > > Bob

