On Nov 25, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Glen wrote:
Don't some cultures consider practically all imagery to be the work of the devil, as if all images were idolatry at some level? Didn't the Taliban take this stance at one point?
Yep. The old "graven image" bit. Why so much Muslim art is abstract and geometric rather than representational. I check my web site hits periodically, and often have visitors from countries where admitting to viewing it could lead to beheading. I got letters for a while from a fan in Iran, but they stopped coming.
Some cultures believe that photographing someone steals their soul. I realized at some point that they are right, but continued to be a photographer anyway.
Bob
