At 03:13 PM 11/26/2005, Mark Roberts wrote:
Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At 10:37 AM 11/26/2005, Bob Sullivan wrote:
>
>>And this said, I still like looking at female nudes, even provocative
>>ones. Me and Jimmy Carter occasionally have a little lust in our
>>hearts.
>
>Okay, this is what bothers me about photography involving nudes. It's not
>the photographs, and it's not the nudity. It's the inference the somehow
>there must be sexual stimulation, lust, etc, involved in taking or looking
>at the photographs.
You realize that inference is, by definition, entirely on the part of
the observer, not the photographer.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
What bugs me, is when an "outside" party (not the photographer, not the
model, not even the current viewer of the photo in question) make remarks
that suggest there must be sexual stimulation, lust, etc, involved in
taking or looking at photographs involving nude people. This outside party
doesn't even have to see any of the photographs in question. They are
making rash assumptions about the motives and thoughts of other people,
which is something I think should be avoided.
take care,
Glen
