> -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DagT
> > 25. nov. 2013 kl. 22:54 skrev Mark Roberts > <[email protected]>: > > > knarf wrote: > > > >> And I'll say it again: > >> > >> I am not saying there needs to be "equality". Just a bit > of balance. > >> > >> I'm not planning on counting but the way it is now only > naked women appear here. It just doesn't seem fair, dammit! > > > > How this "balance" be achieved? Surely we can't ask people > who have no > > interest in a particular kind of photography (male nudes) > to take up > > that kind of photography? > > I agree with Mark. > > Also I don´t agree that men are looking at women as objects > when they take nude photos. whether men are looking at women this way or not, or vice versa, I don't believe anyone has to justify (except to themselves) what they photograph, provided everyone involved [1] has freely given their informed consent. B [1] in a public place, of course, you do not even require the subject's consent. > We may be programmed to this but > I think most men look at women with fascination. Not > necessarily sexual, but graceful, beautiful or lots of other > feelings. Usually we look for beautiful motifs to photograph, > so why not the ones that fascinates us the most. > > So men will prefer to take pictures of women. Maybe the women > should get better at photographing men, but of course we are > not as interesting... > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
