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Subject: [Leica] portrait of elizabeth (mostly safe for work)
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Mon Oct 1 08:31:50 2007
References: <4268A9826B9DBE4D938B902A6BC803083944EF@exchange8.asc.local> <46FF6D91.1040007@hemenway.com> <000601c80351$4be56be0$6401a8c0@asus930> <471B7676-3F5A-4F05-914F-C9C6A3A88E70@cox.net> <7.0.1.0.2.20070930132131.0249d030@comporium.net> <D04F9AF2-C40C-46E9-8038-F2F75E62EABE@cox.net>
My immediate reaction to seeing the photo: "No relationship to
reality (as I experience it)."
Then: "illustrative. Of what? What does this intend to illustrate? I
don't understand its message."
The lighting (the reason Kyle pointed us to it) does have some appeal.
Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com
On Sep 30, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>> But not to me ;-) It made me gag to look at it. The skirt is too
>> far in her mouth to be sexy - more like a gag. That's just a
>> female's perspective, though.
>
>
>
> well it made me gag too..
>
> and a little sad too...
>
> (because of the very young girl, who looks even younger)
>
> maybe because of the proximity of the image to soft porn, the age
> of the girl, mixed with the obvious manipulation and opportunism...
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