Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the early 1990's, we had a young physics instructor from Algeria who was under the impression that virtually all of the females students were advertising that they wished to have sex with him by virtue of their coming to class wearing short skirts. The instructor, who looked more like Fred Flintstone than Omar Sharif, ran into problem after problem when he attempted to reciprocate. He finally left returned to Algeria. Jeffery On Aug 29, 2010, at 11:42 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: > You seem to assume that appreciation > of the visual beauty of the human form > and respect cannot or do not coexist. > > Some Muslims consider exposing > and/or photographing a face in public > offensive; and consider any "street" photography > of women off limits. > > You draw a line that states, "if you photograph a woman > in public you must include the face." > > These are subjective, personal and cultural considerations. > > You, of course, can draw this line > for your own photographic practice; > and viewing. And I respect your right to do so. > > Others will continue to step over it. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > On Aug 29, 2010, at 1:15 AM, Phil wrote: > >> As in the past, I'm probably one of very few to speak up about respect >> for women and how we portray them. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information