[Leica] Legs, and Soul

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

I personally do not see anything negative about this photograph at all, it 
is just a nice photo of a woman's legs.

Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ric Carter" <ricc at embarqmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:55:55 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Leica] Legs, and Soul

i'm looking for the "like" button

you tell it uncle t

ric


On Aug 29, 2010, at 6:46 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Philippe Amard offered:
> 
>>> All part of the European motleyed culture, which " Lluis's Legs " are 
>>> part and parcel of.
> Great photograph in the long standing tradition. <<<<
> 
> Bon Jour Philippe,
> Certainement! > The Devil is a woman (M. Dietrich, and Bardot later) :-)
> 
> Lluis picture is beautiful in it's advertising simplicity! We see legs and 
> bare bottoms, at least I didn't say "bare boobs!"  nearly every time we 
> pick-up a magazine, fashion or photography.
> 
> I'm quite surprised how a B&W / colour photograph of some woman's legs can 
> be seen in a negative  " not a nice kind of photo to be seen by the public 
> because it degrades women?" Or some other inane reason!
> 
> Actually the truth is those with "DIRTY MINDS" turned it into a "DIRTY" 
> photograph. Get over it, it's not degrading in the least! Just look at the 
> checkout counter "REAL TRASH HOLLYWOOD SLUTS TRASH MAGS" if you want to 
> see degrading women!
> 
> Let's look at the same picture in this context? A completely different 
> context which could happen to some of the professional shooters on list! 
> Me included as I shot fashion in Canada & Paris in the mid sixties... Oh 
> my goodness those Paris models.............. .Oh la la! OK no more, what 
> happens in Paris? ;-) Stays in Paris! :-) 
> 
> If Lluis offered this about his picture:  "I was asked to shoot some 
> fashion pictures today of women's new style nylons blended with silk and 
> here is one of the photos chosen by the advertising agency!" That's it! 
> Actually quite clean and simple! There wouldn't have been one negative 
> comment the likes we've seen!
> 
> So get over it and your minds out of the gutter and think it's just a 
> photograph because the photographer was "observant" and saw a photographic 
> moment without any twisted mind! My heavens sometimes I wonder?
> 
> Dr. Ted Grant!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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