Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUG: I think Nathan has left the Leica Portrait Group but I'm still there arguing about "glamour" photography and now it has spread to the Leica Meet FB page, too. Thank goodness, the moderators there are censoring some of the most awful examples of exploitive photos of nearly naked objectified women. That seems to be the result of so many Leica photographers being older men who can afford expensive cameras and young models. I cringe when I see these posed, stilted, artificially lit, awkward, emotionless examples of nude photography. It is terrible photography. I do not object to nude photography. The photos on both of those sites by John A. DiGiorgio are wonderful examples of nude, or nearly nude, women showing emotion. They are not objectified. I think those are art, not pornography. The vast majority of Leica photographers are men. I guess this is an expected result of that demographic but I think education would certainly help some of those "photographers" take better photos without relying on objectifying women. If you are on either of those FB pages, please leave a comment and opinion. As one of the very few women, I feel outnumbered. Tina -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>*