[Leica] Subject: Was Need printing paper advice, Now NUDITY TINA.

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I miss having your work here

ric


> On May 9, 2018, at 6:55 PM, Geoff Hopkinson via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all. I mainly follow via browsing the archives. I thought that this
> thread contained many little insights into attitudes of those posting.
> Quite a mix of subjects included.
> To focus on the photography only I edited out comments I was going to
> include regarding Facebook, Me Too and Russian activities.
> 
> I regularly shoot fashion nude as Ted knows. Those models are adult women,
> in charge of themselves and almost always well paid professionals who have
> chosen to specialise in that modelling genre.
> 
> I see no exploitation nor power imbalance in that scenario. The opposite
> in fact, where genuine photographers go to lengths to ensure that the model
> is respected and comfortable.
> Shooting nudes is anything but sexual, or should be. It brings its own
> challenges for light and pose and beauty.
> I can predict what any one of those women would have to say, regarding
> being exploitation, or power imbalance or being told what they should do
> etc.
> 
> I looked at the link provided and noticed a lot of work that I think fits
> Tina's characterisation of salacious and unenjoyable. I think it would be
> unfair to label the whole genre in that way.
> 
> I stopped sharing any images whether fashion/beauty or with any nudity in
> the LUG simply because they didn't seem to fit with anything anyone else
> shares.
> Worse though (not specific to the LUG) is where the only comments might
> actually be a personal comment about the model's body, not of the
> photography.
> I hate tattoos or she needs a good feed or the like.  That attitude and if
> people want to impose their own standards on others, I see as a society
> problem.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
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