Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Cohen wrote: > > What about Jock Sturges http://www.agallery.com/sturges.html and Sally Mann. > They both took pictures of Nude children (With their parents (and > permission).. > > > -Mark *Who has yet to get anyone to take off their clothes for his camera. > :( * Cohen Well, in my humble opinion, Jock Sturges is a pornographer posing as an artist....and, as I've said here before, I have real problems with Sally Mann, or anyone else for that matter, making nude photos of children for public display, whether they be "art" or not. The children cannot consent; therefore, to photograph them nude, and display the photos, raises enormous ethical problems. B. D.