Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You boys and girls need to get your minds out of the gutter. Generally, trying to pin down the /message /behind an image is best left to dabblers and wannabes. Photographs always work best when there is no particular handle which readily fits. The best images always seem to occur when we lose track of the mental motivation and shoot without thinking it too death. Don't get me wrong because planning is essential. Plan to put yourselves in a situation when things can happen and be ready.. If we really want to see porn then maybe Readers Digest *is* the best place to start. There and the daily press or six o'clock news. Simple minded mass propaganda. If we really want to see /art /take a look at some of Ralph Gibson's work. Heck, in /Deus Ex Machina /Gibson shoots some pretty revealing acts. Nonetheless, I'd never call it pornographic. I'd never call Kyle's image the least bit suggestive. It does drip symbolism though and that's what sets it apart. Maybe we've all been fed too many sound bites and Macdonald's commercials. Our senses have become calloused and no longer grant us an easy solution to the need for communication. Personally, I think Kyle might be on his way to becoming a real master of the art. Walt Mark Rabiner wrote: >> On Sep 30, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >> >>> At 01:11 PM 9/30/2007, you wrote: >>> >>>> it's a very nice portrait...kind of expanding the bubble as far as >>>> acceptable soft porn, without being called soft porn... >>>> >>>> I suspect that's why it appeals... >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>> But not to me ;-) It made me gag to look at it. The skirt is too >>> far in her mouth to be sexy - more like a gag. That's just a >>> female's perspective, though. >>> >> >> well it made me gag too.. >> >> and a little sad too... >> >> (because of the very young girl, who looks even younger) >> >> maybe because of the proximity of the image to soft porn, the age of >> the girl, mixed with the obvious manipulation and opportunism... >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> > Oh its a very young girl now lets play that card!! > This gal is 23 if she's a day and could easily have three kids and be well > on her way to being a grandmother. > > But lets protect THE CHILDREN. And suspend all common sense and taste. > > Mark William Rabiner > rabinergroup.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >