[Leica] photography, gender roles, power structures, my daughter, and the beauty standard

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

At 02:08 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>In light of recent events -- I feel compelled to speak out.
>
>I don't know what the solution is -- you can't teach good taste in a 
>weekend Nikon workshop, but perhaps calling this particular monster 
>genre out of the closet and pointing a finger at it is a start.
>
>
>Hopefully my daughter (if i had one) would have posessed a critical 
>eye for portfolio review and never gotten involved, but there are 
>millions of daughters who don't posess that, who've never been 
>exposed to photography on a critical level and can't make those 
>judgements. Support arts education in your schools and communities.
>
>kc
>


Thanks, Kyle.  Very reasoned and reasonable.  I agree with everything 
you said and wish I could have said it as well.

Tina

Tina Manley
ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
http://www.tinamanley.com